Manager

Department Name

Enterprise Brand Strtgy & Mgmt

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Production Management, the Production Manager is a key contributor to the team, ensuring the efficient delivery of projects and initiatives by managing expectations, activating project deliverables, providing status updates and fielding feedback. In this role, the selected candidate will work closely with the Sr. Director of Creative and Brand Strategy for Sun Devil Athletics as well as the Director of ASU Thrive Magazine.

The Production Manager is critical in ensuring deadlines for projects are met through the alignment of cross-functional initiatives, managing production schedules, and coordinating creative teams. This role will routinely attend meetings, and prepare follow-up and status reports that clearly capture the essence of production meetings. The production manager will routinely use established project management and filing systems and multiple communication channels to ensure projects are visible, have actionable direction and key stakeholders are aware of any roadblocks.

This candidate should be comfortable with taking new ideas and seeing them through to completion while maintaining strong relationships to ensure that the teams are moving forward toward a common goal. The successful candidate for this role will be an adaptable team player who is highly organized and detail-oriented and thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing, deadline-driven environment.

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Production Management, the Production Manager is a key contributor to the team, ensuring the efficient delivery of projects and initiatives by managing expectations, activating project deliverables, providing status updates and fielding feedback. In this role, the selected candidate will work closely with the Sr. Director of Creative and Brand Strategy for Sun Devil Athletics as well as the Director of ASU Thrive Magazine.

The Production Manager is critical in ensuring deadlines for projects are met through the alignment of cross-functional initiatives, managing production schedules, and coordinating creative teams. This role will routinely attend meetings, and prepare follow-up and status reports that clearly capture the essence of production meetings. The production manager will routinely use established project management and filing systems and multiple communication channels to ensure projects are visible, have actionable direction and key stakeholders are aware of any roadblocks.

This candidate should be comfortable with taking new ideas and seeing them through to completion while maintaining strong relationships to ensure that the teams are moving forward toward a common goal. The successful candidate for this role will be an adaptable team player who is highly organized and detail-oriented and thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing, deadline-driven environment.

Requisition ID

106027BR

Working Environment

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time. Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts. Must clearly communicate to perform essential functions. Drive ASU vehicle to and from events. Lift and carry up to 25 lbs. May need to work weekends, weeknights, and holidays.

Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment AND five (5) years of related administrative experience, which includes three (3) years of supervisory experience; OR, Nine (9) years of related administrative experience, which includes three (3) years of supervisory experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Department Statement

Enterprise Brand Strategy and Management is responsible for influencing how people around the globe think and feel about Arizona State University and its ability to positively impact our world. We work to establish, protect and differentiate the ASU brand in hearts and minds by working in concert with units across the ASU public enterprise. We are brand innovators, emotional storytellers, insights-driven strategists and creative artists building a body of work that brings the ASU brand to life and scales for enterprise-wide use. We are dedicated to increasing the strength of the ASU brand by improving perceptions of excellence, raising awareness and increasing pride across all audiences.

We do this important work by staying true to our values:

• Collaboration. We cannot and do not work in silos. We collaborate not just within the Brand team but with colleagues and teams across the ASU enterprise. Through the brand platform, brand standards and personal relationship building, we are uniters and network orchestrators.
• Innovation. We reject the status quo. We are open to new ideas and embrace change not for the sake of change, but because we believe everything we do can always be done better to meet new goals, improve performance and advance the brand.
• Creativity. We are passionate creatives excited by the work we do. We explore things from all angles, sweat the details and seek to create work that has meaning and is authentic, original and best in class. Our creative work has received regional and national recognition.
• Knowledge. We ask lots of questions and make decisions based on constituent data and insights. We seek to understand our audiences and the performance of our work. We are curious lifelong learners.
• Optimism. When change comes, we see within it opportunity. We believe in the ASU Charter and in ASU's ability to positively impact our world. We channel that optimism in our work, taking on any and every challenge with a can-do attitude.

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits, healthcare, retirement, tuition reduction program (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse), financial security, discounts, family resources and more. Explore ASU's benefits options and degree program offerings.

Category

03

VP Code

Enterprise Marketing Hub

Scope of Search

Open

Desired Qualifications

• Experience organizing and scheduling project workflow and assigning tasks in project management system
• Experience working one of the following: an established brand, university setting, hospitality or in an event driven environment.
• Experience in making and communicating decisions in a complex, matrixed environment
• Experience in work that requires to be organized and detail-oriented with a focus on process efficiency
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced environment and coordinating multiple projects at once
• The ability to remain flexible and responsive to new ideas, projects
• Experience working with project management tools and defined processes (from project intake to reporting)
• Experience building and maintaining positive professional relationships
• Experience writing advertising and marketing strategy for complex, integrated projects
• Experience using MS Office, Google Docs, and Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)
• Strong service orientation, a disciplined work ethic and the ability to instill a high standard of excellence in the overall team

Close Date

22-November-2024

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Essential Duties

• Serve as the primary production manager across work involving Sun Devil Athletics and the ASU Thrive magazine, acting as a trusted partner to these units.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define and execute high-level campaign strategies that align with business objectives and long-term brand growth.
• Builds relationships across the university by being responsive to stakeholder needs.
• Connecting the dots across other related initiatives, assets, projects and orchestrating conversations to improve visibility and efficiency.
• Coordinates complex processes, timelines and workflows with team members, staff from other units and vendors.
• Proactively identifies or implements with leadership guidance areas for improvement in workflow and processes and partners with others to optimize.
• Manage incoming project requests on a daily basis.
• Build project schedules, tasks, workflows, timelines and approvals in project management system.
• Provides administrative support including keeping meeting notes, following up on important action items and ensure documentation is maintained throughout the project.
• Report on projects and deadlines on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Monitor project management system, making sure scheduled tasks reflect accurate updates and deadlines in accordance to creative workbooks.
• Effectively communicates with all levels of staff and partners, is comfortable asking questions and seeking clarification, and routinely reports on progress and follow-through.
• Coordinate the production and timelines with the Director of ASU Thrive magazine, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
• Partners with staff inside of Sun Devil Athletics to ensure projects are documented and executed in a timely manner.
• Contribute to presentations and reports that bring ideas to life by applying mastery of templates, fundamental design techniques, and writing and proofreading skills. Must master Google Suite.
• May be called upon in rare circumstances to provide on-site coordination and support during special events related to Athletics and magazine-related activities.
• May manage and mentor student workers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Employment Verification Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Salary Range

$60,000 - $70,000 per year; DOE

Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of "equivalent combination" in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor's degree is equal to four years of experience.

Job Family

Generic