General Purpose of the Position:
The Project Manager is process-focused and responsible for managing multiple types of branding projects from request to completion including design, print, web, sales collateral, marketing campaigns, and other creative assets in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment. This person will join an in-house creative department and will assist with streamlining the flow and communication for collaborators and serves as a liaison to department stakeholders ensuring strong interdepartmental relations. Through expert communication this position enables the entire branding team to run smoothly and efficiently in hitting deadlines through time management, establishing “by when(s)” and managing recommitments where needed.
In addition, this role requires an eye for detail and an extra eye for brand standards. The perfect candidate for this role is a team player that realizes being a member of the Switch team means playing any role that is needed to support the company's success.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor all projects in the department through the chosen project management tools (Asana + Outlook)
- Manage multiple projects for multiple brands while remaining flexible through revisions, with a keen attention to detail
- Be connected to the time management of all team members and identify areas that need to be supported
- Consistent communication with the VP of Brand & Operations and team stakeholders, to determine the scope of projects and ensure adherence to brand standards and guidelines
Required Job Skills:
- Performs any other assignments and/or duties as assigned to forward the Switch mission
Required Job Skills:
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, time management skills, team-oriented and a professional work ethic
- Confidence within a group setting and articulate communication skills, including a level of comfort facilitating group meetings, bringing the best out of each attendee
- Extreme passion for details, rules, and adhering to current systems, and the ability to identify areas for improvement
- Accuracy and attention to detail, experience in adherence to brand guidelines
- A solid understanding of various creative platforms, related graphic needs, and best practices
- The ability to be flexible in a fast-paced, continually evolving environment
- Collaboration with diverse teams of talented individuals is essential
- Continuous learning to keep skills and industry knowledge current through personal research of trends
- Strong collaboration skills with leadership, creative and writing teams
- Ability and willingness to quickly adapt to new technologies
- Maintain organized workflow, provide on-going reporting and accurate daily status of assignments
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, environment
- Clear and effective communication skills to ensure quality fact-finding with inter-company clients for project clarity and to ensure effective flow of all project
- Ability to adhere to and work creatively within company brand standard
- A process-focused creator, maintaining order and always striving for results in excellence
- Strong ability to provide solutions and update systems to keep up with the responsibilities of the Branding Department
- Stellar written and verbal communication to express Brand Guidelines in all projects
- Documented experience using project management software applications and document management
Computer Equipment and Software:
- Asana experience
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft 365 suite with a focus on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Basic knowledge of Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is a plus - Creative projects will require a variety of Adobe files and processes to completion - understanding the needs of each project and the design tools to execute helps immensely
- Basic AV knowledge a plus -for running meetings and facilitating groups (10+) of individuals
- Mac experience is a plus
Education and Experience:
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree (Preferred) or relevant work experience
Experience:
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
If your position requires you to work in the field and/or warehouse, it is mandatory that you wear approved Personal Protective Equipment.
