Creative Agency Manager (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Organize, prioritize, and track work at both campaign and project levels.
• Continuously develop and refine processes to enhance efficiency.
• Manage risks, issues, and change requests, escalating as necessary.
• Communicate best practices and project readiness, detailing requirements and rationales as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with business partners at various organizational levels.
• Conduct regular project meetings and maintain proactive communication with the project team.
• Set clear expectations for workflows, timing, and communication to ensure partner success.
• Apply proven approaches, tools, and techniques to manage and communicate changes in demands and priorities.
• Enable the project team to adapt to changes effectively.
• Document and communicate changes clearly and concisely to a broad audience.
• Focus on speed to market, quality of work, and the well-being of our talent.
• Assess and scope the level of effort for roles throughout the project lifecycle.
• Adjust resources as necessary in response to project changes.
• Develop effective relationships, resolve conflicts, and build consensus.
• Prioritize tasks and align team efforts to optimize resource use.
• Lead kickoffs and status meetings to drive alignment, clarity, and efficiency.
• Foster strong relationships with stakeholders, securing their buy-in through clear communication.
• Align creative marketing projects/campaigns with strategic business goals.
• Possess a deep understanding of Workfront and creative processes across various mediums including social, video, motion, print, and digital.
• Stay current with the latest technologies, products, and trends in project management and marketing.
• Balance technical capabilities with strategic business needs.
• Collaborate to find solutions within the studio ecosystem, informed by technical and strategic feasibility.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of project management experience within a creative or marketing agency setting.
• Technical Mastery: Profound knowledge of Workfront, at least three years of hands-on experience.
• Communication: Superior executive presence with the ability to articulate rationales for creative decisions and technical workflows.
• Asset Knowledge: A strong understanding of creative processes across diverse mediums including social, video, motion, print, and digital.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.