Creative Account Manager from INSPYR Solutions
McLean, VA
About the Job
Title: Creative Account Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: 12+ month contract
Rate: $45.00 - $49.00/HR
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
Job Summary:
The Global Marketing team brings to life the unique promise of ***'s portfolio of brands by defining, creating, and delivering extraordinary multi-channel marketing campaigns designed to drive business results.
What will you be doing?
The Co-Brand Creative Project Manager will join our in-house creative team to lead projects and cross-channel campaigns that drive Engagement and Acquisition for ***’s American Express partnership and associated credit card products. You will play a vital role in delivering innovative workflow strategies, enhancing creative capabilities, and improving collaboration within the *** organization. Your responsibilities will include scoping, resourcing, planning, executing, and delivering projects.
In this role, you will leverage your project management and creative skills to support the marketing objectives of *** and its brands as an integral part of the Creative Studio and Marketing Operations team. Your daily tasks will involve overseeing campaign development and creative execution for the *** Honors + Co-Brand partnership program with American Express. You will work closely with Account Management leadership to ensure the delivery of exceptional work. The Account Management team champions the *** marketing process and ensures key partners are connected with the appropriate cross-functional teams, enabling successful and timely campaign launches.
This role combines elements of strategic account management, client services, project management, and creative resource delegation. As part of the Account Management team, you will help develop and maintain comprehensive timelines, build cross-functional relationships, and act as a connector among partners, our in-house creative team, and the broader organization. You will lead and assist on various projects, understanding client goals, defining solutions, asking challenging questions, and ensuring that client needs are met through effective creative execution of marketing tactics. The ability to work well under pressure, prioritize multiple concurrent demands, and track work effectively while maintaining strong communication and diplomacy skills will be crucial.
Projects will span a number functions/disciplines (e.g., acquisitions, engagements, customer experience, and commercial services). You will also be responsible for helping develop and refine tools, templates, and standard methodologies to continuously improve our creative capabilities. In this position, you will need to excel at building relationships quickly in a dynamic organization, actively engaging with team members at all levels of the organization (up to and including SVPs), and maintaining flexibility to change direction when needed.
More specifically, you will:
- Collaborate with Account Managers and the creative team to develop and manage best practices for creative campaign development, leading projects from briefing to delivery while maintaining operational productivity.
- Work with Global Brand Marketing and Co-Brand partners to receive work, provide regular status updates, problem-solve, present, and deliver.
- Coordinate closely with the creative team, including graphic designers, copywriters, art directors, and creative directors.
- Partner with ***’s internal channels to develop cross-channel delivery and deployment plans (email, web, mobile, social, print).
- Act as a high-level coordinating manager, ensuring business owners and decision-makers have the necessary information, decisions are made promptly, and project ownership is assigned to the appropriate partner teams.
- Advise and guide business owners and stakeholders on managing key project milestones, including defining functional specifications, establishing timelines and success criteria, leading participation in partner meetings, and facilitating communication across teams and functions.
- Identify strategic gaps and evaluate opportunities for new initiatives and tools to support efforts across the organization.
- Ensure clear, constructive communication about all assigned projects to all partners.
- Participate in selecting and negotiating contractor, vendor, and partnership relationships, in collaboration with legal and procurement teams, to ensure project success.
- Support the design and development of operating models and process solutions for strategic project implementation.
- Act as an effective steward of project budgets.
- Lead cross-functional teams through the execution of assigned projects across geographic lines.
Success in this role will be demonstrated through the following attributes and skills:
Ability to influence a group positively toward a common direction and vision.
Proven experience leading complex initiatives, including program management and business consulting skills.
A dedicated self-starter with a working knowledge of various marketing functions.
Ability to think conceptually, apply appropriate decision structures and models to strategic questions, and work independently.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to identify key messages for presentations and enthusiastically share these with relevant stakeholder groups.
Capability to facilitate working sessions with key partners and synthesize data to identify strategic and tactical solutions.
Thrive in a dynamic, matrixed environment.
Outstanding attention to detail, dedication, and integrity
Job Requirements:
- To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications:
- 4-6 years of experience in project management and delivering cross-functional marketing projects.
- A proven track record of driving execution and delivering results in diverse organizational environments.
- 2-4 years of marketing or creative experience in the credit card or financial industry.
- Experience working with project management and creative production management tools (Airtable, Ziflow, Workfront, Asana, Basecamp, Trello, etc.) and developing best practices and optimizations within the programs.
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Competitive pay, 401(k)
- Retirement plan
- …and much more!
About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.
INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Salary
45 - 49 /hour