Tuesday, December 15, 2015

[KITlist] Marketing Project Specialist (986) (Santa Cruz , CA)

 

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Crawford Group (www.crawfordgroup.com) is looking for a Marketing Project Specialist consultant for our client located in Santa Cruz, CA. The Marketing Project Specialist is the liaison between the internal client, Marcom and production. The Marketing Project Specialist will be responsible for understanding client requests and developing comprehensive creative work requests and timelines, prioritizing and tracking projects, ensuring all projects adhere to brand guidelines, and that completed jobs are posted to the appropriate locations. The Specialist will also provide suggestions for continuous improvement of best practices to ensure maximum utilization of resources.

The ideal consultant is a resourceful project manager who is exceptionally detail oriented and organized. Must possess strong interpersonal skills, be positive, energetic and open minded.

Responsibilities:

Act as primary point of contact for person requesting a project and intermediary between Marcom and brand production

Create creative work requests (CWRs) by working closely with and gathering input from requestor

Ensure project briefs are fully completed before commencement of work by identifying and proactively filling gaps (track down relevant project-related assets, proactively seek information to fill in gaps, include project specs, etc.)

Proactively think through project requests holistically and identify additional needs and resources (e.g.: email would require Marketo, possibly additional materials, etc.)

Prioritize projects (including all associated elements) based on level of complexity and due date. Track all projects – current and completed.

Coordinate with brand production and brand creative to kick off and produce. Handle kick-off meetings as necessary.

Develop timelines and lead day-to-day management and optimization of all assigned projects including coordinating approvals with key stakeholders

Ensure quality as well as adherence to brand and messaging, voice/tone

Constantly monitor and proactively report on progress of the project to all stakeholders

Gain strong understanding of brand standards and project deliverables

Ensure post project information is complete and uploaded (Source, OpenText, need to post to the collateral library). Monitor and refresh as assets change (updates/replacements.)

Monitor and ensure materials on the collateral library are current and print volumes are sufficient

Looks for ways to create efficiencies in process or gaps and actively communicates to Director of Brand, Production and Identity

Skills:

3+ years' proven marketing project management experience. Must have worked for at least one technology company (internships included.)

Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment and prioritize projects with minimal direction

Strong work ethic, and relentless commitment to quality and efficiency

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Strong data/analytics skills

Flexibility to adjust quickly to changes and deliver on tight deadlines

Ability to prioritize based on business need vs the most vocal or demanding internal client

Ability to look at everything being created to ensure consistency up, down and across all assets created

Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

RATE: D.O.E., as w2 employee of Crawford Group (benefits available)

LOCATION: Fully onsite at clients' office in Santa Cruz, CA. No phone calls, please.

HOURS/DURATION: January 11, 2016 – ongoing

Interested? Apply online and upload your resume in MS Word format to:

http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc02/ats/careers/apply.jsp;jsessionid=9E818D202DE86A28C52085E904490E95?org=CRAWFORD&cws=1&rid=986

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