Creative Project Manager

Overview

Creative Project Manager 

• Primary responsibilities: 

  • Serves as the day to day, project based, point of contact between the Event Production team and the Creative team

  • Act as day-to-day point of contact for delivery related issues
  • Manages creative team’s schedules, including scheduling kickoffs, internal reviews and check-ins 
  • Develops and maintains creative project deliverables, including project plans and timelines 
  • Works with department leadership to manage the prioritization and throughput of projects
  • Reviews and assigns incoming project requests  and communicates with Events Producers, as needed, for additional information prior to Design kickoff 
  • Assesses project risk and scope creep, escalates challenges to Creative Studio Ops Mgr and provides solutions-oriented approach. 

    • Ensures projects are aligning to budget (escalating blockers) 

    • Ensures projects are aligning to timelines (escalating blockers) 
    • Ensures Design receives client feedback in a timely manner 
  • Owns and maintains Design status documents and Design specific meeting agendas 
  • Manages weekly status meetings with Creative team 
  • Acts as a communication link between the GDS Design team, GDS Event Production and Video teams by attending weekly XFN meetings to share project status updates and capture relevant notes / direction
  • Acts as additional set of QC eyes, ensuring integrity and quality of creative work 
  • Contributes to internal process improvement initiatives, especially those involving tools and knowledge management solutions
  • Reports into Creative Studio Ops Manager 

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $40 to $45 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

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