Creative Project Mgr

As a Project Manager you'll be responsible for orchestrating projects through the project lifecycle. This includes managing schedules, communication, and deliverables for multiple programs and projects, both complex and small in scope. Through coordinating all workflow phases, schedule management, and approvals from project initiation through delivery in‑market, you will ensure projects meet or exceed expectations and are delivered on time. PMO and Ops team consists of 16 people overall. This role works across one‑two key Project Managers or Senior Managers to help support specific books of business and/or mid‑large projects. The candidate should have the ability to manage 25‑30 projects monthly in a fast‑paced environment. Two weeks of comprehensive training will precede solo project management. The candidate will attend weekly team huddles and monthly operations meetings within the team. Top Must Have's Interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate in a global team environment across multiple levels up and down, and across geos: India/NA/UK Basic marketing operations understanding across multiple project types such as Web, collateral, video, digital and social. Time management, self‑manage and being extremely organized in the day to day. Key Responsibilities Project Planning Helping outline forecasted client workload to aid in agency planning efforts. Proactive partnering with the Account Management and Strategists on a regular basis to understand and review client project roadmaps and priorities. Project Lifecycle Management Championing the agency processes and workflow to safeguard consistency while flexing when required for project success. Holistic project planning and schedule execution for programs and projects. Ensuring upfront project requirements are received and are aligned with the appropriate project priority and workflow. Partnering with the Resource Managers for creative assignments and resource management. Creating comprehensive project schedules that outline project milestones from initiation to in‑market delivery based on scope, timing, deadlines and resources. Capturing milestone dates and overall timelines regularly, validating and adjusting timelines as needed. Facilitating project approvals for internal stakeholders. Identifying and proactively resolving any deliverables that might fall behind schedule. Communicating project status, approvals, risk and delivery. Scheduling, facilitating, and recapping project related team meetings. Ensuring proper project closure and archive procedures are executed. Workfront System Coordination Leading and orchestrating all assigned client activities and documentation within the Workfront system from initiating work through project close‑out procedures. Certifying the system centrally houses all project requirements, schedules, documentation and project approvals. Leveraging system reporting to analyze, translate and communicate trends or project insights. Functioning as a power user, utilizing all system features and functions and suggesting system improvements. Proactively suggesting system enhancements and system short cuts to the administration team. Assisting in system training for new hires or system releases. Providing support for system releases or upgrades. Process Champion Serving as the guardians of the process within BTLDM. Possessing a complete understanding of all BTLDM processes, web, social media, advertising, etc. in order to effectively manage assigned projects across owned or paid media channels or deliverable type. Cross‑training peers within the department on process project lifecycles to aid in effective team management of programs and projects. Contributing to process improvements through identifying process opportunities for efficiency, determining the need for a new process or contributing to process improvement through a formal task force or initiative. Qualifications 7‑10 years related professional experience in a project management/traffic environment. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Knowledge of most of the following project types: design, digital, social, media, video, broadcast, print production, web. Demonstrated knowledge and application of project management principles. Understanding of process methodologies: predictive, agile and hybrid. Strong willingness to learn and roll up sleeves in a fast‑paced environment. Outstanding organizational and time management skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize accordingly to changing deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to motivate your co‑workers, and inspire a one‑team approach. Gives and receives feedback with a positive intention. Intuitive problem solver with the ability to anticipate and action plan. Unwavering can‑do attitude in a fast pace, deadline driven environment. Savvy and genuine negotiation skills. Challenges the status quo, champions change, influences others to change. Possess a profound curiosity, and never afraid to ask "why?" Learns equally from successes and failures. Technical Skills Prior experience working in a project management software solution – Workfront preferred. Expert in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Basic knowledge of Adobe Cloud programs a plus (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat). #J-18808-Ljbffr TechDigital Group