Cannabis Creative Project Manager Jobs

The Role: Schedule-maker / logistics rationalizer / production whip-cracker—the Creative Project Manager is an integral part of the team that gets projects out the door on time.

The Creative Project Manager is a hands-on role that works throughout the entire process of getting our project deliverables completed on-time. They are enthusiastic, hyper-organized, rational thinkers who thrive in calendars, spreadsheets, and accountability. They are well-versed in all forms of creative production—from packaging to collateral to retail assets, social media, merch, and beyond. This process involves everything from creating & maintaining production timelines, interfacing with vendors, managing budgets, allocating production design resources and production logistics, all the way through to final delivery of assets to project owners. As a critical member of the Creative team, they will work closely with the Senior Creative Project Manager, Production Designers, Graphic Designers, Senior Creative Director, and Senior Design Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Develop & manage production timelines and priorities for brand packaging and multi-asset projects based upon Brand-imposed deadlines, ensuring production logistics are aligned with various stages of review and approvals.


• Align workloads and priorities with Production Designers.


• Advise Brand teams based upon spec & schedule development while communicating with vendors to ensure budget, timeline, & quality expectations are met; recommending new vendor resources as needed


• Raise awareness of project issues with timelines, budgets & specs and collaborate with team members to resolve


• Monitor and maintain project updates and status in monday.com


• Facilitate check-ins with Brand teams for production-related status updates and priority shifts


• Collaborate with Senior Creative Project Manager to monitor team's production capacity


• Assist in freelancer management for invoice payment, cost-tracking, and on-boarding


• Cultivate relationships with cross-functional teams (Procurement, Brand, IT, HR/People, Finance, Compliance)


• Assist with on-boarding of new design team members


• Contribute to continuous improvement of design team processes and provide best practice recommendations


• Actively participates in the creative process by asking questions, voicing opinions, and effectively collaborating with stakeholders to determine project's production-related demands


• Manage multiple projects at once amidst consistently shifting priorities and various stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, Minimum of 3+ years of experience in creative production and vendor management, either within an advertising or design agency, or an internal creative marketing team


• Exceptional project management & organizational skills; ability to prioritize & manage the execution of multiple projects across multiple brands


• Strong attention to detail & accuracy with a willingness to adapt to existing workflows, while also contributing suggestions for improvements


• Expertise in project management and all Microsoft software.


• Experience producing for consumer goods, retail, and regulated industries preferred


• Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness


• Excellent interpersonal communication (written & verbal) and time-management skills


• Performs independently within a team environment under minimal daily supervision, receiving guidance from manager/supervisor about the work that needs to be completed


• Possesses a high level of critical thinking, continuously open to constructive, developmental feedback


• Interacts regularly with the Senior Director, Creative, Senior Design Manager, Brand teams, Creative Team and other cross-functional teams as needed for completion of assigned projects

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-functional core teams and strong personalities


• Adapts and thrives in a demanding, fast-paced environment


• Extremely strong attention to detail but comfort with ambiguity


• Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information


• Must understand and comply with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of Green Thumb


• Must have a solid understanding and/or come to master Cannabis compliance rules and regulations set forth by each State


• Must pass any and all required background checks


• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry

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ABOUT US

CannaCraft Inc. is one of the largest and most recognized Cannabis companies in California. Our award-winning portfolio is the convergence of industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and the belief that cannabis has the power to transform lives for the better. California’s most robust brand portfolio offers hundreds of cannabis products masterfully crafted by leading cannabis researchers and scientists. Our family of brands includes AbsoluteXtracts, ABX Live, Care By Design, Farmer and the Felon, Lagunitas Hi-Fi Sessions, Loud+Clear, Humboldt Terp Council and Keef Cola.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a creative services Project Manager to join CannaCraft Inc. This role is responsible for supporting the success of CannaCraft by managing the creation of impactful marketing tools and engaging campaigns that represent each brand’s spirit, positive virtues and character to our consumers and dispensary accounts.

The Project Manager role will support the Sales, Marketing and Creative Services departments and is responsible for managing a dynamic list of priorities and ensuring creative projects are delivered on time and within scope. The Project Manager will support our design, web, print, digital and retail marketing projects.

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously from project inception to final delivery.
• Manage a dynamic list of priorities and ensure creative projects are delivered on time and within scope.
• Develop and distribute several scopes of work and creative briefs each week, coordinate their creation with the design team; manage, organize, and distribute corresponding assets accordingly.
• Manage the design and production workflow and schedule- tracking milestones, looking at volume, velocity, and resources.
• Track hours usage with agency partners and ensure projects and monthly retainers stay within expected scope.
• Identify, develop, and roll-out new processes; develop new tools / automate functions.
• Manage all source design files on Google Drive while implementing standard naming conventions, archiving procedures and folder structures.
• Provide consistent, excellent communication to all relevant parties internally and externally, including directors, brand managers, graphic designers, web developers, printers, third party vendors, and agency partners using clear and informed instructions to take each project from vision to completion.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES - REQUIRED

• 2+ years Project Management experience in the marketing and creative services industries.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in work experience.
• Strong command of the creative process in both the traditional and digital space.
• Outstanding organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills (verbal/presentation/written)
• Experience working with production teams across multiple departments.
• Experience managing fast-paced projects in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to innovate, think creatively, and foster dialogue across diverse groups.
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills with solid attention to detail.
• Ability to take initiative and work proactively, make independent judgment/decisions.
• Has an entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for learning new skills and personal growth.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES – PREFERRED

• G-Suite knowledge is preferred.
• Asana experience is preferred or comparable project management software.
• Graphic Design and Adobe Suite experience preferred.
• Social Media experience a plus.
• Cannabis-industry experience a plus.
• Bi-Lingual in English/Spanish is a plus.
• PMP Certification a plus .

BENEFITS

CannaCraft offers a competitive pay rate and comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits, life insurance, PTO, 401(K) and paid holidays. Our office offers internal career development.

Interested? Include a brief cover letter telling us why you'd be a great fit. We look forward to hearing from you!

** MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE TO APPLY

**MUST HAVE OWN VEHICLE WITH PROPER VALID INSURANCE

**CANNABIS, CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS, MARKETING, CREATIVE SERVICES EXPERIENCE

HIGHLY DESIRABLE

CannaCraft provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment

and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,

national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or

expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CannaCraft is a second chance friendly and equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be

considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. This policy

applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion,

termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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