Creative Sr Mgr-Remote
Posted 4 days ago by 1752234956
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Creative Senior Manager role is a contract position based remotely, focusing on leading cross-functional marketing campaigns for a tech company. The candidate will manage complex projects, ensuring effective collaboration among creative teams and internal clients. This position requires extensive experience in creative project management and a proactive approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess strong organizational and communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead production of large-scale, fully cross-functional marketing campaigns and initiatives.
- Manage complex projects, including scheduling meetings and liaising with internal clients.
- Oversee the full lifecycle of campaigns from concept development to execution.
- Act as the point of contact with internal clients to establish goals and deliverables.
- Guide the creative team, ensuring they have the necessary resources and support.
- Manage external agencies and vendors when outsourced support is required.
- Establish and uphold campaign governance standards to ensure adherence to best practices.
- Foster a collaborative and enjoyable work environment through team engagement.
Key Skills:
- 10+ years of creative production/project management experience.
- Experience with project management tools and Google Suite.
- General knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
- Strong multi-channel campaign experience.
- Proactive problem-solving and quality assurance skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative spirit with a sense of humor.
Salary (Rate): £80/hr.
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
We have Contract role Creative Sr Mgr-Remote for our client at Seattle WA. Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position.
Position Details:
Creative Sr Mgr-Remote-Seattle WA
Location : Remote
Project Duration : 6+ Months Contract
Pay Rate : $70-80/hr. on W2
Who we are
- Yahoo serves as a trusted guide to hundreds of millions of consumers globally with its portfolio of iconic brands that includes Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Search, AOL, TechCrunch, and many more. For brands and agencies, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions, premium content and powerful cross-channel data to engage audiences and deliver results.
- How does this role fit within the team/department? Creative Producer/Project Manager within Creative Ops, flexing across Finance, News, Mail, Sports campaigns and projects
- Overview of the team: The Ops team works in partnership with the Creative Studio. The teams support all business units (Brand, Mail, News, Finance, Search/Commerce/Games. We all work hard, accomplish a lot but also like to have fun while doing it.
- Key team goals: Successful launches of all campaigns and deliverables
- Must-have skills/qualifications (technical, soft skills, certifications, tools): Experience working with a project management tool, Google Suite, general knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, Production Schedule creation, experience working with paid media campaigns.
- Ideal experience level (years, leadership, industries): 10+ years in Creative Project Management, with strong cross-functional, multi-channel campaign experience
- Any preferred industries or companies for background? Tech company background is helpful
- Desired personality or work style: Production and process minded, self-starter who takes initiative. Strong presentation skills are a plus. Keen eye for detail.
- Key attributes or values sought in the candidate: Collaborative, level headed and likes to have fun
- Challenges in hiring for this role in the past (if applicable): Candidates were either under or over qualified
- What has worked well in hiring for similar roles? Experience in campaigns, self starter, takes initiative and likes process
- Any additional details or red flags to note about the role or candidate? This is a fast paced environment so we want someone who thrives in that type of role.
What we re looking for
A rockstar producer who has:
- 10+ years of creative production/project management experience managing complex projects, preferably in a technology or media environment, working directly with creative teams spanning design, copy, video, web, events, and social development.
- Experience producing paid media campaigns from concept through trafficking that include app store, Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other paid media channels.
- Proactive Problem-Solving: Demonstrate an ability to proactively anticipate project needs, determine the next steps, and take initiative without explicit direction.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure project deliverables meet the required quality standards and align with business objectives or last round of feedback, etc.
- An eagle eye for details, an obsession with organization, and the ability to drive creative campaigns across multiple teams under tight deadlines.
- Multi-channel communication skills. You can run a meeting, take a phone call, answer a Slack, field an email, take impeccable notes, and post on PM software to keep everyone on the same page. A collaborative spirit, a proactive sensibility, and a great sense of humor. Our team loves to laugh as hard as they work.
- Software proficiency in: the full Google Suite, knowledge of design software like Adobe Creative Suite & Figma is a plus, and PM software like Wrike, Workfront, Monday and Trello.
What you ll do:
The shortlist:
- Lead production of large-scale, fully cross-functional marketing campaigns and initiatives for our suite of brands.
- Manage complex projects and all the people needed to complete them. This includes scheduling meetings, creating schedules, liaising with internal clients, organizing creative teams, delivering pep talks, standing firm on agreed-upon goals, and demonstrating diplomatic skills worthy of the U.N.
- Oversee the full lifecycle of campaigns and initiatives from concept development to execution across media, and file delivery, including but not limited to: print, digital,
- video, OOH, DM, social, swag, etc.
- Client management. You ll be the point of contact with internal clients and you ll work with them to establish goals, deliverables, milestones and limits.
- Creative management: You ll be the creative team s guide and gut-checker, helping to brainstorm ideas and develop concepts that are on strategy. Your role helps ensure that creatives have the resources, information, and support they need to execute their work effectively and achieve project goals. You will act as a liaison to resolve any issues that may impede their progress. Manage external agencies, production partners or other vendors when outsourced support is required (including print production, multimedia and motion graphics) when necessary, as well as managing SoW and PO process.
- Establish and uphold campaign governance standards to ensure projects adhere to best practices, including creative testing, media learnings, and best practices.
- Share trends and inspo, compare notes on whatever we re all binge-watching, listen to our war stories at happy hours, tell us jokes on our Slack channels, and more of the stuff that makes work FUN.