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Project Manager

The Project Manager is the nucleus of a project and a critical member of the Corey project team. You are responsible for clear and prompt communication regarding project issues, deliverables, timing and budgets. You interface with all members of a team from the internal Corey team, to the client team and other vendors or outside contractors. The Project Manager works most closely with the Project Lead (Creative Director and/or Account Strategist). He or she demonstrates proactive involvement and open communication with colleagues and contributes to the overall esprit of the studio. The Project Manager reports to Chris Klaehn.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least 3 - 5 years experience
  • Highly organized and able to prioritize and work on several projects at the same time
  • Experience in print production and Web development
  • Qualitative research support skills
  • Ability to manage work by outside vendors
  • Attention to detail and a passion for quality
  • Ability to manage against specified timelines
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills


Responsibilities

  • Manage project deliverables within the scope of a creative services contract with defined budgets for time and expenses
  • Work closely with Project Lead (usually a Partner) to assure a high level of client service
  • Develop and monitor project schedules
  • Negotiate budgets and deliverables with suppliers and partners
  • Alert the project team to budget or scheduling issues before they become a crisis
  • Manage project scope changes and budget adjustments throughout a project
  • Recommend improvements to processes or procedures

 

Please send cover letter and resume via email to mpetrillo@corey.com

Creative Director

At Corey McPherson Nash, our intent is twofold: to do great work and to serve our clients well. To that end, we are looking for a Creative Director who is ambitious, imaginative, resourceful, inventive, and curious. We are looking for:

  • An original thinker–someone with an active, engaged mind, rooted in the practical realities of our clients’ business, but one who can solve difficult problems in novel ways.
  • A leader and a collaborator – skillsets that are often at odds with each other, but necessary to do the best work possible.
  • Someone who can make cool stuff – turning smart ideas into a visual thing of beauty, winning lots of accolades from both peers and clients.
  • Someone with guts – able to embrace change and take calculated risks.
  • One who always strives to do the right thing for our clients, our firm, our co-workers, and is able to have some fun along the way.

Essential Responsibilities

Creative Direction

Set the standard for strategic thinking, creativity, and craftsmanship. The creative director creates concepts and ideas that drive creative efforts to meet or exceed expectations of the client. This includes participating or conducting brainstorming sessions and writing creative briefs to drive the creative efforts of the project team; presenting design concepts that align with business goals, understanding client feedback and communicating necessary information to the project team.

Project Team Direction

Direct the activities of one or more designers, project managers, technical developers, developers and outside creative or other resources to execute projects from start to finish.

Client Relations

Nurture and maintain long-term client relationships and developing return business. Establish and maintain contact with the client to assure that all creative work is aligned with client business and communication objectives and that the client is satisfied with the strategic and creative quality and project management during the entire project. Provide access and insight into the design process, keeping the client involved and fostering a sense of collaboration and ownership of the end product. Lead formal client presentations and meetings and conduct client and customer interviews.

Business Knowledge

Become an integral part of our clients' success by developing a working understanding of their business by keeping current with industry-specific news.

Budget Management

Work with the client and project manager to establish and monitor the project budget to assure project profitability. Be proactive in identifying monetary issues before they become problems. Participate in billing and collection processes.

Time Management

Work with the client and project team to establish and monitor the project schedule to assure timely delivery at every stage of the project.

New Business Development

Work with the business development team to present the studio portfolio and to develop project strategy and fees. Develop new business opportunities with existing clients and a network of referrals from existing clients.

Staff Supervision

Supervise the performance and direct the activities of one or more Designers and/or Senior Designers. Conduct semi-annual reviews of the Designers and/or Senior Designers. Identify ways to motivate the design team to realize and develop the full potential each project. Conduct interviews of candidates for open positions.

Continuous Improvement

Conceives and implements initiatives that build morale in the studio, improve studio creative standards and enhance internal and external studio processes.

Overall, it is important for the Creative Director to continue to raise the bar of design excellence within the studio, constantly searching for new processes to develop smart and timeless solutions for our clients.

Essential skills and Qualifications

  • BFA / MFA in graphic design or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 10 years experience in graphic design, including at least five years of experience in branding and interactive media design.
  • Stellar skills in design, art direction, strategy, project management.
  • At least 8 years experience leading project teams.
  • Outstanding portfolio and a record of award-winning design.
  • Communication skills:
    • Client and contract negotiations
    • Team / studio communication
    • Verbal / persuasive presentations
    • Writing skills
    • Strategic thinking

Please send cover letter and resume via email to cklaehn@corey.com.