PATTERN Beaut y is looking for a passionate, organized and detail-oriented Project Manager to join their fun, hard-working, results-driven, creative and collaborative team. Reporting to the CMO, the PM will be responsible for facilitating and managing the day-to-day and on time project workflow through all phases of marketing and creative projects from initiation through review, approval, and final delivery with some trafficking responsibilities. This position will support, assess and assign deadline dates through all phases of projects leading to final delivery of files. This role requires expert communication and organizational skills and an understanding of brand creative processes. In addition, this position will facilitate, schedule, and support in driving creative reviews and approval meetings as well as project kickoffs with marketing, creative and cross-collaborative teams. This role interacts directly and closely with all cross functional partners in addition to the creative team.

The ideal candidate will have experience in project management process development, and strong proficiencies in project management tools. This role requires the ability to work in a high energy fast-paced environment and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to achieve results.

This role MUST be based in the Los Angeles area.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and continue to develop seasonal project timelines/tracking documents
• Extensive use of and expert knowledge of Asana (or other project management system(s))
• Help create and lead go-to-market process in partnership with VP of Marketing
• Assess and track bandwidth of the Creative team to help prioritize requests, maximize efficiency, and generate best-in-class results
• Partner with cross-functional teams to outline needs, timing and delivery of all creative for use across channels
• Communicate timelines, due dates and approvals to keep programs on track and aligned with business goals, supporting strategic priorities
• Ability to anticipate and predict potential roadblocks, manage frequent changes and delays in fast-paced situations and partner with business owners to align on solutions and options
• Raise awareness of heavy workload on Creative team to senior management to help reprioritize based on business strategies and revenue drivers and help mitigate issues with timing
• Identify unmet needs and gaps and create solutions to scale development of creative content
• Conduct Project Kick-Off meetings with cross-functional partners as needed to review all new Project Request Forms submitted to ensure project requestor, designer, and writer are aligned on vision and estimated timing
• Oversight and management of project assignments in Asana project management system
• Schedule meetings with various Creative and Marketing Teams to facilitate reviews and approvals for on-time completion of projects as needed/directed
• Clearly communicate updates and manage internal expectations with internal clients on project status and updates
• Provide day-to-day service & support to the following internal teams including but not limited to Creative, Marketing, PR, Paid Media, Social, and digital teams
• Manage video post production schedule and approval workflow, updating/managing post timelines in partnership with the video team

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have at least 8-10 years of project management and/or traffic management experience as part of a consumer packaged goods/beauty brand, internal creative agency, or similar related area
• Must have comprehensive knowledge of development timelines for graphic design, copy, creative, image and video post production and digital processes as they relate to workflow
• Must have proven expertise with regard to multi-tasking, prioritizing/reprioritizing projects, and working into extremely tight deadlines in a very fast-paced environment
• Willingness to adjust, refine, and evolve processes based on business partners and needs
• Must be self-managed, self-motivated, proactive, detail oriented, extremely organized and a team player who works collaboratively and constructively
• Must have strong workflow management, planning, problem solving and communication skills
• Must be able to self-manage projects and work within deadlines, with flexibility to pivot and shift as needed
• Must be a proven facilitator of information, with exceptional follow up skills and an extremely keen sense of urgency
• Knowledge of Asana or similar project management system is a plus in addition to fluency in MS Office

SKILLS:

• Organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate updates, deadlines and needs to stakeholders
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of managing various projects simultaneously
• Adept to handling a fast-paced work environment
• Comfortable with handling sensitive information and applying discretion appropriately

Full Time, salaried position

Salary Range: 90,000 to 100,000

ABOUT PATTERN

PATTERN's mission is to fulfill the beauty needs of the curly, coily, and tight-textured community. Created by award-winning actress and producer Tracee Ellis Ross, PATTERN is a Black-owned haircare brand centered around the celebration of Black beauty and caters to the uniquely beautiful curls in the diverse hair community of 3b to 4c hair types. We are an active space for uplifting and loving our authentic beauty. Since launching in September 2019, PATTERN has taken the industry by storm and is the recipient of numerous editorial awards. We cultivate a community approach at PATTERN where all voices are heard & where people can bring their whole selves to work. PATTERN Is now available at Ulta Beauty, Ulta Beauty at Target, Sephora, Macy's & Boots, among others.