Creative Manager jobs in Birmingham, AL

At Telegraph, we don’t work in siloed departments, but rather highly collaborative teams. Everyone is accountable for creating award-winning, nationally-recognized work that builds and drives our clients’ business.Telegraph is seeking an experienced Project Manager who can oversee and direct multiple projects at a time, ensuring these projects meet or exceed internal & client expectations and are delivered on-time and on-budget. Impeccable communication and organizational abilities are a prerequisite for consideration. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•       Lead day-to-day management of digitally-based projects in collaboration with sales & account teams and with direct engagement with the client, creative and development teams
•       Responsible for helping to prioritize projects and deliverables; keeper of the creative team’s schedules and owner of resourcing and workflow management
•       Fuel inter-department relationship and liaison between account leadership, creative and other functions
•       Develop project critical paths and timelines
•       Manage budgets, completing projects within estimated hours and costs
•       Manages/works with vendor/third party relationships as necessary (i.e. hosting, stock photo services, and video production)
•       Maintain and update necessary reporting
•       Quality control and mitigate risk
•       Internal systems expert and keeper of process
•       Contribute to ongoing process refinements and ways of working

QUALIFICATIONS:

•       Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business or related field
•       3-5 years of marketing or advertising experience, agency experience preferred
•       2-4 years experience in project management, coordinating or related field
•       Strong background in digital media including custom website page development, native advertising, digital display ads, search, email, and social media
•       Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
•       Ability to manage time, adhere to strict timelines, multitask and work well under pressure
•       Detail orientation and ability to ensure that projects are developed in line with client’s brand style and guidelines
•       Proactive nature in the seeking of work/responsibility
•       Exhibits strong listening skills and the ability to tactfully communicate position on relevant issues to reach team consensus
•       Dependability in execution of work and as member of assigned team
•       Enthusiastic, solution-oriented attitude in accepting work/new challenges
•       Effective interpersonal skills working well across functions

·       Conscientious work ethic