Creative Project Manager

K18 Hair

About The Position

At K18, we're about hair freedom for all–engineered with biotech. We are on a mission to liberate expression. To make the impossible possible with the right technology. To build a community of forward thinkers, risk takers, and rabble rousers. To bring fearless innovation forward and push boundaries past where we thought they could go. Position Overview K18 is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Creative Project Manager to support the creative development of visual merchandising (VM) and packaging initiatives. This role champions creative workflow systems specific to visual merchandising and packaging — where you will manage select projects end-to-end, overseeing resourcing, creative milestones, iteration rounds, and final delivery.

Requirements

3+ years experience in Creative Project Management either in-house or at a creative agency
1+ years experience using Wrike project management tool
Proven ability to work on multiple projects at a time within a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
Excellent communication skills
Works well without supervision
Thorough understanding of the design + creative production processes
Must be able to work cooperatively with others and perform other job-related duties when assigned

Nice To Haves

In-house experience in the beauty or fashion industry is a plus
Experience working closely with visual merchandising and production teams also a plus

Responsibilities

Proactively manage all the details throughout packaging, VM and print production related projects, ensuring all action-items are accomplished timely and accurately
Responsible for scheduling, tracking, change management, evaluating, and controlling projects
Develop, manage, and continuously adjust detailed project timelines to ensure creative milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and production deadlines are met
Sets clear expectations for tasks and deliverables across teams accountable for work, communicating clearly to the team and providing proper materials/documentation when necessary
Working knowledge of creative needs and expectations
Identify where altered requirements will involve extra time or extra resources and efficiencies can be gained
Assess needs and distribute work within a group from concept, development, approval and final production
Collaborate daily with creative team and stakeholder counterparts
Manages resource planning, engaging freelancers as needed
Review and/or assist in developing Wrike creative requests
Demonstrate good judgment in choosing methods of communication that are most effective and efficient within the team
Able to track and analyze data related to creative output and provide insights into trends and help forecast for future needs