Our client is seeking a Creative Project Manager to join their team in Basking Ridge, New Jersey! This is a hybrid team, and this role is responsible for managing multiple projects across different lines of business for consumer and local programs. The PM is responsible for prioritizing projects, tracking and communicating scope, load balance planning for resources, and communicating status and risk to high-level internal stakeholders. The selected candidate must exhibit outstanding project management and communication skills in achieving the highest possible standards when leading a project across numerous teams and groups. They need a basic knowledge of business challenges to provide communications solutions and project management execution. The PM will also be expected to participate in creative development meetings to ensure final output is on mark. In addition, the PM will provide project management follow-through and accurate delivery.
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Duties:
Prioritize and manage the workflow of multiple projects through a line business
Manage and track scope and hours for efficiency reporting across a line of business
Communicate priorities, risk and solutions to senior-level internal stakeholders
Partner with the marketing and strategy leads and Creative Directors to lead and direct teams on brief development, paths forward, problem solving, and prioritizations
Encourage a collaborative approach with departmental team members
Partner with outside agencies in managing clients' promotional and marketing efforts
Evaluate creative briefs on complex projects and interprets them for project teams to lead communication strategies and implement marketing efforts
Collaborate on creative development and direction with marketing, design, agency, and production teams
Provide feedback to project team during internal creative reviews
Present concepts to clients, obtains feedback, and translates that feedback for the project team
Review change requests and responds with schedule/cost impacts along with alternatives
Manage expectations with departmental teams
Negotiate timelines, budgets, and ensures that all deadlines are maintained
Leverage knowledge and understanding of strategy, business needs, design, creative, and production to facilitate effective communication between all departmental teams
Desired Skills/Experience:
6+ years of professional level experience in a project management role either in an external or internal advertising agency
Ability to craft thoughtful and custom projects plans and timelines
Ability to lead cross-functional teams, both through idea generation and assessment of ideas generated by others.
Team player with excellent relationship building skills
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Adept at risk management
Resourceful and solution-oriented
Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills