Overview
Label Project Manager
3-month contract with possibility to extend. Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days onsite, 2 days work from home, with no deviation. Will be 5 days on-site beginning January 1, 2026. Location: Rosemont Corridor (Chicago) – easy to get to off the Blue line.
Our client is a well-known B2B and B2C products company in Chicago and they are looking to add a Creative Project Manager with a focus on packaging to their in-house creative team. This in-house team operates like an advertising agency and manages hundreds of print projects per year.
If you have experience in print, regulatory reviews, coordinating vendors, and setting up a smart schedule from the start, this position might be a fit. You must stay on top of due dates to ensure successful project launches.
Responsibilities
- Owns schedule creation and management of individual creative projects from start to finish, ensuring assignments move seamlessly to meet on-time delivery.
- Familiar with processes for creating packaging or labels for consumer packaged goods in the retail sector, including art development and versioning, proofreading, translations, regulatory and legal oversight, approval turnarounds, prepress proofing and print production, and manufacturing plant label requirements.
- Fluent in the building blocks of marcom to appropriately schedule the movement of work through the creative process and print production to ensure labels reach plants on time.
- Collaborator, influencer and traffic manager, able to grasp project complexities, negotiate deadlines with stakeholders, and redirect work when necessary.
- Uses best-practice tools to manage a high volume of projects at varying speeds and stages, maintains detailed status sheets, leads kickoffs and status meetings, and maintains ongoing cross-functional communication.
Required
- 3+ years' experience with project scheduling in an advertising agency or corporate creative department.
- Familiarity with digital to print to photography for marketing communications, preferably for CPG brands.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and Basecamp. Workfront experience a plus.
- Proven ability to manage hundreds of projects in various stages of production.
- Must be a problem-solver and process ambassador, with strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proactive attitude with a high level of motivation and a strong work ethic.
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