Marketing Program Manager - Marketing Program Manager

Job Description: Creative Production Manager - Maternity Leave Coverage

The role of production manager resides within the Brand & Campaigns team. As part of this team, this role is a project manager for creative projects such as events, trade shows, digital campaigns, asset creation and activation, web page launches and internal brand initiatives.

Responsibilities

Assigned to several priority projects at one time, based on bandwidth and scope of individual project

For These Specific Programs They Are Responsible For

Ensuring proper written briefs are created from the stakeholders (using the brief templates)

Establishing a master workback schedule for all facets of the project related to creative output

Coordination across production teams to ensure team members are aware of program objectives, goals, list of deliverables and critical milestones to meet deadlines

Consistent outreach to program managers/ stakeholders to ensure they have an up to date status on project and can effectively manage back into deadlines

Regularly scheduled meetings with Program managers/ stakeholders/ requesters on upcoming deliverables to gather requirements to be shared with other production teams

Ensuring consistent creative look and feel that aligns with our brand messaging and identity guidelines

Create and manage project to agreed upon production schedule

Creation and ongoing management and routing of Jira tickets as a workflow tool for all production teams to provide deliverables for program manager review and approval

Risk mitigation and escalation to leadership as needed to ensure project milestones and scope are managed and met appropriately

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

Proficiency using MS Project, SmartSheets or other scheduling and resource management tool

Able to juggle multiple competing priorities

Able to facilitate effective meetings towards outcomes

Able to identify roadblocks and use critical thinking to work toward a solution

Superior communication and organizational skills with a desire to continue to grow these skills

Able to pick up on team and organizational dynamics and can adapt approach based on perception

An attitude that sees possibility as well as any limitations that leans toward a can-do approach

Experience and Education

5+ years of marketing production project management experience working in an in-house or traditional agency setting

Experience facilitating enterprise level projects with teams of up to 10 people

Practical/foundational experience in PM methodologies and practices including waterfall and agile.

Experience with CMS and web technologies a plus

Familiarity with digital advertising technical specifications and requirements for online banner ads, website promotions and email communications

Experience with Jira and Confluence desired

Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

Experience in marketing, digital media and production, web editing, or communications.

Demonstrated competency using technology including but not limited to Google Docs, Word, Excel, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc.) and social marketing tools.