Senior Milestone Planner

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Milestone Planner that will enable the Marcom Creative teams to work as effectively and efficiently as possible. The Sr. Milestone Planner will drive Marcom team priorities and deliverables through seamless day-to-day operations, strong stakeholder alignment, with an eye towards scale and efficiency. The Sr. Milestone Planner maintains oversight of the operational workflow that provides our teams the proper runway to deliver upon their work. This role will serve as a bridge between Marcom Creative and cross functional partners, aligning stakeholders and shepherding teams through the development of campaign strategy and creative ideation process across multiple franchises. The role reports into the Sr. Group Manager, Milestone Planning.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized individual who has worked as a producer or project manager in an entertainment, film/digital production or advertising agency environment. They are used to a high level of multi-tasking and a fast-moving environment. They are solution oriented, are strong communicators & collaborators and have great diplomacy skills.

Responsibilities:
• Establish and manage Marcom Creative team operating rhythm, including project management, meeting cadence and review forums. This will include smart integration of key cross functional partner deliverables into our workflow.
• Build and maintain a long-term Marcom Creative deliverable timeline incorporating all project plans and mitigate overlapping priorities.
• Facilitate daily project status and strategy/creative development (not asset) review meetings. Ensure right stakeholders and cross-functional team members are involved, document decisions and action items, and follow up with owners on commitments.
• Develop an intimate knowledge of multiple franchise marketing initiatives.
• Identify and predict business pivots and risk to projects and seek solutions to eliminate.
• Be an advocate for and continually promote the Marcom Creative team operational workflow to our cross functional partners.
• Collaborate with creative/design producers to understand all production timelines and weave them into a single team-wide program management view.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications:
• 5+ years as a project manager or producer at a Creative Ad Agency, Entertainment Company or Post-Production facility.
• Self-driven leader with the ability to take projects from inception to execution.
• Experience developing, creating and refining project management processes.
• Excellent understanding of project management tools.
• Strong communication, problem-solving and follow-through skills.
• Detail-oriented with ability to set priorities within multiple tasks/projects.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvm12m-18-222-253-195-42 in your application.