Associate Project Manager Jobs

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WHAT YOU'LL DO IN THIS ROLE

This position will manage all production projects relating to assigned campaigns or promotions by partnering with internal and external partners to support the business priorities. The Associate Project Manager will work closely with the Project Manager & other cross-functional teammates within the Marketing Department to ensure smooth and continuous workflow of production processes and on-time delivery of all projects. Projects supported may include: Direct Mail, Email, Display, Social (Organic, Paid & Vendor Funded), Brand and Community Marketing local and national activations.

• Ensure strategies are approved before commencement of work to provide a seamless transition for strategy to execution.
• Provide a critical leadership role in ensuring the successful development and execution of projects across various marketing channels.
• Operational:
  • Provide a critical leadership role in ensuring the successful development and execution of projects across various marketing channels.
  • Create and maintain project for all marketing collateral from campaign approval through release.
  • Ensure strategies are approved before commencement of work to provide a seamless transition for strategy to execution.
  • Develop and maintain project scheduling, reporting, and tracking documentation and communicate schedule changes as they arise.
  • Identifies activities in project plan that are at risk and implements mitigation measures.
  • Work closely with the Project Manager regarding deadline extensions and/or change in scope of project and provides project alternatives and scenarios.
  • Ensure stakeholder feedback is actioned on a timely basis.
• Identifies activities in project plan that are at risk and implements mitigation measures.
• Ensure stakeholder feedback is actioned on a timely basis.
• Develop and maintain project scheduling, reporting, and tracking documentation and communicate schedule changes as they arise.
• Work closely with the Project Manager regarding deadline extensions and/or change in scope of project and provides project alternatives and scenarios.
• Create and maintain project for all marketing collateral from campaign approval through release.

• Responsible for building and maintaining all Marketing projects in the system.
• Ensure all steps are completed and project assets are being updated accordingly.
• System Knowledge:
  • Act as the expert in Workfront Management Software.
  • Primary user of the Marketing Department's workflow and soft-proofing project management system.
  • Audit system templates to ensure compliance with latest efficient processes
  • Responsible for building and maintaining all Marketing projects in the system.
  • Ensure all steps are completed and project assets are being updated accordingly.
• Act as the expert in Workfront Management Software.
• Primary user of the Marketing Department's workflow and soft-proofing project management system.
• Audit system templates to ensure compliance with latest efficient processes

• Actively monitor project status and proactively communicate and address any challenges that put a project at risk.
• Communicate with cross functional teammates to adjust timelines, project scope and/or resources needed.
• Partners with Project Manager to facilitate key decision making, remove roadblocks and outline risks to drive the projects forward through release.
• Initiate and lead cross-functional internal project meetings needed for alignment and execution.
• Staying current and relevant in product categories and business by aligning and collaborating with internal business partners
• Create and communicate agendas beforehand, as needed, as well as recapping next steps afterwards.
• Cross Functional Relationships:
  • Initiate and lead cross-functional internal project meetings needed for alignment and execution.
  • Partners with Project Manager to facilitate key decision making, remove roadblocks and outline risks to drive the projects forward through release.
  • Create and communicate agendas beforehand, as needed, as well as recapping next steps afterwards.
  • Actively monitor project status and proactively communicate and address any challenges that put a project at risk.
  • Communicate with cross functional teammates to adjust timelines, project scope and/or resources needed.
  • Staying current and relevant in product categories and business by aligning and collaborating with internal business partners

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Experience in marketing/advertising projects in a retail environment preferred. Account, production management or agency experienced a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or equivalent work experienced preferred
• Knowledge of project management software & the ability to create, maintain and manage project schedules
• Assertive: Ensures process and principles are adhered to, must be able to hold people accountable.
• Detail oriented: Excellent organization skills, and an outstanding ability to ensure delivery of multiple projects in a fast-paced environment on time
• 3-5 years’ experience
• Enthusiastic, high energy & people oriented.
• Critical thinker: Excellent problem-solving skills, the ability to make timely/sound decisions and implement agreed upon solutions.
• High level of ability and comfort level to interact and effectively communicate with all levels of personnel
• #LI-NR1
• Enjoys project management and managing multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of advertising/graphic print production processes
• Knowledge of creative processes and procedures
• Project coordination with familiarity with project management workflow systems preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team player, ability to be proactive, results oriented

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Assertive: Ensures process and principles are adhered to, must be able to hold people accountable.
• Knowledge of advertising/graphic print production processes
• Critical thinker: Excellent problem-solving skills, the ability to make timely/sound decisions and implement agreed upon solutions.
• High level of ability and comfort level to interact and effectively communicate with all levels of personnel
• Knowledge of creative processes and procedures
• Experience in marketing/advertising projects in a retail environment preferred. Account, production management or agency experienced a plus.
• #LI-NR1
• 3-5 years’ experience
• Team player, ability to be proactive, results oriented
• Detail oriented: Excellent organization skills, and an outstanding ability to ensure delivery of multiple projects in a fast-paced environment on time
• Knowledge of project management software & the ability to create, maintain and manage project schedules
• Enthusiastic, high energy & people oriented.
• Project coordination with familiarity with project management workflow systems preferred
• Enjoys project management and managing multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or equivalent work experienced preferred