Creative Project Manager

What You'll Do

Work alongside our in-house creative team in the Content Studio as we bring the Principal® brand to life through voice and visuals. You'll manage creative projects from start to finish-defining project scope, leading client consultations, developing briefs, building timelines, allocating resources, and ensuring projects meet deadlines, business objectives, and more.

• Creative management:
  • Own and drive the creative project lifecycle from start to finish for medium and large, multi-layered initiatives-from creative briefing and timeline creation to resource allocation and client communication.
  • Work hand-in-hand with business partners to define creative project scope, aligning everyone toward a common purpose and goal.
  • Evaluate project requests and creative briefs for completeness and clarity, working to identify and close gaps so the creative team has what they need to successfully implement in support of business objectives.
  • Lead strategic consultations that help turn ideas, recommendations, and requests into executable creative plans.
• Client management:
  • Keep teammates and business partners aligned through the duration of the project with clear, ongoing communication.
  • Educate business partners and manage their needs and expectations, serving as lead point of contact for all Content Studio team activity.
  • Escalate any issues to the Account leadership as needed.
  • Provide strategic counsel to business partners and key stakeholders by building strong relationships and working to achieve creative goals and business objectives simultaneously.
• Collaboration management:
  • Establish an environment for great creative work to thrive. Evolve our processes with an eye toward optimization, collaboration, efficiency and efficacy.
  • Support the creation and documentation of key processes, guidelines, and best practices.
  • Handle interdependencies among projects, shifting and balancing workloads across the creative team
  • Uphold project management collaboration tool standards and best practices.
  • Share lessons learned from past projects to help inform future work.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years!

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, public relations or related field or 8 years' work experience.
• 2+ years of agency or marketing experience as an account manager, junior account manager or relevant role.

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out:

• Experience with Wrike or other project management tools.
• Ability to balance multiple projects at a time while maintaining sharp attention to detail.
• Displays resiliency and adaptability while working under pressure in an environment with shifting deadlines and deliverables while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Consistent record of being organized, accountable, and dependable.
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking.
• Collaboration skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
• Knowledgeable of the latest marketing and social trends and maintain proficiency with numbers, budget, and time management.
• Ability to present ideas, negotiate, and problem-solve.
• Great listening, written, and verbal communication skills.

We'll consider talent at the next job level with the right experiences and skills. The minimum qualifications are listed above for the Creative Project Manager level.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$63750 - $147600 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Additional Information

Location

This role offers hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) in the Des Moines, IA office. You'll work with your leader to figure out which office days may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States? This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors positions, you'll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to cultivate a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we're an exceptional place to grow your career.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

3/13/2024

Most Recently Posted Date

3/13/2024

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