Assistant Creative Project Manager Jobs in Illinois

• Assist, manage, and organize client-supplier relations, marketing, and promotional programming, and distributor buying programs for the client's United States locations under the beverage program.
• Assist with supplier invoicing and collection.
• Assist in planning small and large-scale meetings and conferences, including coordinating and selecting locations, agendas, workshops, food & beverage, etc., as assigned.
• Help gather information and trends on alcoholic beverages for the client's beverage programs and core mandates for the Director of Accounts and other Account Team members as assigned.
• Become a trusted partner and liaise for Account Managers and Directors; working with designers and developers to identify and define project scopes, objectives, and requirements, ensuring alignment with IMI and client(s) organizational goals.
• Coordination of internal and external resources, defining budgets and schedules.
• Assist in gathering property compliance data and support the client's properties.
• Assist with ensuring beverage program regulatory compliance from federal, state, and local by working with the Director of Accounts.
• Assist with providing clients with analytics regarding program purchasing compliance.
• Assist in the ideation and execution of promotions and ideas to capture in-house guests.
• Assist with beverage menus by working with internal and external creative teams.
• Report project results and management risk – escalating issues as needed based on the project plans.
• Prioritize tasks and assignments, ensuring all responsibilities are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Accurately track and report beverage developments and implementations.
• Consistently follow up on assignments and projects to ensure timely delivery and execution.
• Perform any other assignments as directed.
• 10% Travel required.

• Strong organizational skills working with multiple clients, stakeholders, and team members; utilizing digital notes.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field, or equivalent working experience
• Experience in Hospitality, Supply Chain Beverage Program, or Event Planning, activations, and/or training in On-Premises Operations is a must
• Baseline knowledge of the alcoholic beverage categories and industry. related products, and/or the three-tiered system
• Successful track record of complete high-level Project Management duties
• Proficient level of experience collecting and analyzing data; experience creating or following program metrics to measure results is a plus
• Understanding of on-premises beverage performance
• Creative experience implementing beverage promotions
• Project management experience is a plus
• Experience in maintaining a database for budgets and records of expenditures; reported frequently
• Experience communicating effectively with all levels of management, including high-level stakeholders
• Speaks and writes clearly and concisely
• Able to work with different management styles as needed
• Takes initiative and is a part of the solution to issues and problems that arise
• The ability to multitask, handling several projects simultaneously and efficiently
• High-energy interpersonal skills and a professional demeanor
• High proficiency in all Microsoft Office Applications (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) is a must
• Excellent organizational, in-person/virtual presentation, and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize work assignments and work under minimal direction
• Hospitable, with a service-prone, client-first mentality
• Follow-up and follow-through must be your mantra

• Alcohol beverage knowledge-related products, and the three-tiered system
• Event management, hosting, coordination, and planning, Food and Beverage marketing development, and data analysis
• Food and Beverage operations
• Beverage supplier or distributor sales analysis

1. 401(k) with match *eligibility required
2. 18-21 Annual Company Holidays
3. 3 Weeks PTO (10 Vacations Days/5 Sick Days) + monthly appointment days
4. Multiple Medical Plan Options w/ a no-cost option for employee coverage
5. Dental
6. Vision
7. Life and LTD/STD
8. Supplemental Insurances (i.e., Illness, Cancer, Legal, etc.)
9. Confidential Employee Assistance Program + Financial Assistance and Mapping
10. Summer Fridays/ Refresh Fridays, and more!

Compensation details: 65000-65000 Yearly Salary

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