Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership: Own the end-to-end lifecycle of creative projects across Scotts, Miracle-Gro, and Ortho, utilizing Workfront and Workday to manage resources, budgets, and milestones.
• Creative Operations Lead: Vet incoming briefs for completeness, push back on "fire drills," and prioritize work based on brand impact and bandwidth.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Serve as the primary liaison between Creative, Media, Legal, and Brand teams. You are the "Account Director" who ensures communication is seamless and expectations are managed.
• Production & Trafficking: Lead the technical delivery of assets, including managing video trafficking with external partners, understanding media specs, and ensuring final files meet technical requirements for digital, broadcast, and print.
• Legal & Compliance Oversight: Manage the complex review process for all communications, ensuring legal approvals are secured and integrated into the workflow without stalling timelines.
• Change Management: Educate internal stakeholders and diplomatically enforce new intake processes and 'kill' rogue projects that haven't gone through proper channels.
• Data-Led Decision Making: Partner with Analytics to monitor real-time campaign performance and use predictive analytics to support pivots mid-campaign for maximum ROI.
• Workflow Optimization: Refine internal processes, identify bottlenecks in project management software, and implement solutions to keep the team moving at high velocity.
• Resource Management: Work with the Group Creative Director to allocate internal teams and external agencies effectively and brief accurately.

Requirements

• 5-8+ Years of Experience in a Project Management or Account Director capacity in an agency or fast-paced in-house environment
• Experience in a high-volume CPG environment (brand-side or at a specialized agency) preferred
• Software Super-User with deep, hands-on experience with Workfront (or similar enterprise PM tools) and Workday
• Production Fluency with a "black belt" in production workflows, understanding video trafficking, file formats for media partners, and retail/packaging production
• The "Account Sense": you possess the polish of an Account Director, can navigate stakeholder politics, sell in a timeline, and keep everyone calm when deadlines shift
• Detail Obsession to ensure no missing legal disclaimer or incorrect hex code and maintain exact standards
• Media Knowledge to understand how media buys influence creative delivery and speak the language of media planners and buying agencies
• Analytics mindset to identify opportunities for creatives to activate new work and support branding and storytelling

Preferred

• PMP Certification preferred

Benefits

• Here at Scotts Miracle-Gro there is no such thing as a typical day. Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace.
• Our Live Total Health program provides you with options to align to your personal needs. Selections range from medical, dental and vision coverage for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents to an outstanding wellness reimbursement program to an unbelievable 401K match (up to 7.5%) as well as a 15% discount on company stock and much more
• We know our talent is our most precious asset and your unique development contributes to our organization’s success now and in the future. Career growth at our company is not always a ladder. It’s much more like a rock climbing adventure. Grow through exploration and experiences rather than a predictable linear path.
• We value the importance of family. We provide access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 to accommodate for adoption, fertility and surrogacy.
• Be part of something bigger by joining one of our Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion, family, education and sustainability: Scotts Women’s Network, Scotts Black Employees’ Network, Scotts Veterans Network, Scotts Young Professionals, Scotts Pride Network (GroPride), Scotts Associates for a Greener Earth (SAGE), Scotts Family TREE and our Associate Boards.
• Join a company with a strong belief in giving back to the communities where we live and work. We have a shared passion for service and volunteerism and believe participating in community service benefits our communities and strengthens our team.