Creative Project Manager - Content Studio

What You'll Do
As a Creative Project Manager - Content Studio, you'll work alongside our in-house designers, photographers, animators, editors, and copywriters in the Content Studio. It's a fast-paced and collaborative team setting where we bring the Principal® brand to life through voice and visuals daily.
Your primary focus will be managing the production of enterprise social media creative, partnering with our social media strategists and a dedicated team of creatives to oversee the development of engaging, social-first campaigns and always-on content for our enterprise social media platforms. You'll lead the project management of a wide range of creative assets, from Instagram reels and in-feed videos to static graphics, carousel posts, and much more.

• Own and drive the project lifecycle for social media creative from start to finish-from consultations, creative briefings, and timeline creation to resource allocation and ongoing client communication.
• Work together with social media strategists and business partners to define Creative Project scope, aligning everyone toward common objectives.
• Evaluate project requests for completeness and clarity, working to identify and close gaps so the creative team has what they need to successfully support business objectives.
• Coordinate, schedule, and lead consultations that help turn ideas, recommendations, and requests into executable creative plans.
• Keep teammates and business partners aligned through the duration of the project with clear, ongoing communication.
• Educate business partners and handle their needs and expectations, serving as the lead point of contact for all Content Studio team activity.
• Help evolve our processes with an eye toward optimization, collaboration, efficiency, and automation.
• Identify interdependencies among projects, prioritizing and redistributing workloads if needed among creative resources.
• Develop an environment where great creative work can thrive.
• Gather lessons learned and apply to future projects.
• Run creative output reports in support of allocation, brand royalty, and resourcing needs.
• Escalate any issues to the leadership as needed.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years!
Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, public relations or related field or equivalent of 8 years' work experience.
• 2+ years of agency or marketing as an account manager, junior account manager or relevant role.

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out:

• Experience with Wrike or other project management tools.
• Ability to balance multiple projects at a time while maintaining sharp attention to detail.
• Displays resiliency and adaptability while working under pressure in an environment with shifting deadlines and deliverables while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Consistent record of being organized, accountable, and dependable.
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking.
• Collaboration skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
• Knowledgeable of the latest marketing and social trends and maintain proficiency with numbers, budget, and time management.
• Ability to present ideas, negotiate, and problem-solve.
• Great listening, written, and verbal communication skills.

We'll consider talent at the next job level with the right experiences and skills. The minimum qualifications are listed above for the Creative Project Manager level.
Salary Range Information
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Salary Range
$57000 - $96000 / year
Additional Information
Location
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) at the Des Moines, IA office. You'll work with your leader to figure out which office days may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States? This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants
Investment Code of Ethics
For Principal Global Investors positions, you'll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience Principal
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to cultivate a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we're an exceptional place to grow your career.
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Posting Window
We will be accepting applications for at least 3 days from when the job was originally posted, after which we may keep open or remove the posting based upon applications we receive. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond 3 days of the original posting date.
Date First Posted (TTF)
12/11/2023
Latest Post Date: Careers - US
12/13/2023
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