We are United Sports Brands (Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, Nathan and Glukos), one of the largest and fastest-growing sporting goods companies in the country. We are seeking a Marketing Traffic Manager for a key role within the Creative Services Team that’s focused on helping coordinate the job list workflow and calendar. We’re seeking a collaborative, highly motivated, team player with a passion for being on a high-performing kick-ass team. Sound like you? Read on.

We have a culture of working hard and smart and moving quickly. Taking initiative and communication vertically and horizontally is important and valued. Bringing new ideas and taking risks are encouraged!

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Primary responsibilities of this role are to help administer department’s project management tools ensuring proper submission, scheduling and time management of a wide variety of creative deliverables. Review project in-take, assigning, routing and status updates for all creative projects. Ensure that all projects are submitted with required information, key tasks are met and project deadlines are met. This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, motivated, passionate about process, and strives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, entrepreneurial environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Help administer project management tool (Workfront) of all creative marketing requests
• Own work-in-process meetings and project status communication for creative team
• Collaborate on seasonal production calendars and inform of target tasks dates
• Create detailed workback schedules, assign and communicate deadlines for various key project tasks
• Review and schedule creative team projects, factoring bandwidth and priorities
• Identify and monitor missing information in project briefs with project requesters
• Assist in collection of job resources as needed
• Monitor team workload, adjust and communicate projects and deadlines when necessary
• Actively participate in team meetings
• Ability to understand direction, requirements, and objectives within project briefs
• Understanding of all stages of design development lifecycle
• Communicate to senior marketing team project status
• Maintain structure of file naming, storing and organzing
• Establish, maintain and iterate project request forms
• Perform work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing projects to meet deadlines
• Other duties as assigned
• Must be detail-oriented, well organized and able to thrive in a deadline-driven environment

POSITION SPECIFICS:

• This is a full-time position
• Typical work hours and days are Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• This position is based out of the Fountain Valley, CA office
• No travel is expected for this position.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree and formal training in marketing, communication, design, business or related field
• Minimum 2 years experience in Marketing and Project Management, ideally with creative services
• In-depth expertise in project management systems, ideally WorkFront
• Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook essential
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Detail oriented, highly organized and a keen eye for consistency
• Must be team-oriented, dedicated, inquisitive, and collaborative
• Self-starter and ability to work independently
• Strong work ethic, personal accountability & excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage time & projects to meet deadlines