Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.

Position Summary

Your larger team is our internal creative resource, called CheckMark. We’re specialists at our core, which means we know how to think about, write about, design for, and communicate to the extended pet care community. We bring it all together seamlessly through pet-focused, consumer-centric programs, products, and communications.

CheckMark is where you’ll find the best of both worlds—the excitement and energy of ad agency life with the benefits of working for a leading corporation. Where else can you find career advancement, global exposure, and continuous training and development—all while flexing your creative and strategic muscles? It all happens right here.

As a Specialist, Project Management you will lead and manage full-cycle projects (from inception to completion) across multidisciplinary teams and across all media types (digital to traditional) to ensure on-time, on-budget and error-free execution.

• Act as cross-functional hub for project executions while partnering closely with internal & external partners to ensure overall project success
• Develop, own, and communicate holistic project schedules and work plan to internal & external teams.
• Maintains detailed status reports in Workfront and leads status meetings for Marketing and agency.
• Acts as a project driver for the team, takes ownership of project efficiency.
• Utilize Agile (Kanban+/Scrum) and Waterfall processes and applies relevant approach by project type.
• Experience in omni-channel/all media types of production including digital, eComm, print, video, and packaging
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
• Open jobs utilizing agency software tools (i.e. Workfront)
• Work with account leads to accurately scope project jobs
• Management of all production related requests from the internal team, clients, or meta- agency partners - holistic timeline creation and management
• Gather and vet specs across all media types (digital, ecommerce, broadcast, print, promotions + packaging) to ensure project accuracy
• Manages all Type C & D packaging updates, creates spec sheets, works directly with Production Artist
• Traffics print and digital media
• Facilitates website content updates

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• 3+ years of professional experience, including at least 1 year of project management experience in an in-house creative agency, marketing agency, or similar client-service environment
• 1+ year of project management tools experience  (Jira, Monday.com, Workfront preferred or equivalent platforms)

Other:

• Experience supporting print production and packaging design projects is preferred

Don’t meet all the qualifications listed under “other”? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we ensure that individual confidentiality is held to the highest regard. We are intentional about creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We consider our associates our most valuable assets. Please apply for full consideration.

Salary: 71,046.90 to 89,737.00 per year

Bonus Eligibility: Yes

The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.  Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits 

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
 
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
 

The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. 

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Job Requisition: 416376