Planet Interactive
Project Manager (Visual Merchandising)
Location: Boston or Lawrence, MA
Duration: 6 Month Contact to start
Schedule: Hybrid (Tuesday-Thursday onsite)
Salary: up to $53/ DOE (W and benefit options)
Our trendy client in the footwear and retail space, is looking for Project Manager for their Visual Merchandising team ! This 40 hour a week, 6 month contract role requires working onsite 3 days a week in Boston, MA.
Project Manager Responsibilities:
- Handle tactics and strategies across retail and wholesale channels.
- Act as the main point of contact for workflows and ensure cross-functional relationships are built across vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Manage resource allocation, project approvals, project timelines and deadlines, and stakeholder meetings.
- Own the master visual merchandising calendar.
- Facilitate engagements for GTM, events, new store openings, and construction work backs.
- Schedule kickoff meetings to establish project plans, milestones, and deadlines.
- Monitor project budgets and drive continuous improvement.
- Help draft contracts and other project related paperwork like PO's.
- Manage and mentor 2 direct reports. Handling performance reviews, day-to-day management, and coaching.
- Quickly adapt and understand the brad guidelines acting as a SME and champion of them for all projects.
- Ensure quality control, creative excellence, current trends, and seamless incorporation across channels.
- Bring a high attention to detail to all assigned work and deliver successful projects.
Project Manager Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in fashion design, visual merchandising, retail marketing/ management.
- 5 years in retail visual merchandising. 2-4 MUST be at a corporate level retailer.
- Proficient in PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience ideally in Asana or other project management tools.
- Proven management experience and a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing.