Creative Project Manager

About Us:

At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward. 

 

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 1,800+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table.

 

While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something. 

 

See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers

 

Creative Project Manager 

 

About the role:
We are looking for a Creative Project Manager to join our dynamic creative team. In this role you will oversee the development and execution of creative campaigns—from kickoff to delivery—in collaboration with the Creative Director and Art Director. The Creative Project Manager identifies each project’s scope, clarifies deliverables, anticipates client and designer needs, develops timelines, and ensures design projects are on track. You’ll be responsible for managing large, complex projects and will also need to be comfortable in the weeds—specifically helping to manage day-to-day deliverables.

 

We are seeking an outgoing, self-driven, proactive individual with proven experience in creative services and associated project management, customer communications, design collaboration, quality control and supervising creative deliverables. This position requires client interaction, scoping skills, project and budget tracking, and ability to work with internal accounting and operations.

 

Please note, this role requires experience in Print Production. 

 

If you are super detail oriented, customer-service focused and a team player, read on!

 

As a Creative Project Manager, you will:

• Help oversee creative campaign projects from end to end. 
• Coordinate with creative suppliers and across internal teams to manage creative deliverables, vendor quotes, timelines, milestones, and key activities to ensure critical path deadline and budget considerations are met.
• Collaborate closely with Creative Director, Art Director, Graphic Designers and Copywriters to ensure campaign deliverables are high-quality and aligned with client expectations.
• Identify best practices, tools for improved productivity, and collaboration opportunities between internal teams. 
• Prepare and distribute weekly traffic reports across all active projects and programs in our pipeline. 
• Provide guidance and mentorship to new Creative Project Managers. 

 

You’re good at:

• Excellent supplier / vendor management skills
• Understanding client brand guidelines and ensure compliance in deliverables.
• Understanding the creative process, able to listen to a client’s needs, then translate into organized design instructions.
• Solution-oriented with understanding of how to approach resolving issues. 
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and manage personal workflow and schedules even in the midst of stressful and difficult circumstances. <