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Summary
As a Creative Project Specialist, you will play a central coordinating role in the planning, scheduling, and delivery of our creative content. In this entry-level specialist position, you will support the entire production lifecycle, from initial concept to final implementation. You will partner closely with internal design teams and cross-functional departments to ensure all creative assets, messaging, and deadlines align with our campaign calendars. Your meticulous attention to detail and foundational project tracking skills will be essential in maintaining a smooth, efficient workflow for the broader marketing team.
What You'll Do
Essential Functions

• Coordinate Workflows: Maintain the creative request tracker, ensuring all requested assets are routed correctly and delivered to channel managers on time.
• Facilitate Operations: Coordinate day-to-day project tasks, systems, and procedures to help ensure an efficient workflow across all creative initiatives.
• Track Deliverables: Support creative projects from conception to completion, tracking timelines and monitoring multi-step deliverables to keep teams on schedule.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work directly with Marketing channel and campaign teams to ensure timely asset hand-offs and accurate campaign deployment.
• Maintain Documentation: Update and organize project documentation, brand guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and instructional materials.
• Process Invoices: Facilitate the invoicing process, ensuring all invoices are received, logged, and processed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Asset Coordination: Oversee the intake of third-party image files, compile an overview tracker, and facilitate the cross-departmental approval process required for accurate website uploads.
• Campaign Support: Assist in the execution of diverse projects and campaigns as they develop in response to market demands.
• Relationship Building: Develop and maintain positive working relationships with the wider business and other departments, including the promotions team, supply chain, non-food, and operations.
• Task Execution: Execute weekly, monthly, and quarterly administrative and operational tasks sent by our international (INT) colleagues, following up with relevant stakeholders as needed.
• Tool Implementation: Support the rollout of new tools provided by INT to maximize efficiency among all marketing stakeholders.

What You'll Need
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proficient with Google Suite.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot production issues and find efficient solutions.
• Proven ability to manage multiple weekly priorities alongside ad-hoc tasks.
• Perform rigorous quality checks, utilizing 'four-eye priciple' reviews on artwork and proofreading copy to ensure flawless final delivery.
• Foundational project management skills, including the ability to track timelines and follow through on multi-step deliverables.
• Solid understanding of marketing principles and the ability to present creative direction or ideas clearly to the creative team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal stakeholders and discussing creative direction.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience using Adobe Workfront is highly preferred.
• Strong writing and copywriting skills.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator).

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, economics or communication.
• 2-3 years of experience in a related field.
• In lieu of degree, 5+ years of experience in related field will meet the education and related experience requirements listed above.

Physical Job Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to identify and distinguish between colors more than half the time.

What You'll Receive
At Lidl, we know that in order for our people to do their best, they must be at their best. That's why as a company, we offer one of the most generous benefits packages in the industry. All our Lidl employees are eligible to receive the following benefits: • Starting pay of $33.66 hr (with potential to earn $38.47 hr in the future) • Medical & Prescription | Dental | Vision coverage • Paid Holiday & Paid Time Off (PTO) to use for sickness or vacation • Dedicated training plans to ensure you are set up for success • 401K Plan (+ 5% company match) • Voluntary Term Life & AD&D Insurance • Total Well-Being Program • DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule Lidl US views our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through a lens of actions that are Good for the Environment, Good for People, and Good for You.
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