Project Manager, Creative Operations

Publication or Company:   RF|Binder

Industry:   Graphic Design/Art Direction, Public Relations

Job Duration:   Full Time

Job Location:   New York, NY

Job Requirements:   Other Qualifications
• Strong business and personal ethics
• Assertive and proactive conflict-resolution and problem-solving skills
• Clear and concise communication in both written and verbal form
• Ability to be diplomatic or firm when necessary in order to drive business forward or obtain results
• Highly detail oriented and able to work autonomously
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and tight deadlines with confidence and ease
• Ability to liaise between multiple departments
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated
• You are a doer – not a delegator

Ideal Experience – could be mixture of
• Previous ad agency account experience 5 – 7 years
• Previous project management experience in ad agency, digital agency and or design environment
• Budget management
• Timeline management

About Our Company:   Job Description:
You are a catalyst, motivator and organizer. You have the vision and experience as a project manager to help assist creative teams and inspire best in class work.
You are a doer that has worked within an integrated agency, developing processes, solving studio needs, handling detailed project management and managing creative staffing. You have a thorough understand of the creative process from concept through execution.

Your mission would be to accomplish the following:

• Work closely with the Chief Creative Officer to ensure success of the creative teams and projects agency wide
• Maintain an environment where creativity work can be developed in a timely and profitable manner
• Develop new and clear processes for better project management and workflow, including: creative requests, trafficking, timelines, hot sheets, approvals, digital and traditional production and internal briefings
• Support the creative process in a fast-paced production environment
• Play a key role in company-wide profitability and Client/RFB satisfaction goals

Core Responsibilities and Duties:
• Direct and help coordinate the day-to-day agency Creative, Studio and production efforts with the Chief Creative Officer
• Liaison between account teams ensuring creative briefs are properly filled out, materials/assets are provided and foster communication throughout the process
• Monitor day-to-day project activities and resourcing for Creative and Studio team, lead appropriate project meetings and issuing daily hot lists
• Manage resourcing forecast spreadsheets based on input from account, and creative team
• Determine project risk (scope/resources/hours) on an ongoing basis
• Recommend process improvements for Resource Management and identifying best practices to be rolled out across Agen