Sr Associate – Creative Traffic Manager

Sr Associate – Creative Traffic Manager

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in creative project and/or traffic management
• Thorough understanding of creative workflows from concept to execution
• Strong planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage high volume workflows with rapid turnaround times and shifting priorities
• Exceptional personal skills, knowledgeable and confident when interfacing with stakeholders and collaborators
• Excellent verbal and written communication, able to clearly and concisely convey information across audiences with varying levels of experience working within the creative sphere
• Proactive problem solver with an eye for risk assessment while maintaining a solution-oriented mindset
• Proficient in Smartsheet or similar project management tools (Asana, Wrike, Notion, Workfront)
• A passion for design, culture, and the power of creative storytelling at a global scale

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage the Brand Design project board on Smartsheet, ensuring that new project requests are reviewed for completion and accuracy
• Assign projects according to priority, scope, due date, and resource availability
• Review project details with assigned creative team member(s) to ensure alignment and clarity
• Flag project requests which require further information; schedule and lead intake meetings as necessary
• Lead morning check-ins to go over daily assignments and projects in progress, identify and report risks and issues to leadership
• Traffic design proofs to stakeholders and collaborators and ensure feedback is received in a timely manner through the appropriate channels
• Consolidate notes and feedback with clearly defined action items and next steps to share with the design team
• Coordinate live collaboration sessions for more complex projects which require additional cross-functional alignment
• Utilize Smartsheet to produce reports on team capacity, resource allocations, and project statuses
• Act as the guardian of capacity and champion of well-being by serving as the first point of contact, allowing designers to focus on their work
• Communicate with stakeholders about processes, lead times, and ways of working; field questions and provide insights into best practices, requirements, team capacity, and capabilities
• Manage weekly communication with stakeholders to provide updates on active projects and check-in on content and information gathering for pending projects
• Establish strong relationships with project management and operational team members throughout the organization and become a trusted source of truth for working with our team

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.