Creative Coordination Manager

The Creative Coordination Manager is responsible for maintaining a highly productive team of coordinators focused on accurate delivery of a range of projects from large scale seasonal campaigns to daily deliverables that drive retail business across multiple channels. The Creative Coordination Manager ensures team and project and resource alignment with integrated marketing and brand managers. As a manager you supervise the team of creative coordinators with laser focus on balancing the creation tracking and management of creative project schedules for key business units across JD Finish Line and Finish Line at Macys. You are a master of flexible planning and organization with an acute understanding of the creative process across print digital and video including shoot production design print production and video post production. As an experienced manager you know the importance of leading your team to identify and collaboratively develop practices and partnerships that will increase efficiency and accuracy with planning and scheduling creative projects and this role you will work directly with Integrated Marketing managers Brand managers Creative leadership and external creative partners to collectively develop successful creative project plans and champion them from the onset throughout the projects lifecycle with the following duties:

• Manage the creative coordinator team to foster strong trusted relationships operate with agility and excel as experts.

• Build and manage end-to-end timelines for key initiatives and large-scale omnichannel creative projects from concept through launch.

• Direct and maintain weekly scheduling and resource allocation across creative teams (design motion print production and copy) balancing business and marketing priorities with forward-looking week-over-week resource planning.

• Create connections to plan and coordinate project schedules and resource alignment with external creative partners to hit on time project delivery.

• Manage creative freelance budget

• Manage project scope and changes with integrated marketing and lead coordinator team to do the same through all levels of projects.

• Identify monitor and track issues conflicts dependencies and critical path deliverables.

• Run weekly demand planning sessions as necessary to maintain successful project scheduling and delivery.

• Use data to deliver insights that can affect forecasting and accuracy with creative scheduling and resourcing.

• Additional duties and projects as assigned.

Required Education and/or Experience-

Bachelors degree (B.A) from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience required with Business Marketing Communication or Computer Science preferred. Minimum of 4 - 6 years relevant work experience required in Interactive Marketing or eCommerce. Experience in organizing information collaborating thinking critically and working as part of a team required. Strong project management and organizational skills with prior experience in an online production or project management role is preferred. Management experience preferred. Internal JD Finish Line experience preferred.

Required Computer and/or Technical Skills-

Excellent computer skills including intermediate knowledge and abilities with Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint. High degree of internet savvy with a curiosity and enthusiasm for digital and media trends.

• 5 yrs experience managing and scheduling creative projects and coordinator teams

• Exceptional leadership communication and organizational skills

• Master problem solver

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail

• Expert knowledge of Basecamp 3

• Intermediate experience and understand of design print and digital production processes

• Intermediate understanding of photo/video production and post production processes

• Familiarity with agile workflow

• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite

Physical Demands-

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

• Use hands to finger handle and feel

• Reach with hands and arms

• Talk and/or hear

• Stand for up to 2 hours at a time regularly

• Walk or move from one location to another regularly

• Periodically may need to climb balance stoop kneel or crouch

• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally

• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the companys policies are required for the position.

• Average work week is 40-50 hours which can vary depending on business need.

• The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per the company policy

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Pay range: $ (depending on experience): 15% bonus target. All roles are eligible for the company 401K plan. Full time roles will be eligible for medical dental vision sick leave parental leave and company-paid time off.

This job description is not intended to cover all aspects duties and/or responsibilities required of employees. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary or permanent basis per company policy. The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice.

EEO Statement:

The Finish Line Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to complying with all federal state and local EEO laws. The Finish Line Inc. prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on race or color religion or creed national origin alienage or citizenship status marital status sex pregnancy status age military status disability or any other characteristic or class protected by law. The Finish Line Inc. provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws including for disabilities pregnancy and religious practices.

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