Senior Project Manager, Campaigns & Special Projects (Contract)

e.l.f. is for every eye, lip, and face, providing access to the best of beauty. From the beginning, our mission has been to deliver guilt-free play with major pay-off so everyone can own their beauty, without compromise. Always vegan and cruelty-free, because we believe kindness is chic (and we love being nice to your wallet), you can find e.l.f. products on www.elfcosmetics.com, at leading retailers such as Target, Walmart, and Ulta, and internationally.

e.l.f. was founded in 2004 as a digitally native mass cosmetics brand and became a publicly-traded company in 2016 (NYSE: ELF). The e.l.f. employee base mirrors the consumers we serve – over 70% female and nearly 40% diverse. e.l.f. is also a leader in board diversity, with greater than 50% of board seats being held by successful female business leaders. e.l.f. embraces a lean staffing model that enables everyone to work closely with colleagues at all levels of the business. This also makes e.l.f. an attractive environment for the kind of individual who wants to directly impact business results and develop a broad set of skills to learn and grow into additional parts of the business.

Position Summary

This temp-to-perm Senior Project Manager, Brand Campaigns & Special Projects is responsible for the overall day-to-day internal and external communications, services and deliverables, and processes for our brand and special projects. This person will be a team player and liaison, working across all departments to accomplish marketing objectives with efficiency. They will have exposure to senior-level team members and agencies, build strong, lasting relationships, and support dynamic branding and 360 campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Own and support unique marketing initiatives from inception to completion, such as brand campaigns, partnerships, collabs, events, etc.
• Support internal teams to ensure understanding and alignment of objectives and strategy, budget, and agreed-upon scope
• Develop relationships with diverse external creative and production partners
• Streamline and optimize processes to unify the team members and eliminate inefficient steps in current processes
• Serve as a day-to-day contact for cross-functional teams and build trusting relationships
• Manage multiple campaigns and projects across multiple brands at various stages of a project lifecycle
• Create project schedules, achieve deadlines, ensure accuracy of deliverables, and fulfill scope of work

Requirements

• Knowledge of computer programs including Wrike Project Management System, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Canto Digital Asset Management System
• Flexibility to adjust to work in a fast-paced environment and make prioritization judgments against current resources and budget while keeping bigger-picture business goals in mind
• 4-5 years of account management, creative operations, and/or marketing project management experience
• Superior organizational and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Complete understanding of creative process and production process to build schedule from inception to project completion
• BA or BFA preferred
• Comfortable managing and influencing cross-functional teams such as brand marketing, ecommerce marketing, social media, art directors, designers and copywriters, effectively communicating the business and creative objectives of projects
• Ability and willingness to work with teams in multiple time zones (CA office connection and Shanghai team)
• Agency experience a plus
• Experience working on large scale events/activations in a day-to-day driver position

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities and is subject to changes and exceptions at supervisors' discretion.

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