Job description
24 Seven has partnered with the most innovative sportswear brand to find a Project Manager to join their category team.
The Project Manager will be responsible for campaign/project management, planning, implementation, execution, and efficient completion of all Brand Category Creative initiatives/projects assigned (above and below the line) – on Brand, on Time, on Budget.
The Project Manager must have expertise in advertising, design and/or communications; as well as marketing practices and procedures. This person must display the ability to drive brand equity through operational efficiencies. This person must bring extensive project management experience developing & managing efficient creative processes.
This position requires a dynamic individual who is a self-starter, action-focused, pragmatic, diplomatic leader and communicator. Familiarity with global brands is a plus and a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage marketing campaign execution
- Manage Category Product Marketing business initiatives, starting with the planning and implementation of brand briefs.
- Review and process campaign briefs, serve as checks and balances system to ensure briefs meet requirements (e.g. clear business objectives, budget, list of all required creative support, guidance on regional variance).
- Ensure cross functional teams are aligned to campaign deliverables and utilize their skills to streamline creative development timelines.
- Facilitate Brand Management Lead review and approval of category briefs to ensure they align with brand POV and DNA.
- Drive creative development and execution by managing dates and gates
- Own campaign management integration and communication with cross functional project teams.
- Manage external and internal agencies / creative partners
- Manage project-based agency relationships (internal & external partners) including, schedule management, approvals, research and analysis of agency performance, and partners with Procurement on cost
- Facilitate creative content review process for category marketing initiatives
- Conduct weekly meetings to ensure alignment on creative content throughout the creative development and go to market process
- Partner with cross functional teams to ensure category team feedback is integrated into production of creative content.
- Constantly monitor and report on progress to all project stakeholders, including Category GMs & Marketing Leadership.
- Improve campaign execution process
- Analyze campaign workflow and drive improvements through scalable, efficient new processes to optimize resources at all times
- Prepare ad hoc reporting and analysis for Global Marketing in order to provide visibility into business performance and potential issues
Critical Skills
- Proven experience leading high visibility projects.
- Collaborative, solutions focused, organized, true to deadlines, helpful in attitude, and resilient in the face of ever-changing client demands.
- Build, manage and maintain healthy internal partner & client relationships.
- Responsive and efficient
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects to meet quality/brand standards & deadlines; be flexible but assertive.
- Strong written, oral communication and presentation skills.
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities may include interviewing, hiring, and training employees.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
- Education and/or Experience Bachelors or master’s degree and/or 5+ years of creative management and/or account marketing experience within an agency or brand or category marketing organization.
Qualifications
- Direct work experience within a creative & project management capacity.
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management
- Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
- PMP certification – nice to have
Computer Skills
- MS Office; Microsoft Excel & Project
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications
- Familiarity with Workfront Project Management software or similar – nice to have
