Txdot is hiring: Creative Services Project Mgr in Austin

Overview

Creative Services Project Mgr - ( 2502609 ). This role is responsible for supporting the team that delivers creative, impactful and high-quality multi-media solutions for the agency's internal and external programs. The position supports the Creative Operations Manager to drive operational efficiency, effectiveness, and analytics for the Creative Services section. The Project Lead works with the Creative Services team on procurement processes and tasks, and develops training materials, standard operating procedures, and technical content for the Operations Branch. This role requires extensive interaction with department leadership and external governmental agencies and organizations. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Responsibilities

1. Coordinates Creative Operations Branch strategic plan, project plans and timelines.
2. Directs and develops detailed schedules by work breakdown structure and resource assignments for production schedules, including design, video, and online and digital needs.
3. Researches and understands key business challenges, customer behavior, target audiences, competitive activity, and environmental factors that impact programs within the Creative Services programs and projects.
4. Develops and coordinates Creative Services project budgets, schedules, work plans, resources requirements, and cost estimates and projections; to include, produce written material and contracts.
5. Coordinates and monitors vendor deliverables and performance and supports contract management and administration.
6. Develops, publishes, and delivers technical training, guidance, and standard operating procedures to support operations.
7. Manages projects that support the needs of the Creative Services operation, including research, analysis and procurement of various software and hardware solutions.
8. Monitors progress and success metrics of programs, campaigns and events and prepares detailed performance reports.
9. Coordinates the integration of conflicting programmatic and financial objectives into recommendations for branch management.
10. Works with manager and production teams to compile data for upcoming fiscal year budget requests or reports.

Qualifications

Experience: 5 years experience in events management, project or program administration. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a state government setting
• Experience in an advertising agency environment

Knowledge Areas

• Program/project planning, development and management methodologies
• Process improvement methodologies
• Risk management and contingency planning
• Contract negotiation, development and management methods
• Research and analysis methodologies
• Communication strategies, policies and methods
• Planning, directing, coordinating and leading the work of others
• Leading projects and project teams
• Strategic planning
• Planning and coordinating workshops, seminars and task force activities
• Maintaining a safe working environment
• Delivering presentations and trainings to large and small audiences both in-person and online
• Communicate well with stakeholders, customers and leadership
• Translate highly technical information into accessible, easy to understand written and verbal presentations/briefs
• Solve problems, define risks, and establish alternatives
• Coordinate projects and project teams; leading, assigning, reviewing and monitoring the work of others

Other Attributes

• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals
• Generally accepted accounting principles, budget procedures and methods
• Analyzing issues, facts, and available information to develop logical solutions; researching inconsistencies of facts or data; drawing correct inferences from information and making recommendations that support business decisions
• Maintaining effective working relationships with others
• Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
• Communicate effectively

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

- Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools

- Sitting; prolonged periods of time

- Talking; expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words

- Close Visual Acuity; work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)

TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.

To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

Equal Opportunity

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.