Project Manager

Role Description This is a full-time, Project Manager role responsible for the successful digital workflow and completion of complex trading card projects from the development through manufacturing lifecycle. On a day-to-day basis, the Project Manager will plan and track project schedules, coordinate tasks, manage resources, and monitor progress to ensure on-time delivery of products and initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate: Help team members and asset providers focus on their internal processes and deliverables by effectively managing the information and assets required to produce them. 
•  Track: Regularly monitor multiple detailed trading card collection schedules and track deliverables and milestones to assess project health and determine potential correction requirements.
•  Communicate: Proactively determine critical project details and communicate them effectively to responsible team members, asset providers, management and other stakeholders.
•  Balance: Weigh and prioritize the requirements of multiple project schedules to maximize the potential for successful completion of all projects.
•  Identify Risks: Determine, communicate and help develop management plans for potential problems with schedules, resources and assets. 
•  Resolve Issues: Quickly identify, escalate and resolve schedule variances and issues that arise during projects.
•  Report: Analyze project schedules and be prepared to report on project health and status and provide metrics when required.
•  Quality Control: Review deliverables to verify quality and completeness. Solicit and obtain feedback and approvals from licensors and internal departments.
• Influence: By your professionalism, character and communication skill, demonstrate and promote the value of a quality and project management-oriented culture.
• Improve: Continually look for ways to improve processes, procedures and methods.
•  Other Duties as Assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in digital workflows.
• Energetic, resourceful, positive and professional.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to build rapport and elicit timely solutions from individuals who are not direct reports.
• Proficiency in the use of Adobe Workfront - Proof.
• Offset print production, digital graphics, and prepress knowledge and experience a plus.

Education &/or Experience:

• College degree in related field desired. 
• Minimum two (2) years of project management experience.
• Print production experience highly desired.