Creative Agency Project Manager

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite collaboration at our Portland, Oregon Headquarters 3 days per week.ABOUT THE POSITIONWe develop and produce unique, ownable and compelling brand and seasonal asset packages that our regional activation teams extend into media campaigns and marketplace experiences. The consumer is at the heart of everything we do. Whether it's paid or organic media strategy, brand, product or innovation storytelling, content creation or partner activations; our Creative Agency of Record (AOR) is critical to our success. As such, this position will project manage the detailed process of keeping the AOR and Columbia connected across a wide variety of communication, executions and go-to-market calendar waypoints.HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCESupport VP OPS and Brand President with entirety of ongoing AOR relationship management. Additionally, engage in budget oversight on all related Retainer and Production Scope(s) of Work (SOW) under contract.Coordinate critical ongoing communication and work between AOR and Global Brand Design (GBD).Manage Creative review schedule and share-out with Brand President.Ensure that the AOR has all the critical seasonal information and materials required to keep their creative processes on track.Ensure that Columbia Brand and channel leadership is updated and aware of key milestones and changes to creative inputs and outputs.Define, communicate and confirm delivery of all specific Deliverables established within each Production SOW required by the Brand. Track those deliverables throughout the process.Potential travel related to agency meetings or actual productions. Support AOR with any required production at Whirlibird Studio.Ensure uploading of seasonal toolkits to Content Hub and communication of said assets to Global partners.Work directly with Procurement to make sure that Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) oversight program is in place and being supported.YOU AREWell-versed in project management inputs and outputs.Organized, capable of coordinating meetings, reviews and follow-ups related to the AOR.A strong communicator, including excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.Detail centric.YOU HAVEBachelor's degree in marketing or related field or work experience (agency) equivalent to a degree.5+ years' experience supporting creative agency or like vendor client relationships in an account executive or related capacity.Proven success in project management engagement and facilitation between AOR and client(s).Demonstrated, technical understanding of creative, multi-channel asset specifications.This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.

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