Creative Manager jobs in Washington

Stanley

Seattle, WA

About Us

Stanley is defined by Creativity, Building and Invention. We are makers of the legendary bottle and box. Driven by purpose, passion and performance. Obsessed with making a difference. And keeping our promises. Proud of our yesterday. And focused on building the team of tomorrow.

Position Overview

The Traffic Manager, Creative will be part of a growing creative community at Stanley and will be on point for ensuring the day-to-day operations of all requests in the creative team’s queue are running seamlessly and according to schedule. The Traffic Manager position is for the creative problem solver who facilitates process, prioritization, and execution of multiple and concurrent creative projects for the Stanley Brand Creative Team! You are a strategic thinker and expert communicator who collaborates closely with internal marketing, sales, ecommerce, and product teams as well as external resources to ensure creative project success from intake to delivery.

This is a hybrid role based in our Seattle, WA offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the request queue including vetting of creative briefs, while crafting project schedules, and assigning specific tasks.
• Facilitate the creative review process by ensuring that work is routed and reviewed by stakeholders in accordance with their due dates in the project schedule to avoid delays in the timeline.
• Keep close tabs on the creative queue to ensure that nothing is falling behind or has fallen off of the radar.
• Build and manage timelines, anticipate roadblocks, communicate delays, and find solutions to challenges ensuring deadlines are met.
• Work closely with creative team members and project stakeholders to proactively clarify ambiguous project requirements, deliverables, and dates.
• Actively manage, negotiate, and communicate the expectations of creative project stakeholders and creative team members and facilitate the prioritization of competing needs.
• Assist creative team members in tracking down necessary information from project stakeholders for anything they may have questions on regarding their projects.
• Facilitate project meetings, if necessary – updates, kickoffs, creative reviews.
• Ensure that brief templates and deliverables lists templates are prepared for upcoming campaigns and ready for cross-functional teams to complete their inputs.
  
  

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Prior experience working within creative and or design organizations.
• Critical thinker with a proactive mindset, able to see around corners and anticipate potential roadblocks offering timely solutions to ensure project success.
• Self-motivated, able to take initiative while working independently as needed.
• Strong organizational, time management, analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high attention to detail.
  
  

Salary Range:
$68,000-$78,000

About Stanley

Stanley is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Stanley is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach Recruiting@pmi-worldwide.com.

The base pay range for this position is for a successful candidate within the state listed. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on multiple factors, such as work location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and experience. Stanley is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.

About HAVI

HAVI is a global, privately owned company that connects people with ideas, data with insights, supply with demand, restaurants with deliveries and, people with the products they love. Whether we are sourcing, storing, or delivering products, we bring unmatched category expertise and unrivaled operational excellence, combined with powerful digital analytics and insights. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than one hundred countries. HAVI’s business units include Supply Chain, TMS, and Stanley. Our portfolio of businesses offers best-in-class sourcing and supply chain capabilities, brand-defining marketing and promotion services and innovative consumer products. For more information, please visit HAVI.com, tmsw.com and stanley1913.com.