Job Description

Position Details

Client: Medical Devices Company
Position Title: Sr. Marketing Specialist/Creative Project Manager
Duration: 12 months (Possible extension)
Location: St. Paul, MN 55117 (Onsite)
Pay Range: $40/hr to $45/hr

Job Summary

This position helps instill corporate brand by leading cross?functional creative teams to deliver best?in?class, multi?channel creative solutions. The ideal candidate is motivated and proactive, with a passion for insights?driven marketing, creative problem solving and a deep understanding of how creative work is achieved through projects, workflows and processes. Additionally, youll demonstrate stewardship and provide project leadership to meet Division strategies and business objectives. This person leads the most complex and critical projects (Tier 1) within the organization, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with strategic goals. They will manage multiple projects, mentor junior staff, and serve as an expert to lead project management methodologies, coordination and plans. This role is part of the Clients Creative team, a group within the Clients Global Marketing and External Affairs team.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with strategists, creative directors, writers, designers to develop strategically driven creative campaigns and content that attracts, engages and activates target audiences, while increasing Clients share of voice and brand awareness metrics.
• Lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Act as central point of contact for business partners and creative team members.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with business partners, internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with team to establish and maintain roles and responsibilities throughout project lifecycle.
• Document project plan in project management software and maintain project documentation. Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate, and up to date.
• Execute scope change management and project close?out processes.
• Participate in project assessments and communicate lessons learned.
• Lead Project Management team partnership with Operations team to provide forecasting; have advanced understanding of tracking, reporting and oversight on project budget, expenditures and metrics.
• Proactively identify and manage project opportunities, issues and risks, and escalates issues in a timely manner to leadership.
• Influence the development of ideas that reinforce the values of the Clients brand.
• Exhibit critical thinking to connect and align bodies of work to the Clients brand.

Qualifications

• Creative agency experience required; creative agency experience within a healthcare setting desired.
• Communications, Advertising, or Marketing Agency experience is beneficial.
• Strong proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• Comprehensive personal computer skills including demonstrated spreadsheet, word processing and database management capabilities are required.
• Experience working with project management tools and software.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast?paced, changing environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in a timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow?up skills.
• 7+ years experience required.

Benefits

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long?term disability insurance, short?term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time, paid sick, safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually. These all are subject to applicable eligibility.

Seniority Level

Mid?Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Project Management and Information Technology

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