Marketing Production Manager

As our agency division grows, Ironmark is looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our team as Marketing Production Manager with a focus both on project management for specific client work as well as managing the production of jobs of the marketing and creative departments. In this role, experience in project management of print and tangible marketing (signage, on-location experiential, print, etc.) will be essential. The responsibilities of the marketing production manager include delegating tasks, managing timelines, allocating resources, and ensuring marketing projects are completed on time and within budget. To be successful as a marketing production manager, you should have strong leadership and strategic planning skills in a variety of industries and disciplines.

Client Account Responsibilities:

• Lead the internal and external production of marketing projects, from beginning to end, for key clients based on strategic marketing plans and direction from the client account manager (AM).
• Serve as client lead on select graphic design and any non-digital retainer clients.
• Work with Digital Marketing AMs, serving as print production expert and liaison with Ironmark production teams.
• Perform site visits, and work with Ironmark production teams on marketing content, assets, and graphics, keeping consistency with the clients’ brand and concepts.
• Deliver to the client account team production schedules based on variables such as client specifications, Ironmark team availability, outside vendors, budget, resource allocation, substrate availability, and more.
• Oversees quality control in conjunction with the Creative Director and AM’s.
• Be a rockstar in achieving or exceeding defined marketing objectives.

Production Management Responsibilities:

• Opens all agency jobs in Pace. Assigns job numbers and assists in Wrike resource allocation. Creates schedules and sets deadlines for various stages of marketing and creative projects.
• Creates and revises production schedules and publishes for distribution to creative and marketing departments. The Production Manager runs the weekly production meeting and walks through the weekly production status report listing the most pressing jobs and their current status, to ensure all departments are advised of schedules and job progress.
• Assists in preparing creative/marketing estimates based on briefings from Creative and Account Management.
• Ideally, obtains competitive quotes on outside buys from a range of quality suppliers. Follows up with suppliers to be sure they meet promised delivery dates. Issues purchase orders for all outside buys for client projects and records, with invoices, on jobs.
• Prepares all digital marketing and creative jobs for Accounting for end-of-month billing then files, crossing off production schedule.
• Works with AM’s to obtain publications specifications and production expertise when necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Demonstrated track record of high achievement in trafficking and managing complex marketing projects from beginning to end.
• Excellent listening, oral and written communication, and presentation skills that support the ability to understand and overcome client concerns and objections.
• Previous successful print, promotional, large format and event experience.
• The ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
• The desire to meet and exceed measurable performance goals.
• Unrelenting work ethic, with a hunger to learn and grow as a professional.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related subject.
• Previous experience in events or conference management (preferred but not required).

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