Creative Project Manager

AeroVironment • Simi Valley, CA

20h

About The Position

We're looking for a driven, detail-obsessed Creative Team Project Manager to be the operational backbone of our in-house creative department. You'll work side-by-side with our Creative Director, design team, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure every project — from trade show booths to social media campaigns — moves forward with clarity and momentum. This is not a background role. You'll be the connective tissue between creative vision and flawless execution, keeping timelines tight, communication clear, and nothing falling through the cracks.

Requirements

• Experience: 3–5 years of project management experience In a creative agency, in-house brand team, or marketing environment. A background working alongside designers is a strong plus.
• Tools: Monday.com power-user skills You know your way around boards, automations, Gantt views, and reporting dashboards. Proficiency in the full MS Office suite is required. Comfortable navigating Figma to review designs, leave comments, and track revisions (you don't need to design, but you need to speak the language).
• Organization: Exceptional organizational instincts You can juggle 10+ concurrent projects without losing your grip on a single one. You build systems, not workarounds.
• Communication: Crystal-clear communication Written and verbal. You can translate creative concepts to business stakeholders and business requirements back to the creative team without anything getting lost.
• Proactiveness: A proactive mindset You don't wait to be asked. You anticipate what's needed, surface issues early, and move with urgency when it counts.
• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.
• Ability to travel to demonstrations, events, trade shows, and other activations (up to 15%)
• Flexible work schedule and overtime may be required periodically

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with print production and vendor management
• Experience with Asana, Notion, or other project management platforms
• A basic understanding of design principles, brand guidelines, and creative workflows
• PMP, CAPM, or other project management certification
• Experience producing video or photo shoots

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management across all creative workstreams: marketing collateral, trade show materials, software UI/UX, experiential design, social media, and branded swag.
• Monday.com as your command center — building and maintaining boards, automations, timelines, and dashboards that give full visibility to stakeholders.
• Intake and brief management — fielding new requests, clarifying scope, gathering assets, and ensuring the team has everything they need before work begins.
• Cross-functional coordination with Marketing, Product, Communications, and Leadership teams to align on priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Proactive identification of blockers, timeline risks, and resource conflicts — before they become problems.
• Meeting facilitation, including creative kick-offs, status check-ins, and retrospectives with clear action items and follow-through.
• Asset and file organization — maintaining a clean, accessible, and version-controlled library of creative files.

Benefits

• AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed