This position is onsite a minimum of 3 days per week. At Straub Collaborative, our teams are well-versed in developing stable workflows and infrastructure to simultaneously handle 500, 2000, or 50,000 samples. We can be in your distribution center and manage 24-hour turnarounds. We can help you build style guides, manage your DAMs, and leverage your product data more efficiently.
We don't stand up and wave our arms, push, overpromise, or underdeliver. We sit at YOUR table and give you exactly what you need—quality, high-volume, fast-turn content—exactly when you need it. With studios and resources around the world, we can help you achieve the content scalability and production redundancy you're looking for without losing your brand's uniqueness.
Location: Portland, Oregon The Associate Project Manager supports the Project Management team with day-to-day client account management and relationships.?This includes organizing client information, scheduling, and chaperoning content asset production projects through the Straub Collaborative workflow. Project managers may facilitate business for multiple clients. The client load will vary based on the scope of work with each client, seasonality, and new business acquisition. The Project Manager is a conduit of information between the client and the internal production teams.?? ?? ?
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:?? Supports Resourcing and Production teams to establish and update production calendars? Ensures client contractual requirements are fulfilled? Supports the Pre-Production and Retrospective (both internal and client-facing) meetings using PowerPoint? Helps prepare and presents personal agenda topics for recurring interdepartmental production meetings? ? Supports the Project Managers on client business status updates, including project status reports coming from Straub Collaborative's production tools, including, but not limited to, Workhorse, ShotFlow, and ProWorkFlow? ? Participates in asset quality control checkpoints? Communicate merchandise and sample issues internally and externally as required.? Manages change requests throughout the project, including client-requested changes and negotiation of schedule adjustments? Recognizes, negotiates, and captures opportunities outside the original scope or contract where possible? Responsible for all project documentation and management of workflow tools to ensure timely completion and accuracy through the lifecycle of the job? Maintains an awareness of vendor relationships and invoicing, coordinating with the accounting team through Mineral Tree? Participates in the administration of scheduled returns and exiting of client product samples? The Associate Project Manager must be available and accessible to the internal team and external clients using Teams and email during traditional business hours and, occasionally, beyond typical hours when necessary.? KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:?? ??
1-2 years of project management experience within e-commerce. Very detail oriented and organized Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring seamless execution through stellar organizational and time management skills? Communicates effectively in person, on the phone, and within a variety of digital formats, both verbal and written? Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedules? Demonstrates initiative and understands degrees of urgency and escalation?? Fluency in the terminology of digital photography production, styling, and post-production are valued skills? Demonstrates a growth mindset by setting and adapting realistic, achievable personal and team goals.? Professionalism in presentation and communication as appropriate for a client-facing role? Familiarity with ProWorkflow or similar project management software? Advanced skills in Microsoft Office software programs, specifically Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting), are required.?? Must have proficient basic math skills and ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently? Content production experience is desirable? Experience using MAC operating systems is required? Benefits Straub Collaborative offers excellent benefits, including:
401(k) matched at 4%Full medical, dental, and vision (company contribution based on employee's selection and family status)Health Care Spending Account (HSA)Flexible Spending Account (FSA - for healthcare & dependent care)The company covers life insurance, disability, and accidental death at 100%Flexible paid time off Company lunches & events (at Studio locations) Culture/ EEO Statement Straub Collaborative profoundly embraces diversity and believes in the power of a shared table to bring people together. We are committed to building a culturally inclusive team and see diversity and inclusion as central to our organization. This means that we stand up against discrimination and harassment wherever we operate.
Straub Collaborative is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) and equal pay to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa at this time.