Manager, Creative Operations

Company Description

Cricut® makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Let’s make.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. We’re a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because here’s the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Let’s make.

Job Description

The Cricut Creative Department is a multi-faceted team of dreamers and doers who bring the Cricut brand to life through exceptional creative content. This in-house team turns business strategy into visual reality with best-in-class, forward-thinking solutions that consider the full scope of consumer touchpoints. The team is comprised of four key areas: Design, Copy, Project Design, and Operations. Together, their work helps people lead creative lives.

The Creative Department’s Operations Team is a highly-collaborative group of project managers who shepherd creative requests from inception to launch and beyond. This team ensures Marketing requests are considered fully-integrated across all consumer touchpoints, with all relevant information ready to be briefed to the respective Creative teams. They own all processes and workflows and are accountable for scoping work, building timelines, facilitating meetings, and more – all in support of enabling the Creative team to produce their best work.

Leadership

• Lead and manage a team of project managers
• Own the budgeting process, vendor management and resource management
• Act as the liaison to cross-functional partners on behalf of the Creative team
• Champion creativity within the Creative team through process and timelines
• Report to the Senior Creative Director

Project Management

• Define, streamline, own and optimize the creative processes and charters
• Build timelines and allocate resources as new projects are requested
• Prioritize incoming requests and ensure they're complete before kicking off with the working team
• Direct the team on best-in-class, global project management
• Act as project lead on some projects as needed

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in project management and/or creative operations; at least 2 years in a manager-level role
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to demonstrate integrity, maturity, and a constructive approach to challenges
• Thrives in a deadline-driven environment with the ability to manage and delegate multiple priority projects simultaneously to consistently maintain on-time deliverables
• Ability to build effective relationships internally and externally
• In-house brand experience required

Additional Information

What to Do Next: Please attach your resume, cover letter and include links to your portfolio or other social presence. If you want to show your super powers in other ways – include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information.

Cricut® is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This position is contingent on successfully completing a Criminal Background Check upon hire. Cricut participates in E-Verify.