Creative Project Manager-Athletic Events

Position Summary

The Creative Project Manager – Athletic Events is a resourceful go-getter, with entrepreneurial skills, who, in partnership with our athletic events team, creative and content teams, connects the appropriate people and resources to get a project done. You’ve consistently demonstrated the ability to work at a strategic level by generating bold and innovative ideas for growth, leveraged new technologies and applied innovation to achieve success at the tactical level through program management. You’re passionate about our athletic event participants experience and retention, skilled in timelines, creating and tracking a high quantity of marketing projects and providing analysis about projects. The Creative Project Manager – Athletic Events drives ownership and accountability and sees all Athletic Event projects through completion. The ability to manage multiple working and communication styles is key.

Strong organization and encouraging communication skills are required, as well as the ability to strategically land unique creative solutions, manage / negotiate the expectations of your assigned creative team and clients, drive high levels of design production performance in a high-volume work environment, all while maintaining active communication with stakeholders.

Assists Life Time Creative in achieving operational excellence by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards and resolving problems.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage creative projects from start to finish, providing strategic level thinking for members’ experiences to achieve efficiency and brand elevation at both the tactical and concept levels

Utilize Workfront management tools to open jobs, confirm creative resources, schedule tasks and lead projects with production teams, creative partners and clients, as well as JIRA for digital authoring

Create and manage project timeline and budgets, working ahead with the business to plan annual project needs and guiding the intake timing.

Partner closely with brand, marketing, digital and other teams to ensure project alignment and success

Facilitate project-related team meetings with our member acquisition and retention teams (i.e. kick-offs, status, internal / client reviews, etc.), communicating action steps.

Ensure all stakeholders have up-to-date status report access and clearly understand project milestones

Identify and resolve project issues, roadblocks and challenging, with regular communication managing schedule changes, resourcing and budgets

Ability to work cross-team, synthesize feedback and input from Operations, Brand, Channel Strategists, Creative and business partners

Deep dive into project requirements gaining understanding of needs for projects that may at times be ambiguous, as well as prioritizing conflicting requests and setting realistic expectations across all teams

Establish strong relationships with internal and external teams while managing multiple work-streams and competing priorities

Continuously improve project management processes and efficiencies, tracking project performance and providing feedback to stakeholders

Minimum Required Qualifications

Drive creative direction in all creative disciplines

Multi-task and learn quickly

Proactively seek out creative efficiency opportunities

Take initiative to connect all resources with an entrepreneurial mindset

Handle and resolve client conflicts in a professional, positive and tactful manner

Build relationships with marketing partners, members and team members

Proficient use of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Workfront, JIRA

Use standard office procedures and computer software, including experience with Project Management Tools

Exercise excellent verbal and written communication skills

Effectively manage tight deadlines independently and within a team environment.

Define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and recommend solutions

Education :

Four-year college degree in related field

Years of Experience :

A minimum of 5 – 7 years’ experience in project management, preferably at an agency Experience effectively working with external clients and internal client teams preferred

Licenses / Certifications / Registrations :

n / a

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience effectively working with external clients and internal client teams preferred.

Experience on digital and traditional campaigns

Ability to operate a personal computer

Pay

This is a salaried position starting at $70,000.00 and pays up to $97,000.00, based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

All team members receive the following benefits while working for Life Time :

A fully subsidized membership

Discounts on Life Time products and services

401(k) retirement savings plan with company discretionary match (21 years of age and older)

Training and professional development

Paid sick leave where required by law

Full-time Team Members are eligible for additional benefits, including :

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

Short term and long term disability insurance

Life insurance

Pre-tax flexible spending and dependent care plans

Parental leave and adoption assistance

Paid time off, including 5 to 20 vacation days per calendar year (based on tenure) and paid sick leave

Deferred compensation plan, if the team member meets the required income threshold

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.