Our Opportunity
GPJ is hiring a Creative Resource Manager to join our growing team!
This role is hybrid, requiring you to report on-site to one of the following office locations a minimum of 2 days/week: Boston or New York City.
Your Role
As an experienced Creative Resource Manager you will help shape our resourcing and creative operational practices. Working in close partnership with Creative leadership, you will oversee all aspects of Resource Management across our largest accounts, including both full-time and freelance creative employees.
You thoughtfully connect the dots between business and creative while calmly and steadily handling many moving pieces.
You are able to quickly understand project requirements as well as employee skill sets, professional development and career goals, and you use this information to connect projects to ideal teams and effectively balance workload while also meeting business needs.
You have experience providing insightful reporting and analysis to leadership and project teams, proactively identifying gaps, helping to resolve issues and making strategic and thoughtful staffing decisions to ensure open staffing needs are filled with the right person at the right time and cost.
Your Skills
- Deep knowledge of the creative process, specifically in design, advertising and/or experiential marketing
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with proven ability to stay calm, quickly understand complex project requirements, briefs, and recognize potential risks and dependencies relevant to resourcing
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple requests and maintain a high level of responsiveness
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Your Competencies
Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.
Communication - At all levels, you easily convey and sell your ideas, and can articulate an idea with brevity. You express yourself clearly when collaborating and presenting, maintaining a positive image for GPJ both internally and externally. You understand the value of a well-turned phrase and a well-told story.
Flexible - Easily move on to new tasks with little to no notice. Put personal preferences aside and switch to a different strategy, form of communication or other objective without panicking. Maintain composure when deadlines move up and priorities shift. Keeps an open mind.
Prioritization / Organization - Properly allocate time and resources so that jobs are completed within a defined timeframe; within budget and managing all creative resources (full time and freelance) as effectively as possible.
Your Experience
Experience & Education
- 6+ years of agency experience in creative/ production/ marketing/ advertising type roles, ideally in project and/or resource management
- 4 Year College Degree; preferred in Marketing/Business, Hospitality, Communications, or related field
- Experience using tools such as Smartsheet, Google Sheets, or similar PM / organizational tools
Travel & Mobility
- Ability to work irregular hours if needed, in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays
- Minimal to no travel
Your Impact
In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over:
- Creative Operations
- Resource Management
Salary Range: $80k - $100k
Salary is dependent on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) experience, skills, and location.
Who We Are
GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.
You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.
GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.
