Creative Project Manager-Athletic Events Job at Life Time Inc. in Chanhassen

Overview

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 challenges, 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

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Compensation and Benefits

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 an equal opportunity employer dedicated to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace.

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