Creative Project Manager

Nature's Path is a sustainably-driven, deliciously-healthy organic food company and our innovative brands include Nature's Path, Love Crunch, Envirokidz and Que Pasa. As a family-run, privately-owned company with locations in Canada and the U.S., our company was founded on a mission to "leave the Earth better than we found it". Since 1985, we have expanded our team to over 700 employees in U.S. and Canada. We believe in the idea that you can come to work, and help make the world a better place in the same day. **Critical Outcomes From the Job** **Project Management**: - Review & Manage all Creative Team design & production requests from various internal teams - Marketing, Mission & Strategy, Operations, Regulatory, HR and Sales - Receive project requests, and assess feasibility based on timing, resources, and project details - Allocate resources to the project, share details with the creative team and freelancers, and assign workload via project management software - Act as a liaison between cross-functional teams to obtain missing information and materials that the Creative team needs to work on requests - Support creative and cross-functional teams along with the team members working on them - Verify the information is accurate on the packaging, creative or design briefs, layouts, and specifications received - Partner with cross-functional and external partners in all projects requiring creative support and ensure creative timelines and workload are considered - Collaborate with Commercial Operation project managers to balance creative resources, prioritize work, and adjust timelines as needed - Create a timeline for project milestones and review dates in order to achieve the final deadline - Monitor progress of project, keeps deadlines on track, communicate obstacles internally & with cross-functional teams and proactively propose solutions to overcome them - Schedules review meetings with project stakeholders to discuss and align on proposed design concepts - Take ownership of the creative approval process (internally and via proofing software) and ensures necessary sign-offs are achieved - Be the go-to person and master of all packaging & marketing creative projects by tracking and communicating project status - Communicate updates internally and manage feedback loops and the approval process with cross-functional teams - Manage creative & common brand assests folder structure and archive projects upon completion:collect creative team members feedback to update structure to ease the process. Audit quaterly to insure it’s following agreed standarts - Maintain accurate records of packaging changes - to assist with Regulatory audits and/or product recalls **Creative** **Operations**: - Create and maintain project details in Project Management software, fill in Creative team tasks, make sure Creative team has all imformation in the milestone/task. Be an project managment softwere champion user - Manage online proofing software templates and workflows - Source marketing print vendors and requests quotes for packaging mockups, marketing communications collateral, and miscellaneous printed items as required - Serves as the Creative Team contact for design inquiries from print vendors - Initiate status update meetings with Operations - creates priority list, updates status as needed - Coordinate press-check approvals, supervise Printer Proof approvals and communication with printers - Work with the Senior Creative Project Manager and Creative Lead to continuously improve upon processes and print quality standards. Assist in identifying areas of improvement to the creative & design process, and work with senior management to implement solutions - Maintain packaging flats, printed materials library The description above represents the most significant essential duties of the job but does not exclude others. **Qualifications & Experience** **Education** - Post-secondary diploma; degree preferred **Experience** - 3 - 5 years of project coordination for packaging artwork creation & production, marketing creatives, photo/ video production experience in marketing or agency environment - Experience with print production and packaging a strong asset - Comprehensive understanding of the creative development process, and omnichannel marketing campaigns - Proven track-record of partnering with designers, merchants, and vendors - Organized, self-starter who excels at prioritizing and planning multi-stakeholder initiatives and competing priorities - Proven ability to thrive while managing multiple competing projects in a fast-paced environment - Ability to create effective relationships, influence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams - Strong verbal and written communication skills to lead, facilitate, and present to large groups and senior leadership. - Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and various project management tools; Experience in Asana, a plus - Thorough un