Creative Production Coordinator

Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA Full-time Manufacturing / Production / Operations

Posted on April 25, 2024

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Creative Production Coordinator

Penn State Outreach and Online Education (OOE) creative services team is looking for an experienced production coordinator to manage the planning scheduling, resourcing, and delivery of small- and large-scale creative projects.

Reporting to creative services director, the production coordinator will help ensure that project staffing, goals, timelines, deliverables, and workflows are clearly established and communicated, then kept on schedule.

The successful candidates should have experience collaborating with designers, writers, editors, strategists, project managers, internal/external clients on a wide variety of marketing campaigns and collateral. In addition, they will possess excellent verbal and written communication and diplomacy skills, pay close attention to detail, and be adept at working independently and in a multi-team collaborative environment. Demonstrate proficiency using Microsoft Office 365 and robust project management software like Adobe Workfront or a similar platform is essential.

Responsibilities include:

Receiving and organizing input and strategy for creative project requests
Proactively identifying omissions or potential obstacles in project requests as well as projects in progress
Creating project schedules and assigning work to the creative staff (team)
Working with creative director and other marketing leaders to prioritize work requests
Monitoring and reporting creative -team workloads
Monitoring the status of all active projects
Routing proofs to stakeholders
Identify potential scope creep and elevate to creative director
Consulting with key stakeholders to help meet goals, strategies, and expectations
Collaborating with Workfront administrators to adjust and maintain project request forms and schedule templates
Provide quality control for input and output at each step of the process
Maintaining project records

Typically requires an associate degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. While not central to the position, skills in email marketing coordination and print purchasing would be beneficial.

Penn State World Campus and Penn State Outreach and Marketing Technology and Operations is working to establish a culture that embraces individual identities, fosters a culture of inclusion, and promotes equity through curricula, values, standards, ideals, policies, and practices. The ideal candidate for this position will share our commitment to advancing these goals.

This position has the potential to be performed fully remote, or as a hybrid of remote and on-site work at the University Park campus. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

Apply online at https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Creative-Production-Coordinator_REQ_0000052935

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Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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