Project Manager Advertising Creative

Responsibilities

• Owns project delivery from kickoff through completion, managing timelines, scope, risks, milestones, and status reporting to keep teams aligned and projects on track
• Manages day-to-day project execution, including workflow, routing, approvals, status meetings and cross-organizational handoffs
• Coordinates and allocates resources across projects, balancing capacity, priorities and deadlines
• Leads project management of global campaigns and product launches for assigned product lines
• Partners with account management and project stakeholders to define scope, assigns project teams and timelines, and ensures successful execution
• Proactively identifies risks, resolves bottlenecks, and communicates project updates to protect scope, quality and timelines
• Actively participates in weekly internal status meetings with key stakeholders, effectively and accurately communicates key project status and updates
• Schedules and leads internal creative reviews with key stakeholders in preparation for segment reviews
• Thoroughly captures and communicates updates, internal feedback and next steps coming out of internal meetings
• Ensures projects adhere to Garmin Creative processes, quality standards and best practices

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated project management experience in an advertising agency or equivalent marketing or creative project management experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with varying schedules, dependencies and stakeholders, while meeting deadlines
• Experience building productive relationships and fostering collaboration among diverse teams and stakeholders
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with a proactive, service-oriented mindset

Preferred

• Strong understanding of agency workflows and collaborative project delivery
• Experience managing integrated campaigns (broadcast, digital, social, print, etc.) with cross-functional teams
• Experience using project management software and adapting processes to meet evolving project needs
• Experience managing advertising and marketing assets for active lifestyle or fitness brands, or fitness events preferred
• Experience supporting a dedicated team responsible for multiple projects or events

Benefits

• This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits