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About the Role

GPJ is hiring a Creative Project Manager to join our growing team. This role is hybrid, requiring you to report on-site to one of the following office locations a minimum of 2 days/week: New York City, Boston or Austin, TX. You work closely with the creative team, overseeing projects from the planning phase through delivery. In this role, you advocate for the creative team and remove any obstacles that may arise for them. As someone who values process and understands its importance in meeting deadlines, you spearhead process improvements when the current methods aren't working for the team, striving to find solutions that accommodate all members.

Responsibilities

Create and manage the creative timeline, ensuring all milestones are met.
Proactively flag any potential threats to deadlines, working collaboratively with the team to find resolutions.
Responsible for all creative requests that come in for your team, working with the creative lead to confirm that all necessary deliverables, assets, and information are in place for execution.
Collaborate with creative resourcing for program staffing and identify when additional resources need to be engaged.
Support the creative lead with scoping during the planning phase of all projects, including involvement in the PM grid process and contributing where possible.
Manage hours for your creative team in Deltek and work closely with Account Operations to resolve any inaccuracies.
Schedule and lead creative status meetings for your team, as well as organizing creative team check-ins.
Attend all milestone meetings, take notes and ensure the creative team is aligned on next steps.
Set up and maintain the creative folders and Slack channels for your assigned programs.

Requirements

Experience working in Creative Operations or as a Creative Project Manager
Attention to detail
Problem solving abilities in a creative capacity
Experience juggling more than one project at a time
Excellent time management skills
Ability to quickly shift focus and re-prioritize tasks
Experience working on large scale events or conferences
Experience creating and owning timelines
Ability to quickly adapt when problems arise during a project
Experience supporting a team of 5-10 creatives
Experience with project management software
Ability to quickly adapt to new tools and processes
Excellent communication skills and the ability “to speak the language” of other departments
Comfortability presenting to people in leadership positions
Passion for going above and beyond
History working with cross-functional teams across account management, strategy, production, finance, etc
Proficient in Google Suite
Confidence pushing back when the team is not receiving the information they need
Ability to think big picture and distill it down into actionable plans
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
Always thinking proactively
Leans into feedback from others
Decisive, responsive, and fast acting
Demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions
Able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.
Easily move on to new tasks with little to no notice.
Put personal preferences aside and switch to a different strategy, form of communication or other objective without panicking.
Maintain composure when deadlines move up and priorities shift.
Keeps an open mind.
Properly allocate time and resources so that jobs are completed within a defined timeframe; within budget and managing all resources (Full-time and freelance) as effectively as possible.
Establishing a reasonable timeline for completion when no concrete date is given.
Ability to travel 10%
Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed

Skills

Creative Operations
Creative Project Management
Attention to detail
Problem solving
Time management
Adaptability
Large scale events or conferences
Timeline creation
Project management software
Google Suite
ClickUp
Monday
Communication
Presentation
Cross-functional collaboration
Proactive thinking
Feedback utilization
Urgency
Flexibility
Prioritization
Organization

Location

New York City
Boston
Austin, TX

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

3-5 years of previous industry / agency experience
3(+) years as a Project Manager

Education Level

4 Year College Degree; preferred in Marketing/Advertising/Event Management/Business Administration, Hospitality, Communications, or related field

Salary/Compensations

$75k - $90k

Benefits

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy
Employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period)
Low contribution healthcare option

About the Company

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing.
29 global offices filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways.
A part of the Project Worldwide family.
An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.

Equal Opportunity

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.