Project Manager (Creative) - B

Job Details:
Job Title: Associate Creative Project Manager
Location: Client Park, IL
Duration: 12 Months
Type: Full-Time, Contract

Description:
The Associate Project Manager helps instill corporate brand by leading cross-functional creative teams to deliver best-in-class, multi-channel creative solutions. The ideal candidate is motivated and proactive, with a passion for insights-driven marketing, creative problem solving and has a fundamental understanding of creative projects, workflows and processes. Additionally, you'll demonstrate stewardship and provide project leadership to meet Division strategies and business objectives. The Junior Project Manager leads low- to medium-complexity projects (Tier 3 and Tier 2) within the organization, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with strategic goals. The Junior Project Manager will manage multiple projects under the direction and guidance from mid and senior level roles and will strive for continuous improvement in project management practices. This role is part of the Creative team, a group within the Global Marketing and External Affairs team.

Top 5-7 Skills:

1. Project management – multiple projects simultaneously

2. Creative agency or related industry experience

3. Cross-functional collaboration with strategists, creative directors, writers, designers

4. Project documentation and project management software

5. Risk identification and escalation

6. Budget management, forecasting, tracking, and metrics

7. Stakeholder and partnership building

Requirements for the role:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business or related field

• Minimum 3 years of experience

• Creative agency or related industry experience is a must

• PMP Certification or similar certification encouraged

• Lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget

• Participate at a proficient Project Management level to comprehend team processes and share findings and feedback to support continuous improvement

• Document project plan in project management software and maintain project documentation. Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate, and up to date

• Proactively identify and manage project opportunities, issues and risks, and escalate issues in a timely manner to leadership

• Collaborate with strategists, creative directors, writers, designers to develop strategically driven creative campaigns and content that attracts, engages and activates target audiences, while increasing share of voice and brand awareness metrics

• Serving as a central point of contact, build and maintain strategic partnerships with business partners, internal teams and external partners

• Under Senior Project Manager direction, partner with Operations to execute scope change, complete project close-out processes, and communicate lessons learned

• Under Senior Project Manager and Operations direction, provide forecasting, tracking, expenditures and metrics

• Influence the development of ideas that reinforce the values of the brand and exhibit critical thinking to connect and align adjacent bodies of work

• Recognize and celebrate achievements within project teams and organization. Acknowledge others for their accomplishments and efforts

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business or related field

• Minimum 3 years of experience

• Creative agency or related industry experience is a must

• Or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• PMP Certification or similar certification encouraged

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.