Creative Project Manager — Retail Campaigns & Brand Ops

JCPenney; New York (NY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match

Associate discount

Paid vacation/holidays

Job summary

Catalyst Brands in New York City is seeking a highly organized Creative Project Manager to oversee creative initiatives for Brooks Brothers and Nautica. You will coordinate end-to-end production, timelines, and asset delivery across digital, print, and in-store channels.

The role partners with marketing, creative leads, and external agencies to maintain workback plans, manage approvals, and ensure flawless execution on high-profile campaigns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing or related discipline.
• 5+ years project management experience from an in-house creative services role or agency project/account management role.
• Must be an effective relationship builder to establish credibility and form business partnerships with internal partners.
• Logically plan and sort out information with flexibility under deadline pressures.
• Experience managing processes, resources and schedules with a strong sense of urgency.
• MAC proficient and skilled using MS Office; experience with Monday.com.

Responsibilities

• Creative Project Management for Business-As-Us-… – 50% of role focusing on end-to-end production workflows across two brands.
• Print Trafficking: manage in-store signage requests and print materials with print vendors.
• Intake & Resourcing: review briefs, scope requirements, assign resources, milestones.
• Review Cycles & Approvals: facilitate cross-functional feedback and final sign-off.
• Asset Handoff: ensure launch dates and channel specs; manage asset routing to web development, marketing ops, and distribution teams.
• Integrated Marketing Campaign Project Management (40%): build and maintain detailed campaign workback schedules; track deliverables across channels; manage master production schedules; mitigate risks and escalate blockers.
• Asset Distribution and Coordination (10%): ensure asset routing, quality checks, and packaging; coordinate with agencies and external partners; catalog and archive assets.

Skills

Project management

Relationship building

Planning & scheduling

Problem solving

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing or related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Monday.com

Job description

Catalyst Brands in New York City is seeking a highly organized Creative Project Manager to oversee creative initiatives for Brooks Brothers and Nautica. You will coordinate end-to-end production, timelines, and asset delivery across digital, print, and in-store channels.

The role partners with marketing, creative leads, and external agencies to maintain workback plans, manage approvals, and ensure flawless execution on high-profile campaigns.