Creative Coordination Manager

The Creative Coordination Manager is responsible for maintaining a highly productive team of coordinators focused on accurate delivery of a range of projects from large scale seasonal campaigns to daily deliverables that drive retail business across multiple channels. The Creative Coordination Manager ensures team and project and resource alignment with integrated marketing and brand managers. As a manager, you supervise the team of creative coordinators with laser focus on balancing the creation, tracking and management of creative project schedules for key business units across JD, Finish Line and Finish Line at Macy's. You are a master of flexible planning and organization with an acute understanding of the creative process across print, digital and video including shoot production, design, print production and video post production. As an experienced manager you know the importance of leading your team to identify and collaboratively develop practices and partnerships that will increase efficiency and accuracy with planning and scheduling creative projects and resources. In this role, you will work directly with Integrated Marketing managers, Brand managers, Creative leadership and external creative partners to collectively develop successful creative project plans and champion them from the onset throughout the project's lifecycle with the following duties:Manage the creative coordinator team to foster strong, trusted relationships, operate with agility, and excel as experts.Build and manage end-to-end timelines for key initiatives and large-scale omnichannel creative projects from concept through launch.Direct and maintain weekly scheduling and resource allocation across creative teams (design, motion, print production, and copy), balancing business and marketing priorities with forward-looking, week-over-week resource planning.Create connections to plan and coordinate project schedules and resource alignment with external creative partners to hit on time project delivery.Manage creative freelance budgetManage project scope and changes with integrated marketing and lead coordinator team to do the same through all levels of projects.Identify, monitor and track issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables.Run weekly demand planning sessions as necessary to maintain successful project scheduling and delivery.Use data to deliver insights that can affect forecasting and accuracy with creative scheduling and resourcing.Additional duties and projects as assigned.Required Education and/or ExperienceBachelor's degree (B.A) from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience required, with Business, Marketing, Communication or Computer Science preferred. Minimum of 4 - 6 years' relevant work experience required in Interactive Marketing or eCommerce. Experience in organizing information, collaborating, thinking critically and working as part of a team required. Strong project management and organizational skills with prior experience in an online production or project management role is preferred. Management experience preferred. Internal JD Finish Line experience preferred.Required Computer and/or Technical SkillsExcellent computer skills, including intermediate knowledge and abilities with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. High degree of internet savvy, with a curiosity and enthusiasm for digital and media trends.5+ yrs experience managing and scheduling creative projects and coordinator teamsExceptional leadership, communication and organizational skillsAbility to work on multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detailExpert knowledge of Basecamp 3Intermediate experience and understand of design, print and digital production processesIntermediate understanding of photo/video production and post production processesFamiliarity with agile workflowFamiliarity with Adobe Creative SuitePhysical DemandsSit for more than 6 hours per shiftUse hands to finger, handle and feelReach with hands and armsTalk and/or hearStand for up to 2 hours at a time regularlyWalk or move from one location to another regularlyPeriodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouchLift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionallyPunctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company's policies are required for the position.Average work week is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per the company policyJ-18808-Ljbffr