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This temporary Creative Production Project Manager role coordinates client-facing content, design, and video deliverables for a content marketing firm. The manager maintains schedules, tracks monthly deliverables, reviews creative work for brief compliance, and provides actionable feedback before client delivery. The position requires English-German bilingual fluency, strong editorial judgment, excellent organization, and at least two years of relevant experience. It is a full-time remote contract running from October through April and is open to candidates across the EU.
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I maintain a detailed delivery plan with owners, dependencies, review dates, and client commitments. When priorities shift, I assess the impact quickly, communicate trade-offs to stakeholders, and update the plan so teams have clear next actions and deadlines.
I would compare it with the client brief, brand requirements, agreed strategy, audience, and delivery specifications. I would verify editorial quality, factual consistency, tone, and completeness, then either approve it or provide concise, prioritized feedback that explains what must change and why.
I would first clarify the concern, desired outcome, and deadline constraints with the client. I would then translate the request into actionable production tasks, confirm feasibility with the creative team, communicate a realistic resolution plan, and keep the client informed until the issue is closed.
I make feedback specific, objective, and tied directly to the brief or client goal. I prioritize changes by importance, explain the intended outcome, and invite clarification early so the team can revise efficiently rather than iterate unnecessarily.
I use a consistent project-management system to document briefs, approvals, schedules, revisions, risks, and decisions. I update records immediately after key interactions and use regular status reviews to ensure account information remains current and accessible to all relevant teams.
Brafton is one of the world’s leading content marketing firms, with offices in Boston, London, Toronto and Sydney. We aspire to continually raise the bar on what people consider “marketing content.” We create result-focused strategies and content to drive SEO, social engagement and leads for our clients. Our teams continuously build expertise across new media formats, including video, blogs, infographics and web design.
This is a 100% remote, full-time contract role open to candidates across the EU. English-German bilingual fluency is required. Please submit a CV in English.
The temporary, full-time contract will run from October through April.
IF YOU ARE A FIT FOR THIS ROLE, YOU:
Have a Strong Creative Background (ideally with a focus on editorial)
Our Creative Production Project Managers have very strong creative backgrounds, and their creative expertise is exercised each and every day. Project Managers review all work – editorial, design and video – before it’s delivered to our clients. They give the green-light when work is on-brief and ready for client review, or provide actionable and timely feedback to our creative production teams if additional adjustments are required.
Are Exceptionally Organized
In addition to a strong creative skill set, Project Managers are exceptionally organized. They work across many teams to manage multiple delivery schedules, processes, and competing commercial and internal priorities each day.
Are Collaborative & Easy to Work With
Finally, essential to this cross-functional role is the ability to successfully collaborate with many different teams and colleagues. Creative Project Managers have positive, results-focused dispositions and are cool under pressure.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Serving as the client’s ultimate internal advocate.
- Creating and maintaining client-facing delivery schedules.
- Tracking tasks and deliverables for his or her accounts on a monthly basis.
- Working with the production teams to ensure that all tasks and deliverables are created on-time and on-brief.
- Serving as the gatekeeper for all production deliverables: Reviewing work to ensure it’s on-brief and providing production with feedback and guidance whenever necessary.
- Attending weekly, bi-weekly or monthly client check-ins.
- Ensuring that content or strategy issues are escalated and resolved quickly and effectively.
- Strong computer skills, including but not limited to proficiency with our proprietary software as well as industry tools.
- Exceptional product knowledge and deep understanding of our production processes.
- The ability to work at a computer during standard working hours.
To be successful, a Creative Project Manager requires:
- Exceptional communication skills with colleagues and clients alike.
- The ability to multi-task.
- The ability to understand and even further a client’s brief in an actionable way.
- The ability to provide the production teams with clear and meaningful feedback on work.
- Exceptional product knowledge and deep understanding of our production processes, as well as the ability to think outside the box and arrive at new or customized approaches to our clients’ deliverables.
- Diligent record-keeping habits.
- Strong editorial and written communication skills.
- Good people skills.
- Attention to detail.
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:
- English and German fluency.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum two years of relevant work experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
TIME BREAKOUT:
- 20 percent client communication
- 20 percent internal communication
- 20 percent delivery review
- 20 percent product planning
- 20 percent misc.
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