Brand Project Manager

Position Type: Full-time salary (onsite) 
Location: Detroit, Michigan 
Reports to: VP of Creative Design 

About us

At Shinola, we make beautiful, enduring, handcrafted goods that are built to be lived in, worn out, and well loved. Our thoughtful craftsmanship, timeless design and spirited stories inspire our customers to live well, with confidence & joy—in a style that is uniquely their own! Because we are a growing and evolving company, each employee is a key stakeholder, making decisions every day that directly impact our overall vision and direction. At Shinola, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant contribution at the start of what we believe will become an iconic American brand.  

Job Summary

The Brand Project Manager acts as the right hand to the VP of Creative design, working across all creative projects for the brand. Acting as the project lead from conception through to fruition, with a strategic mind they ideate with the VP of Creative design on all things Shinola.

The Brand Project Manager is someone who is self-driven, organized and collaborative, you do your best work when you’re busy. You thrive in process and seeing creative ideas follow through to execution. You are organized and detailed to a fault with the ability to get things done. Innately curious, eager to work in a fast-paced environment, and be someone who can quickly jump in, figure out workflow organizational processed and ensure that workflow runs smoothly and efficiently. They will work closely with cross-functional partners in creative, e-commerce, marketing, and wholesale teams.

Key Responsibilities 

Project Management

• Manage assigned projects, ensuring successful project completion against deadlines
  Manage process calendar for the development of products and campaigns from concept to creation
• Fulfill all meeting requirements to ensure 100% buy-in and understanding to achieve the required objective
• Serve as a gatekeeper by working with cross-functional partners to control the inflow and outflow of projects and deliverables.

Research

• Support the VP of Creative design with ongoing research throughout the year as requested
• Keep up to date on all events, exhibitions, photographers, and creatives in Detroit constantly keeping up-to-date with the local community

Administrative Support

• Calendar management -- Responsible for managing the VP of Creative Design’s day-to-day schedule, ensuring creative time is blocked out and prioritized.
• Serve as a collaboration partner by working closely with the VP of Creative design to ideate across all projects.
• Collaborate with design teams to populate critical documents to be circulated across the business, including seasonal product packs.
• Responsible for collating and managing the master cross-departmental critical path and following it.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree –preferred but not essential
• 4-6 years of related experience (ex: producer/project manager/ executive assistant experience at a creative studio, agency, or in-house creative team)

Soft Skills

• Excellent project management skills, with strong attention to detail from concept development through production for flawless end results.
• A strategic mindset, with a demonstrated ability to understand business challenges and deliver creative solutions.
• Excellent written communication skills, and strong business and copywriting skills is a huge plus.
• Superior communication skills, the ability to be tactful and diplomatic but also firm and, above all, clear.
• Strong team building, staff development, change management, and general leadership skills.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Experience with project management tools –Asana 

Sampling of Total Rewards Program

• Paid Time-off: 
  • 15 Vacation days (accrued)
  • 10 Corporate holidays 
  • 2 Volunteer days
• Benefits:
  • Medical, dental & vision -click here to view our full package! 
  • 401k with company match 
  • Employee assistance program 
  • Pet Insurance
  • Merchandise discounts
  • Complimentary employee watch

• HR Phone Screening - 30 minutes via Microsoft Teams (camera off)
• Technical Interview with Hiring Manger  - 1 hour via Microsoft Teams (camera on)
• Take home assignment - 30minutes -2 hours of work
  • note: select positions may not require a case study assignment
• Final Interview with Panel - 1 hour via Microsoft Teams (camera on)

*The general hiring process can be found above, however Shinola reserves the right to change the process as needed. 

At Shinola, we're committed to growing and empowering an inclusive community within our company and industry. This is why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives across our organization. Research shows that oftentimes women and other minority groups only apply to open roles if they meet 100% of the listed criteria. Shinola encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.   
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned.
This job description does not constitute a contract of employment and Shinola may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.

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