Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.
Job Overview:
Location: Needham, MA (Hybrid 3 days a week on site)
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Creative Project Manager to join our Internal Creative Center of Excellence. This role will be pivotal in managing and executing a variety of APAC creative projects from inception through to completion, ensuring all deliverables meet the highest quality standards and align with the company’s strategic objectives. The APAC Creative Project Manager will work directly with Category Marketing and Product Development to efficiently plan briefs and support internal key stakeholders to meet project deadlines and business critical paths for NPD, Skew extensions and MP. The ideal candidate will have a blend of project management expertise, exceptional communication skills and open to working different work timings to coordinate with the APAC Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple creative projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Meeting Management: Organize and lead kick offs and inflight meetings with key stakeholders to ensure deadlines are staying on track and expectations are being set.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Creative Project Manager – International, designers, writers, marketers, product development, video/content production and other stakeholders including our global/APAC teams to ensure seamless project workflows and effective collaboration.
- Client Liaison: Serve as the main point of contact for the APAC Team within the Global Creative Operations - understanding their needs, providing regular updates, and ensuring satisfaction with the final deliverables.
- Resource Allocation: Manage and allocate resources efficiently, balancing workloads and ensuring optimal productivity.
- DAM Management: Ensure work produced in APAC is tracked, tagged and uploaded into the DAM
- Quality Control: Ensure all creative outputs adhere to brand guidelines and quality standards.
- Problem Solving: Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, timelines, and status reports.
- Innovation: Foster a culture of creativity and innovation within the team, encouraging new ideas and approaches.
- Continuous Improvement: Evaluate project outcomes and processes to identify areas for improvement and implement best practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management within a creative or marketing environment.
- Global project Management experience
- Open to working earlier mornings or later evenings to coordinate with the APAC Team
Skills:
- Strong project management skills with a proven track record of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proactively reach out to business partners to forecast work and maintain production schedules.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Wrike).
- Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Personal Attributes:
- Passion for creativity and innovation.
- Strong leadership and team-building capabilities.
- Ability to work quickly and decisively, switching from Project Management tasks to critical thinking.
- Adaptability and willingness to embrace change
- Customer oriented with exceptional attention to detail. Friendly, calm, reliable, with a sense of humor and desire to produce great work for the business.
- Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
- Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
- Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
- Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
- Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at accommodations@sharkninja.com