Interim Associate Director, Creative Services
About The Position
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is seeking an Interim Associate Director of Creative Services for a temporary assignment from July 2026 to December 2026. This role is essential for planning projects, tracking progress, and resolving workflow issues within BAM's projects. The position involves responding to team communication, troubleshooting issues, and connecting team members with necessary resources. The Interim Associate Director will work closely with BAM's Director of Marketing to strategize departmental needs, plans, and future planning. The Creative Services Department comprises designers, copywriters, and a video producer who collaborate with internal, cross-organizational colleagues, and external vendors. This role is responsible for executing and supervising all departmental project management.
Requirements
- 5 - 8 years of experience in project management, specifically with creative teams / departments.
- BA degree or equivalent experience.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Knowledge of Adobe creative suite programs, applications and functions.
- Skillful knowledge of project management software and applications.
- Attention to detail.
- Working knowledge of operational systems, hardware, software and applications.
- Extensive experience with Excel and Outlook systems.
- Extensive experience with Google operational software (sheets, slides, etc).
- Be strategic and highly organized.
- Be a team player.
- Be confident and proactive.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Adobe WorkFront software.
Responsibilities
- Plan projects, track their progress, and resolve workflow issues.
- Respond to team communication and help troubleshoot issues or connect them with resources.
- Work closely with BAM's Director of Marketing to strategize departmental needs, plans, and future planning.
- Execute and supervise all departmental project management.
- Thoroughly review and gather all pertinent information for project requests to develop strategies and schedules for creative execution in collaboration with Director of Marketing and other key stakeholders and the creative team.
- Plan and track workflow using Adobe WorkFront software and serve as the owner and expert of our instance of the software.
- Facilitate the team’s project completion through thoughtful planning and project strategizing.
- Source print quotes, negotiate pricing (where applicable), and manage print process from artwork submission through final delivery.
- Collaborate with Director of Marketing on negotiation with vendors when anticipated budget is over $25,000.
- Work with internal clients on estimates for project-specific and seasonal budgets.
- Set yearly pricing for frequently printed materials.
- Review and adjust creatives’ schedules to ensure comparable workloads as necessary, or on request.
- Help train new BAM employees on how to work with the Creative Services team.
- Express curiosity about creatives, their work styles and technical needs so that you can be prepared when situations arise that require informed creative problem solving.
- Establish and maintain new printing and manufacturing relationships to grow BAM’s vendor network.
- Work with internal departments to combine purchasing power and negotiation leverage for future jobs.
- Learn basic BAM.org maintenance tasks to help quickly make urgent updates when necessary.
Benefits
- Access to BAM's fantastic programming.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
