Sr Manager, Project Management - Creative

Job Description
The Opportunity:
The Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) - Marketing Operations Division is looking for a Senior Manager, Project Management with a passion for and focus on operational structure, procedures and team collaboration. Making great creative requires a great culture. And we’re looking to add a departmental co-lead to help us shape ours.
This position will oversee a team of talented project managers as they bring operational excellence to omnichannel marketing campaign timelines and resourcing plans, interfacing with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time/on-budget delivery on all projects.
Ideal candidate should have project management experience at an internal or external creative agency, overseeing a creative project management team utilizing modern, leading project management tools like Adobe Workfront. This is an in-office position – reporting to Mattel’s headquarters in El Segundo, California four (4) days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the ability to work remotely on Fridays.
CORE COMPENTENCIES:

Team Leadership
Project management
Scheduling / workflow organization
Resource management / resource tracking
Tracking and optimization of operational KPIs like team output, speed and accuracy
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Management – Team OversightGuide a team of Project Managers as they oversee projects from inception to completion, alongside their Account Management peers.
Bring operational excellence to projects such as:
Brand Design Projects:
brand identity, brand guides, retail and trade-show signage
Integrated Campaigns:
Omnichannel assets from TV to digital video, social, influencer and beyond
Branded Content:
Always-on Organic social and YouTube content
Oversee a team responsible for intake and project setup of all briefs in Adobe WorkfrontMaintain project status dashboards and reports with real-time communication to the team as well as contributing to status meetings or daily stand-ups for assigned projects.
Coordinate with cross-functional partners to ensure deliverables are all met from briefInterface and maintain relationships with key internal IMC cross-functional partners (Account Management, Creative, PR, Influencer, Media, Production, Channel Management, Platform Strategy) as well as outside design/production resources to complete all project deliverables
Track resource allocation for all projects and inform resourcing plans &
scope
Partner with Account Management, Production and Operations Center of Excellence (COE) to open and track budget line-items and tasks at project initiation
Lead all submissions of creative development work through Legal/Standards &
Practices in support ofAccount Management
Monitor and document global approvals in Workfront or similar management tool, in support of Account Management
Partner with Channel/Asset Management teams on trafficking of final assets
Upload final files to Digital Asset Management (DAM) system for global distribution and archiving.
Fulfill and respond to asset requests submitted to department on a daily basis
Gather information from requestors on what assets are being used for, timing, and preferred file format and method of delivery
Thorough understanding of all file/asset delivery methods and which method is most appropriate based on request/requestor
Document and tracks asset utilization, globally
Project Management –Tier 1 Project Management:
Manages large &
executive projects;
point-person for executive leadership conversations and presentations;
co-representative on behalf of IMC Project Management team. Updates Executives on high-profile project status and potential risks
Participates in cross-functional task force projects within and across IMC to improve end-to-end operational efficiencies
Project Management –Departmental Co-Leadership:
Co-lead Project Management department with Senior Manager partner
Share and re-balance Project Management resources across the Mattel portfolio as needed
Align on career ladder distinctions for all PMs to help drive clarity and growth
Create and maintain onboarding, training and best practice materials for direct reports and departmental peers