Creative Services Project Manager

🌎 Location: In the NYC Office

⬆ Reporting Into: Account Directors & Chief Creative Officer

💰Compensation: $86,400-$96,000. This is a 1099 Independent Contractor position.

📅 Start Date: 1/15/25 – or earlier.

About VMGROUPE

VMGROUPE is a 360˚ agency unlike any other. We are your group, and an extension to your internal team. Recognized as a strategic thought-leading partner, we specialize in beauty, fashion, jewelry, fragrance, fine food, wine, spirits, and real estate. We create desire, delivering exceptional branding, memorable content, compelling storytelling, high conversion, and transformative growth.  Hyper international and headquartered in New York, we lead with diversity, ensuring creativity that resonates globally, and is fresh and on the pulse. We build brands. We build experiences. We build resort villages. We’re juggernauts and polymaths, not bound to a list of predefined capabilities. As our clients claim, there is nothing we do not do. We do it all, beyond well, with the highest level of expertise and attention. We elevate brands and push luxury forward, because we are DOPE AF, and do Dope AF $$$hit. We are ultra-refined, and forever uber young with a GenZ sense of humor.

You are:

A natural born disciplined, organized, and creative-loving genius. You work quickly, intelligently, strategically, and have extremely great taste.

The Role

As a Creative Services Project Manager, you act as the glue that holds creative projects together. You’re responsible for planning and managing timelines, ensuring every detail of a project stays on track from concept to completion. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, writers, and other team members, balancing resources and resolving roadblocks to maintain momentum. Your role is pivotal in making sure deliverables meet quality standards, stay within budget, and are delivered on time. Ultimately, you’re the go-to person for streamlining processes and keeping everyone aligned to achieve project success.

Key Responsibilities

· Develop and manage project schedules, timelines, and milestones.

· Allocate resources and assign tasks to team members effectively.

· Monitor project progress and address bottlenecks or delays.

· Facilitate communication between creative teams and other departments.

· Ensure deliverables meet quality standards, budgets, and deadlines.

· Optimize workflows and improve processes for efficiency.

· Track project budgets and flag any potential overruns.

· Organize and lead regular check-ins and status meetings.

· Maintain project documentation and reports for stakeholders.

· Adapt to shifting priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Practical stuff we anticipate you having

• Three to Five (3-5) or more years of experience in the industry or as a project manager at an agency or leading/high-profile brand.
• Strong creative aptitude, with an eye on business objectives

·      Moderate Adobe Creative Suite software

·      Expert knowledge of AI resources, tools, trends

·      Expert knowledge of Gsuite, and Microsoft Office, keynotes

·      Expert knowledge of the full services provided at the agency

• Expert knowledge of asset management tools and project management tools, Dropbox, Monday.com, #slack, and all top file management platforms.

What we’re looking for from the heart

• Self-starter persona
• Problem solver
• Hyper proactive
• Team-player mentality
• Passion, enthusiasm, energy, humor, and the ability to convey this through communication and presentation skills.
• Intellectually curious; you want to understand everything about our clients’ business.
• Intrinsically-motivated – you want to win because that’s how you are built.
• A history of thriving in fast-paced, result-oriented positions that directly contributed to client happiness.

Key Things to Know

• This is a full-time Independent Contractor Position.

·      Onboarding takes 30 days. You are expected to show promise and your difference by month 2.

• This is a NYC role. Must work from our office with remote work flexibility as you wish, yet being in the office is and on set and shoots is 90% of the role.

Benefits

Generous work life balance with 22 days PTO, 11 National Holiday closures,

🌴 Unlimited unpaid vacation days