Marketing/Creative Operations Project Manager Full Time

The Breakdown:

Project Managers at Burton play a critical role in bringing our company strategies to life. Marketing Operation PMs are responsible for organizing and leading the completion of projects in a timely fashion within Burton’s marketing roadmap utilizing collaboration, clear communication, and effective stakeholder management. PMs must understand the requirements for project success and help drive cross-functional teams to completion.

This Project Management role, within our Marketing Category team, will focus on managing projects aligned with our Hardgoods business. This position requires a positive, unbiased, confident collaborative attitude and an ability to adapt processes in an organized and detail-oriented mindset.

This role requires strong partnership with our Category Strategy team through the Brief Development phase and our Creative and Content teams throughout the Creative Development phase. The PM will support both phases of work by ensuring clear project and resource plans, alignment on brief and creative deliverables, and effective cross-collaboration and stakeholder management. The ideal candidate will have experience managing marketing campaigns, collaborating with cross-functional teams, is organized and is an efficient communicator.

What You Get to Do:

Project & Resource Management

• Establish clear project plans, monitor schedules and maintain project documentation
• Ensure effective communication to project teams and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Oversee project milestone planning and ensure project team accountability to project milestones
• Guide project teams from project planning through close
• Lead regular project team standups to facilitate work completion, decision making, and risk assessment
• Anticipate and communicate project risks recommend mitigation strategies
• Track project progress and provide accurate status updates and reporting
• Organize and motivate internal and external creative teams for seamless campaign execution
• Contribute to resource planning and task prioritization
• Coordinate with the Marketing Operations PM team to ensure project timing and resource plans align well with the broader portfolio
• Manage external vendor and freelance relationships to ensure quality and timely deliverables

Creative Operations & Process Optimization

• Contribute to optimizing marketing and creative workflows to ensure scalability and efficiency across projects
• Support the maintenance of tools and processes that support collaboration, accountability, and transparency for project teams and stakeholders
• Contribute to creative quality by supporting adherence to brand guidelines and production readiness through quality control processes
• Champion change management by monitoring tool/process adoption, identifying roadblocks and recommending improvements

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with strategy, creative, and marketplaces teams to define project objectives and drive execution
• Serve as a trusted operational leader by ensuring clear communications, alignment, and accountability across functions
• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement

What You’ll Bring to The Team:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• Project Management experience required, particularly in schedule creation and management
• Experience working with Marketing and/or Creative teams preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Teams, Smartsheet or similar PM tools preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Ability to self-motivate, adapt, prioritize, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to positively influence others and take responsibility for outcomes
• Strong communication, organizational, multi-tasking skills and a positive, people-oriented attitude
• Capability to develop and present succinct status summaries and reports for stakeholders
• Desire to obtain and implement feedback on a regular basis
• Ability to manage and distill large amounts of information
• Creative thinking and ability to approach problems from many angles

Core Capabilities That Would Help You Succeed in This Role:

• Project Planning & Execution
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Marketing & Creative Process Familiarity
• Stakeholder Management
• Operational Leadership
• Risk Management & Problem Solving
• Resource & Capacity Planning
• Quality Control & Brand Stewardship
• Adaptability & Resilience
• Organizational & Communication Excellence

How Your Success Will Be Measured:

• On-Time and on-budget Project Delivery
• Effective Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Creative and Campaign Execution Quality
• Team and Stakeholder Satisfaction

Travel:

• · The position may require minimal travel.

Work/Physical Environment:

• Working Conditions: This position is in a typical, stationary office setting. Over 80% of the day will be spent sitting in 1 location
• Location: On-site, with the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule, agreed upon with the manager
• Commitments: This is a salaried position

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