Creative Agency Operations Specialist
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
- Own in-house agency project timelines milestone tracking and critical path schedules to help ensure deliverables remain on track on budget and on brief.
- Facilitate workflow prioritization and resource allocation discussions proactively identifying risks and recommending mitigation plans.
- Utilize Aprimo and Jira to maintain workflow visibility project status tracking operational planning and reporting.
- Lead project status reviews and operational planning cadences creating transparency through dashboards project health trackers and leadership reporting.
- Coordinate leadership priorities and key initiatives across short-term mid-term and long-term planning horizons including documenting action items and key decisions.
- Manage the agency awards calendar and coordinate award submissions in partnership with creative teams.
- Track agency budgets monitor spend against plan and maintain oversight of vendor contracts and purchase orders.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and governance processes that support stewardship expectations and compliance requirements.
- Serve as the agency subject matter resource for talent rights SAG-AFTRA obligations creative asset governance and compliance requirements.
- Maintain records related to talent renewals and usage rights while advising project teams on associated budget considerations.
- Serve as the agency archivist by organizing and maintaining creative assets content libraries and process documentation.
- Conduct competitive landscape reviews category assessments and cultural trend analysis to support creative strategy development.
- Prepare research summaries planning materials and insight reports that support creative briefs frameworks workshops and leadership presentations.
- Translate consumer competitive and cultural inputs into organized materials that support strategic recommendations for marketing partners and senior leaders.
- Support licensing activities owned website management and special projects as needed.
- Coordinate operational details that enable scale consistency and executional follow-through across agency initiatives.
- Bachelors degree required.
- 1 years of experience in project management agency operations brand marketing insights support or related fields.
- Experience within a creative agency media agency production environment in-house agency or corporate marketing organization.
- Experience managing project timelines budgets workflow systems reporting governance documentation and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
- Proactive problem-solving skills and ownership mindset.
- Intellectual curiosity with an interest in consumer cultural and marketplace trends.
- Proficiency with project management workflow and collaboration tools.
- Experience creating reporting dashboards presentations and planning materials.
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Compensation
Pay Range:$64000-$95000The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employees actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal Conagra employees Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.
Our Benefits
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following subject to your location and role:
Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans wellness incentive program mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
Wealth: Great pay bonus incentive opportunity matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
Growth: Career development opportunities employee resource groups on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
Balance: Paid-time off parental leave flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities
Our Company
At Conagra Brands we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18000 person team across 40 locations you are empowered to reach your potential make an impact and own your career. Were in the business of building champions within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.
Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex race color religion ethnic or national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age pregnancy leave status disability veteran status genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national federal state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.
Required Experience:
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