Program Manager, Brand Creative (Contractor)

OrangeRed, Reddit's in-house brand creative team, exists to strengthen the external & internal perception of our brand, and ensure its consistent application across all platforms and the product. Some of the key areas OrangeRed focuses on are brand assets, guidelines, and community and product marketing assets. Join us as we expand our brand and take Reddit into the future

We are looking for a highly organized, detail oriented program manager to support brand creative projects across internal and external aspects of our business.

This is a 6 month US based contract position (with potential to extend) to start January 7, 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program management of creative projects, especially product branding and community product marketing initiatives. Work closely with cross-functional partners such as community product marketing, UX design, product managers, and comms.
• Work with our internal brand creative team of designers, animators, and copywriters, along with our studio partner to produce assets in a variety of mediums, including on-platform branded moments, digital ads, motion graphics, landing pages, and social posts.
• Manage ticket requests in our Jira project management tool, assess briefs, create and manage project timelines, and own communication between cross-functional stakeholders and our creative team. 
• Know when to push back and negotiate deliverables and timelines based on existing resources and what is best for our brand and communities.
• Keep both cross-functional stakeholders and creative team on track and accountable for their portions of the project.
• Coordinate stakeholder feedback and involvement at every point of a project from establishing request requirements to final delivery and approval. This includes assessing when a project might require other teams (like legal, community, IT) for additional consultation or review.
• Ensure project deliverables are delivered on brief and in the required specs.
• Assess team schedules and creative resource bandwidth. Work with contracted outside resources when necessary.
• Become familiar with our brand identity and guidelines, both on and off platform, and help enforce them when reviewing any collateral before it goes live.

 What We Can Expect From You:

• 6+ years of work experience, ideally creative production or program management on a brand creative team at a tech-forward company.
• Has experience working closely with product, go-to-market, and community teams on product launches.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Clear and concise communication with all levels of an organization.
• Understand the importance of cohesive and consistent branding across all touchpoints.
• A positive collaborator and project partner. A project leader and team player who looks out for the interests of all parties involved.
• Ability to work in a team-based, virtual environment. Experience using Slack and Zoom/Google Hangout is preferred.
• Have familiarity with different project management and asset organization software, especially Jira, Figma, Lingo, Canva, Dropbox, and Google suite.
• Resourceful and is always seeking ways to drive efficiency and productivity, while maintaining quality and impact..
• The ability to multitask and handle changing priorities, while continuing to drive projects forward with the team. Adaptable, flexible, resourceful.
• Driven and motivated to deliver quality work, and always do what is best for Reddit's brand and its communities.
• Must have working internet in order to work remotely.

Bonus Points:

• Has an enthusiasm for brand creative and product launches for a public company.
• BA/BS degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or a Creative production related field.