Project Manager

Our Client, a multinational toy manufacturing company is looking for someone to join their team as a Sr. Project Coordinator This is an hybrid 3-month contract with long term potential, that takes place in El Segundo, CA Required Skills &Experience 5 years of relevant experience in creative/marketing/communications; and/or B.A./B.S. Marketing, Business, Communications or related field (or equivalent). PMP certification a plus, but not required. Demonstrated Project Management experience working on creative and production projects at in-house and/or agency environment. Experience with a variety of media including print production, broadcast, e-comm, social media, consumer good and/or retail. Excellent computer skills: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat/Signature are required; familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud programs (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Sketch a plus. Experience with cloud-based work management software (Adobe Workfront, Asana, Trello, Monday, Wrike, smartsheet etc.). Project management knowledge and theory (Agile, Kanban, SCRUM). Familiarity with Digital Asset Management (DAM) software and metadata, file taxonomy, nomenclature. What You Will Be Doing Independently lead day-to-day project management from inception to completion for small-to-mid-level projects (such as, but not limited to): guides, brand identity, 360 campaigns, retail/eComm assets, live events, trade shows, demand creation videos (DCVs), sizzle videos and pitch materials. Manage intake and project setup of all briefs in Adobe Workfront or similar management tool. Maintain project status dashboards and reports with real-time communication to the team as well as contributing to status meetings or daily stand-ups for assigned projects. Coordinate with Creative Team to ensure deliverables are all met from brief Interface and maintain relationships with key cross-functional partners as well as outside design/production resources to complete all project deliverables. Develop and maintain timelines for all projects, in support of Account Management to deliver on-time Communicate with entire project team to develop project plan and schedule in order to ensure on time delivery within a fluctuating workload and ever-changing business environment