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Position Summary...

The Creative Project Manager is a key player in driving the execution of full-funnel creative campaigns, ensuring seamless collaboration across Creative Account Management, Creative, and Production teams. This role involves managing project intake, developing detailed schedules, tracking milestones, and maintaining clear communication throughout the project lifecycle. Candidates should have 2–3 years of experience in a creative agency environment and be proficient in tools like Workfront. Success in this role requires high accountability, strong relationship management, and the ability to lead with urgency and calm under pressure. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who can navigate ambiguity and keep projects moving forward with minimal oversight.

What you'll do...

• Partner with Creative Account Management on project intake ensuring that resources are appropriately assigned, and jobs are opened in Workfront. 
• Develop detailed project schedules, working with account, creative and production team members on input and alignment.
• Keep project team updated on key milestones, timeline shifts, and changes in deliverables. 
• Drive projects from beginning to end and be the “go-to” person on project status. 
• Provide detailed support for the creative team and be a “righthand” to the creative lead through the creative development process.
• Ensure project milestones and documents are updated in Workfront as projects progress through the agency. 
• Lead internal status meetings and share status documents to ensure clarity of weekly milestones, meetings, and deliverables. 
• Call out scheduling, resourcing or other potential challenges well in advance and offer solutions. 
• Follow up with creative and production teams to ensure they have the assets needed to get the job done. Ensure that the teams are working toward key milestones. 
• Liaise with other Creative Account Management & Operations leads to ensure work is being routed to appropriate partners while in development (legal, trademark, Corp Comms, etc.). 
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional partners and escalate to creative leadership when needed. 

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2-3 years as a Creative Project Manager with an advertising agency or in-house creative group.
• Experience leading a high volume of projects ranging from branding and conceptual development to tactical execution.
• Experience with Workfront or similar PM software preferred.

Behaviors :

• High accountability – a successful Creative Project Manager will “own” their projects from intake to completion.
• Presence & urgency – brings a sense of presence to the meetings they attend and the emails they write while also showing urgency with the consistency and speed with which they respond to others.
• Servant leader – able to lead project teams and hold team members accountable while understanding they aren’t decision makers on the creative work.
• Solutions-oriented – creative problem solver that overcomes hurdles with a sense of calm.
• Relationship manager – skilled at establishing and maintaining relationships with partners and peers at all levels.
• Master negotiator – understands the levers to pull when developing and managing timelines, deliverables, and feedback.
• Ownership – the right candidate will be the foundation and driving force for the campaign and project team.
• Can run blind – with significant variability across initiatives, this person must be able to move the ball forward through discovery, trial and error, little background info, and minimal everyday handholding.

About Walmart Marketing

Named Ad Age's Marketer of the Year in 2022, you'll join an internationally recognized team of thinkers, creators, and problem solvers passionate about helping people save money and live better.

Walmart Marketing is a dynamic, multidimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops through impactful creative and fast-paced innovation - all grounded in customer insights and brand strategy. We live out our company values each day while striving to exceed customer expectations and drive growth for the company.

We orchestrate marketing campaigns and experiences that reach millions of daily shoppers. Our work spans the digital and physical spaces and combines the work of numerous internal teams and external advertising and media agencies. Our teams work together to show our customers how they can save money and live better. If you are motivated by complex challenges and want to build the future of commerce and consumer services, a Marketing role at Walmart could be what you've been looking for.

Benefits & Perks:  

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

Who We Are 

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.  careers.walmart.com 

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see .

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

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The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00-$186,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Content Management Systems, Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field, Working for or with creative agencies, Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)

Primary Location...

5404 Jandy Plc, Los Angeles, CA 90066-7006, United States of America

Job Tags

Holiday work, Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Part time, Work experience placement, Shift work,

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