Project Management - Project Manager - General - Lead

Job#: 3034529

Job Description:

Job Description: Brand Creative Project Manager

Position Summary: The Creative Project Manager is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, and trafficking of creative projects ensuring consistency with client strategy, commitments and goals. An ideal candidate would be able to help guide cross-functional resources for timely project completion and be comfortable presenting to senior leaders and decision makers.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

Works with creative team, marketing strategists, and channel managers to deliver projects such as emails, signage, environmental design, direct mail, social, web, display, video, etc.

Prioritization: Facilitates new project intakes for resourcing needs by business priority

Builds out project plans and manages assignments to ensure timely delivery of assets

Utilizes workflow management tool (Workfront) for successful project delivery

Build timelines and workflows

Own & Manage marketing roadmaps

Track project progress and ensure timelines kept up to date

Proactively problem solve/troubleshoot for team

Provide reporting as necessary for team(s) and leadership

Facilitates team ceremonies such as stand-ups, kickoffs, creative reviews, and retrospectives

Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs

Provide direction and support to program team and creative services teams

Partners with Program Manager to understand and improve upon overall team efficiencies, workflows & processes

Skills:

Comfortable managing a high-volume (20+) of concurrent projects with shifting deadlines/priorities across numerous lines of business simultaneously

Independently drives both tactical and strategic initiatives forward

Comfort with white space thinking; uses advanced problem solving skills to drive clarity

Communicates with excellent written, presentation and interpersonal skills

Remains calm and resilient when faced with shifting priorities and roadblocks

Essential Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Finance, Communications or related field or equivalent work experience required

At least 4-5 years of direct work experience in Project Management required

3+ years experience with in-house creative, or advertising agency, or digital marketing preferred

1-2 years experience with Workfront or a similar platform preferred

3+ years experience reviewing visual design and written content preferred

3+ years experience supporting digital or social channels preferred

EEO Employer

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.