Job Description

Job Title: Brand Creative Project Manager

Location: Richmond, VA

Duration: 9 months

Pay Rate: $40 - $50 (W2 Only)

Job/Role Description:

• This role is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, and trafficking of creative projects, ensuring consistency with brand strategy, commitments, and goals.
• The position will guide cross-functional resources for timely project completion and comfortably present to senior leaders and decision makers.
• Works with creative teams, marketing strategists, and channel managers to deliver projects such as emails, signage, environmental design, direct mail, social, web, display, video, and more.
• Facilitates new project intakes and determines resourcing needs based on business priority.
• Builds out project plans, manages assignments, and ensures timely delivery of creative assets.
• Utilizes workflow management tools (such as Workfront) to drive successful project delivery.
• Builds timelines, workflows, and owns marketing roadmaps.
• Tracks project progress, maintains up-to-date timelines, and proactively troubleshoots for the team.
• Provides reporting as needed for teams and leadership.
• Facilitates team ceremonies including stand-ups, kickoffs, creative reviews, and retrospectives.
• Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve desired outputs.
• Provides direction and support to program and creative services teams.
• Partners with Program Managers to improve overall team efficiencies, workflows, and processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Finance, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• At least 4-5 years of direct work experience in Project Management
• Comfortable managing a high volume (20+) of concurrent projects with shifting deadlines and priorities across multiple lines of business
• Independently drives both tactical and strategic initiatives forward
• Strong comfort with white space thinking and advanced problem-solving skills to drive clarity
• Excellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to remain calm and resilient when faced with shifting priorities and roadblocks
• 3+ years experience in an in-house creative team, advertising agency, or digital marketing environment preferred
• 1-2 years experience with Workfront or a similar workflow management platform preferred
• 3+ years experience reviewing visual design and written content preferred
• 3+ years experience supporting digital or social channels preferred
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strong organizational and prioritization skills