Execution Team Advocacy
- Serve as a supporting liaison between the IBM Blue Studio, internal partners & external agencies ensuring alignment on project expectations and priorities.
- Partner with teams to streamline processes and adopt best practices that enhance creative delivery.
- Ensure the creative team has the information and resources needed to execute projects successfully.
External Agency Partner Engagement and Management
· Hosts kickoff of agency work with appropriate SMEs and IBM Blue Studio directional leads.
· Helps guide and steer development of work with the appropriate IBM SMEs and IBM Blue Studio directional leads to ensure it meets business objectives.
· Ensures that deliverables are finalized as expected and conducts project closing procedures, including retrospectives with external agency partners.
Operational Excellence
· Guides short-term and long-term planning exercises with the creative team by putting appropriate structure, project timelines, workflows in place to meet forecast demand.
- Lead the development and implementation of project timelines, workflows, and prioritization processes to meet evolving business needs.
- Identify and address project blockers, ensuring consistent delivery and adherence to deadlines.
- Ability to translate technical and creative requirements into actionable tasks.
- Continuously assess and improve operational processes, fostering greater efficiency and clarity.
About the Blue Studio
The Blue Studio is IBM’s in-house creative team is driving the evolution of our brand across every interaction, both internally and externally. As part of the Marketing function, we partner across all lines of business, delivering impactful solutions that span research, strategy, communications, content, design systems, and experiences—both digital and physical. Our mission is to keep the IBM’s brand relevant, meaningful, and engaging to all audiences.
About the Role
The Blue Studio Project Manager is a key contributor and orchestrator, responsible for managing creative projects on a day-to-day basis while advocating for internal teams and external agency partners. This role serves as a vital bridge between internal teams and external partners, ensuring the delivery of standout creative solutions.
Required Experience
- Solid experience in a creative agency, advertising, or in-house team, with a track record of managing creative workflows and campaigns, champion creative teams, and maintain operational excellence in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
- Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with creative processes, from concept development to execution, with fluency in Agile methodologies.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a passion for delivering high-quality, impactful creative work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Preferred Experience
- Background in navigating startup environments or working closely with creative and strategy teams.
- Passion for data-informed creative solutions and understanding emerging trends in content and digital storytelling.
- A strong reputation for collaboration, problem-solving, and consistently exceeding project goals.
- Familiarity with how creatives operate and the ability to "speak their language," ideally with experience or a background in the creative industry such as art, architecture, design, interactive media, performance arts, writing, etc.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including creative, digital, and marketing.
- Familiarity with creative asset production for digital, print, experiential, social media & more.
- Understanding of branding principles and corporate identity standards.
- Experience with tools like Workfront, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Airtable, and Monday.com.