Creative Project Manager

Our
Beauty & Wellness
division empowers consumers with trusted products that support self-care, from salon-quality styling tools to wellness devices like humidifiers and air purifiers. Our innovative products and solutions promote healthy living, elevating the lives of consumers every day. This business unit includes Braun, PUR, Honeywell, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, and Revlon brands, and this role may support one or more of these brands.

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Position:
Creative Project Manager

Department:
Creative – Beauty & Wellness

Work Location:
Boston, MA, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite)

Hybrid Schedule:
At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

What you will be doing:

An internal liaison role between Creative and Marketing managing the flow of artwork for a Global Creative Department. Responsible for project communication, management, scheduling, and trafficking of creative projects from inception through production and print, for the Home and Health business unit, across several product categories. Must be able to work within cross functional teams to ensure the artwork design and message are within brand guidelines and meet Marketing objectives.

• Maintain project workload schedules, trafficking, and budget. Adherence to scheduled dates and deadlines, as well as departmental processes.
• Coordinate all aspects of communication, tracking and scheduling of creative projects for marketing Brand Managers.
• Route artwork layouts for internal review and approval within workflow system.
• Source and schedule outside resources (photographers and translators) to ensure we meet budget and deadline commitments.
• Conduct weekly creative meetings with Marketing and participate in weekly cross functional meetings as needed.
• Responsible for organizing and managing designer's daily assignments.
• Maintain an "in touch" status regarding category competition in the retail environment, primarily packaging.
• Support Marketing colleagues with a high level of customer service as it relates to their business, their consumers and their customers.
• Responsible for project kick-off meetings, set-up and agenda. Ensure that the PIF (project initiation form) has been filled out properly and completely before scheduling meetings.
• Ensure color accurate proofs are sent to vendors once projects are released.
• Proofread all artwork before routing it.
• Create project schedules (within 5 days) of kick-off and provide a project estimate for each creative project.
• Champion and protect existing workflow processes for a process driven Creative Department while being open to change and improvement.

Skills needed to be successful in this role:

• Solid knowledge of photography and printing processes as well as an understanding of general packaging specifications as it relates to production
• Ability to interact effectively with employees at all levels within the organization, as well as external resources
• Excellent communication skills, organizational skills and a creative eye for detail and composition
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent changes; excellent multitasking skills
• Must have excellent proofreading skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years of prior experience in Creative Project/