Marketing Project Manager at Nugget

Team: Marketing
Subteam: Marketing & Brand Management
Classification: Exempt
Job Type: Contract (3-4 month duration)
Location: Remote (EST preferred)
Hourly rate: $51-$58/hour

OVERVIEW:

Nugget®, a direct-to-consumer kids furniture brand, is looking for an experienced Part-Time Marketing PM Contractor to manage the day-to-day operations and project trackers of the Marketing and Creative Services departments to ensure our team is all on the same page and operating efficiently to meet our deadlines and goals! We’re looking for someone who is excited to roll up their sleeves, help us improve our cross-functional processes, increase efficiency, manage our resources, and support our team. If you have experience as a Department Coordinator or Project Manager for a Marketing/Creative team in a fast-paced environment and are looking for the next step in your career - we’d love for you to apply! 

What is Nugget? We are an industry-leading, fun-loving, direct-to-consumer Play company (est. 2014) that brings homes to life with bold play and big imaginations. We design, develop, manufacture, sell, and ship our part-toy, part-furniture products (The Nugget® - The Original Play Couch® - and Chunk™ - The World’s First Play Ottoman) with a team of ~100 Nuggeteers in Butner, North Carolina (just outside of Durham) and Atlanta, GA. And we’re just getting started — in both 2020 and 2021, Inc. Magazine named us the fastest-growing manufacturing company in the United States, and we have new stuff up our sleeves. We’re proud to continue the industrial legacy of North Carolina, and to make fun furniture for future astronauts, artists, architects, athletes, and – especially – active community members.

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

• You’ll be the pivotal bridge between Nugget’s Marketing and Creative Services departments, combining timelines and workflows between the two teams and maintaining operational efficiency for the department and its individual team members
• You’ll be responsible for managing Nugget’s campaign project timelines – tracking specific due dates that are required for us to hit delivery goals, tracking progress towards those goals, and continuously communicating with team members to ensure success in meeting deadlines
• You’ll proactively check-in with team members on their progress towards individual deadlines and goals – flagging any possible issues and recommending how to adjust 
• You’ll verify that deliverables are completed and submitted based on our current system of organization, so that the Marketing team knows where to find what they need
• You’ll create intentional department meeting agendas to ensure team meetings are efficient, purposeful, and productive, take and own post-meeting follow up notes with next steps outlined and delegated
• You’ll own, maintain, and update the team’s Marketing Calendar, proactively identifying changes or updates and seeking information from key stakeholders when needed to ensure the Marketing Calendar is the “ultimate source of truth”
• You’ll partner with Marketing and Creative Leadership to develop timelines based on our 12-month strategic Marketing plan – ensuring we have ambitious, yet realistic deadlines established for campaign management, evergreen content, website updates, and more
• You’ll assist with other Marketing support tasks as needed, including but not limited to file management and/or administrative responsibilities

ABOUT YOU:

• You have 3-5 years of experience in administration, department management, marketing communications, or related fields, working directly with  Marketing/Creative teams, either in-house or with an agency
• You have a basic understanding of a traditional Marketing department structure
• You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, generally tech savvy and a master calendar manager
• You balance kindness, patience and humor with a practical and results-driven approach to make sure the work gets done
• You are passionate about process optimization, resource management, and communication and ask the right questions to analyze situations accurately
• You are persistent in accomplishing objectives, despite obstacles and setbacks, and push yourself and others to achieve results You’re a self-starter and are excited to be proactive and take on challenges by diving in headfirst – but also take direction well when it's given!
• You are able to gain the trust and support of others, promoting an atmosphere of positivity and working cooperatively with others to achieve team goals. 
• You can identify and create the processes necessary to get work done, and are constantly seeking ways to improve processes – from minor tweaks to complete reengineering. 
• You approach work with a “no job is too small” attitude, and have a curious mind - always willing to learn and grow your imagination