Creative Project Manager - III at The Judge Group Inc. in New York, New York

Job Description:

Location: New York City, NY

Description: Our client is currently seeking a Creative Project Manager - III



Title- Project Manager Consumer PMO



Location- New York, NY (HYBRID)



Position Type: contract



Targeted Years of Experience: 5-7 years



MUST HAVE SKILLS (Most Important):

• Prioritize and manage the workflow of multiple projects through a line business.
• Ability to craft thoughtful and custom projects plans and timelines.
• 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 marketings & strategy leads and Creative Directors to lead and direct teams on brief development, paths forward, problem solving and prioritizations.
• Encourages a collaborative approach with departmental team members.
• Partners with outside agencies in managing clients? promotional and marketing efforts.
• Evaluates creative briefs on complex projects and interprets them for project teams to lead communication strategies and implement marketing efforts.
• Collaborates on creative development and direction with marketing, design, agency, and production teams.
• Provides feedback to project team during internal creative reviews.
• Presents concepts to clients, obtains feedback, and translates that feedback for the project team.
• Reviews change requests and responds with schedule/cost impacts along with alternatives.
• Manages expectations with departmental teams; Negotiates timelines, budgets, and ensures that all deadlines are maintained.
• Leverages knowledge and understanding of strategy, business needs, design, creative and production to facilitate effective communication between all departmental teams.
• Six or more years of professional level experience in a project management role either in an external or internal advertising agency.
• Successful track record at client service in a marketing or creative environment.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience managing budgets in excess of $2.5mm.
• Project management experience preferably including print, retail, direct marketing campaigns, digital, promotions, TV, and radio.
• Strong knowledge of the benefits of the above communication channels, with the ability to match the channel with the communication needs of the business.
• 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.
• Excellent creative project management skills, highly organized and ability to multitask effectively.
• Ability to gain trust and effectively manage expectations.
• Strong knowledge of the creative process as well as design and print/digital production.
• Experience with Workfront or similar project management software.

JOB DUTIES:

• The Consumer PMO Project Manager (PM) is responsible for managing multiple projects across different lines of business for consumer & 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 PM 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 our 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.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising or business or four or more years of work experience.

LOGISTICS: Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Hybrid work schedule with two days in office: Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Contact: asingh17@judge.com


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