BPI Spring 2024 Fellowship - Jr. Project Manager - Creative

Location: Washington, DC / New York, NY / Chicago, IL / San Francisco, CA

The hybrid schedule includes being in the office 3 days a week - Must be able to work from one of our offices.

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government, communicate without barriers, and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact. A growing firm, we sit on both coasts and connect Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy, and real people.

The Impact You Will Make

BPI’s fellowship program is a full-time fellowship. Ideal candidates will have strong writing capabilities and be detail-oriented, digitally savvy, and driven to provide high quality work for clients and causes. In addition to receiving direct mentoring, fellows will have exposure to business areas outside of their capability area in order to enhance your communication and digital marketing skills.

The Junior Creative Traffic Manager is responsible for coordinating design projects and assigned integrated projects from request to completion. This includes managing deadlines, and ensuring information and resources flow efficiently in a timely and organized manner.

We are looking for a highly organized and deadline focused individual to join our creative operations team in a role that manages the day-to-day flow of creative projects. These creative projects will include but are not limited to: Static design, GIF’s, HTML5’s, as well as potentially light-lift video edits and website development.

What the Day-to-Day Looks Like

• Review design project requests to ensure complete and clear intake of all requests
• Prioritize design projects, adjust workflow, and provide updates to the department during scheduled meetings
• Track projects through all phases: from request to delivery of final assets to ensure the accuracy and timely execution of projects
• Provide updates to the creative team accordingly, informing the Project Manager and creative leadership of any project-related issues
• Function as a creative problem solver who knows every detail of assigned projects/clients

The ideal candidate brings:

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proactivity and a willingness to ensure project success.
• Familiarity with graphic design and the creative process is a plus, but not required.

Program Schedule

· Fellowship start date: March 25, 2024

· Fellowship end date: May 23, 2024

Requirements

The ideal candidate has:

• 1-2 years of graphic design experience
• Full proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Excellent design sense, including composition, color and typography
• Experience with simple gif animation (text and shape motion graphics) a plus but not required
• Ability to work in a very fast-paced, collaborative environment
• A pulse on the digital world with an interest in what works versus what looks best
• Applications without a portfolio will not be considered

Benefits

Employee Status: Temporary – 9 weeks for term

Compensation: $2,946.66 per month (40 hours a week)

Bully Pulpit Interactive provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment regardless of gender identity, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship status, matriculation, personal appearance, genetic information or other protected group status.

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