Creative Project Manager Jobs

At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fueled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started.

While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations, and we must keep raising the bar!

The Creative Project Manager is the ultimate organizer, team wrangler, and creative whisperer. The successful applicant should be a savvy marketing and social media enthusiast, who makes it a point to stay up to date with industry trends. You are able to juggle a range of client partners within multiple industries such as retail, food, gaming, and entertainment. This role ensures successful cross-functional coordination between teams that leads to positive business outcomes through effective planning. You are the beacon and go-to-person to know the latest updates and guide each department on how to engage in the work.

About You:

• You have a strong working knowledge of all social media platforms, including: LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter
• You work well within a team environment, have lots of fun, and roll with the punches
• You have strong written and verbal communications skills
• You are creative and strategic, with the ability to think outside of the box
• You are well-versed in a number of PM tools (including Monday.com)
• You have strong project and account management skills with agency experience

The Role:

• Monitor day-to-day milestones, understanding client requirements, writing proposals and briefs, and managing workflows
• Identify gaps and opportunities in content plans for new and existing clients.
• You understand all facets of project execution and can support all deliverables, including: timelines, pricing, budget analyses, channel strategy, measurement and reporting
• Help to ensure creative quality, identify next steps, and drive projects throughout inception to delivery
• Establishes strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners, allowing for problem solving outside of group meetings and calls
• Optimize the delivery flow of teams, actively addressing the most complicated risks and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists
• Develop strategic documents for client presentations and campaign/project plans, as well as program wrap and analysis reports
• You have experience with design, content development, and implementation of social strategies
• Track hours and manage project scope changes and cost against budget
• Foresee any roadblocks or issues and notify team resourcing issues, delivery status, and/or changes in schedule
• Work with the Director of Content Operations and Manager of Content Operations to manage projects through all stages of execution and delivery to ensure work is on time, accurate, and on budget
• You apply your knowledge of integrated multi-channel marketing campaigns across a number of diverse industries

Required Experience:

• In-depth knowledge of social media and its best practices
• Highly confident using Google Suite Tools
• Superior communication and organizational skills, with acute attention to detail
• Experience managing multiple, simultaneous projects in a busy agency or studio environment
• Minimum of 3-5 years of professional related experience (agency experience preferred)
• Experience growing brands on social media
• Must have a university degree, or college diploma, in a relevant field such as marketing, business, public relations, communications, and/or have equivalent work experience
• Experience navigating 360 campaigns and integrated productions
• Understanding of design principles with experience providing creative/design feedback

Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.