Senior Associate, Marketing Operations (Project Manager)

Dimensional Fund Advisors • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Marketing department enables sales by answering, “Why Dimensional?” They partner with sales groups, investment teams, and executive leadership within Dimensional to extract, package, and spread Dimensional’s message and philosophy. Teams within the Marketing department work to best reflect Dimensional’s unique offer to clients and advance its position in the marketplace. The Project Manager is a member of the Marketing Operations team and is responsible for facilitating the production and delivery of marketing campaigns and materials for Dimensional’s global brand. These materials include print collateral, digital deliverables, and other specialty items. The role investigates the scope of the project, creates and maintains schedules, and routes jobs through the lifecycle of a creative project including editorial development, design, production, quality control, legal/compliance sign off, and distribution. The candidate must have the ability to work efficiently with large groups of stakeholders, gaining consensus and managing timelines in a fast-paced environment, and to use sound judgment with an eye to the broader communication needs for the business. In addition, the Project Manager works to assess existing processes, implement improvements, create and maintain process documentation and training, and report on workflow analytics.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing complex projects in marketing, communications, design, and/or advertising, with a focus on internal communications and/or brand management.
• Must be highly organized and results-oriented.
• Excellent relationship, persuasion/influence, presentation and communication (verbal/written) skills and a professional client service mind-set
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, especially in situations involving consensus and team building, with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills, including the ability to maintain several concurrent projects while providing realistic delivery dates and managing customer expectations
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize workload
• Must be process-driven, but flexible
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative
• Experience working in a marketing or creative environment
• Ability to work with details and ensure accuracy, while maintaining a big picture focus
• This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, advertising, or a related field preferred.
• Background in the financial services industry preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the proper intake, routing, and publishing of projects including capturing project scopes to meet established deadlines.
• Creates schedules and assigns projects to internal team of presentation specialists, designers, production artists, and editors.
• Displays exceptional customer service skills and helps foster an environment of teamwork.
• Manages global projects with stakeholders and key members of the Canada, APAC, and EMEA business teams.
• Analyzes requests and understands total asks before engaging the appropriate department resources, ensure proper prioritization, meet all established deadlines, and proactively resolve issues that may impact the success of event support.
• Routes projects through the project lifecycle while completing stakeholder signoffs, Legal and Compliance approvals, and tracks necessary quality control revisions.
• Understands the duties and strengths of fellow teammates. Ensure resources are aligned and everyone is working toward a common objective.
• Maintains regular communication with Marketing teams and internal clients for early detection of issues. Use metrics wisely to help identify project areas that might need attention.
• Partner with stakeholders including sales, product and investment teams as well as marketing leads to ensure projects meet business needs and alert them to any changes that affect costs, quality, or deadlines.
• Perform regular quality assurance checks to ensure marketing collateral has been published appropriately.
• Identify and implement process improvements to continually streamline workflows and build consistency.
• Work on ad-hoc projects to support business needs as directed.

Benefits

• Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.
• It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.
• If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, such accommodation is available upon request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level