Creative Project Manager Jobs

Objective:

Ensures the approved, on-time and orderly flow of all advertising materials from inception through deployment; keeps agency quality and timing of project needs at the forefront of his/her priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Produce weekly internal status reports (agency status/pipeline)
• Confirm creative brief is supplied before the onset of work
• Remain abreast of all project updates
• Anticipate and troubleshoot any potential problems that may occur during the life of a job
• Create, manage, and maintain schedules for projects
• Ensure assets are obtained for all production/development needs
• Secure allocation of resources to kick off project
• Create and communicate individual work assignments to various resources; Coordinate with Supervisor and other PMs to provide solutions with respect to resource allocation and project constraints.
• Other duties as assigned
• Coordinate with AE to understand project requirements and set up effective project structure.
• Create, manage and enforce all schedules
• Strive for the prompt, accurate and orderly flow of projects through the agency.
• Keep all team members informed of the current status of all jobs
• Conduct weekly project status meetings
• Ensure adherence to final deadlines
• Collect work and ensure approvals from creative teams
• Input estimate into tracking system
• Disseminate contact report to project team
• Manage internal reviews to ensure timely and thorough input from all teams throughout the life of the job.
• Owns the Agency Pipeline document, ensuring it’s up to date on a weekly basis
• Assist with routing proofs and/or securing creative approvals of proofs, rough cuts, final assets, etc.
• Conduct retrospective (all job types) session for agency learning
• Schedule and lead kick off meeting, ensuring a review of project brief, deliverables and timing
• Schedule internal meetings: Discovery, Kick Off, Team Internal Review, Pre-Pro

Required Background & Skills: (education, length & type of prior work experience, industry experience, software/tool knowledge, stylistic work skills, etc)

• Detail oriented with good organizational skills
• Bachelor’s degree (equivalent work experience will be considered)
• Proficiency with MAC, MS office applications and web-based tools
• Must be proactive and know when to raise a “red flag” in the interest of the quality, timeliness and accuracy of every job in the agency.
• Basic understanding of all phases of interactive development and design, from strategy through project execution.
• Prior project management experience working with traditional and digital deliverables.
• 2+ years agency project management experience preferred
• Self-managing multi-tasker
• Basic understanding of development tools and processes.
• Must be objective and be able to view a project as an extension of all departments, keeping work flowing smoothly through the agency.
• Goal oriented team player
• Excellent communication, writing, and proactive problem-solving skills