Job Description
The Creative Project Manager will have a strong background in project management, excellent leadership abilities, and a passion for driving creative excellence. They will act as the linchpin across all projects and launches, assessing briefs, defining requirements, aligning stakeholder expectations and determining exactly what is needed in detail. The Creative Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the workflow of the creative team, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality work, and maintaining effective communication with clients, agencies and internal stakeholders. They will then manage resources, budget and timelines and ultimately ensure prompt and accurate delivery of final work across a variety of projects and campaigns for the business.
Roles and responsibilities
- Manage the lifecycle of all projects across design, content, product launches, photography and video, ensuring seamless delivery of assets in line with cross-channel marketing plans.
- Overseeing the workflow, and being the day-to-day contact for creative briefs, ensuring they are clearly written, containing all the necessary information and submitted within pre-agreed timeframes.
- Maintaining successful processes and workflows and proactively adapting/refining them to improve efficiency where necessary.
- Helping prepare and clearly communicate timelines, production schedules and deadlines to the creative team.
- Identifying and helping to quickly resolve any issues/blockers that arise.
- Clearly communicating with key stakeholders across the business, giving necessary updates and managing expectations.
- Ensuring tasks are completed on time, to scope and within budget.
- Overseeing budgets and ensuring they are effectively tracked.
- Secure all necessary approvals & sign off prior to release of final assets.
- Work with external agencies to align on goals and timelines when needed.
Skills and experience
- 7+ years of experience in a creative project management role, preferably within an in-house creative department.
- Proven experience leading and managing a multidisciplinary creative team.
- Strong project management skills with a successful track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
- Proficiency in creative software and project management tools.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Technical skills:
- Google workplace
- Figma
- Coda
- Adobe creative suite (not necessary)
