Job Details

Title: Traffic Coordinator

Category: Creative & Design

EmploymentType: Full-Time

Location: NY-New York (Union Square)

LocationType: corporate

JobLocation: New York, New York 10003

JobSummary: The Traffic Coordinator oversees and coordinates all projects for the creative team from briefing to completion, ensuring each part of the project meets internal and external deadlines. It is critical for the candidate to understand the specific skill sets involved in creative and production processes for print and digital advertising projects, site updates, user experience, and app creation. It’s important to understand the time it takes to complete tasks, the volume of work assigned to individual team members and to forecast the availability of the creative team to take on additional volume or re-prioritize as additional volume arises in order to maximize productivity and meet deadlines.

Using network servers and workflow management tools, the Traffic Project Coordinator will assign tasks to designers, track progress of each task, determine and update status reports and project timelines, distribute tasks to designers and is also the point person for any questions regarding project workflow, job status and deadlines.

The Traffic Coordinator creates the schedule for all projects flowing through the creative team, including advertising, marketing, special projects, hardware launches, software designs, packaging, etc. Routes layouts, copy, proofs, and other project elements for approval; confirms delivery of approved art files to outside vendors. Orders product samples and coordinates with other departments to ensure proper delivery of marketing assets for all content and creative projects. Maintains project flow, proactively alerting stakeholders of upcoming project milestones and required deliverables. Works closely with the Photographer to assist in supplies and assets needed to complete project requests.

An employee in this position can expect a starting rate of $64,350 annually, depending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law.

WhatYouDo:

• Create master timelines for large scale projects and track deliverables from request to completion

• Manage daily run the business projects from request to completion

• Manage photo studio shot list and product for photo shoots

• Update and manage daily creative schedule for design team

• Schedule meetings

• Assist in the submission of department invoices.

• At the end of each day, all deadlines must be met and workflow managed to meet upcoming deadlines, this includes working on monthly special projects

Knowledge&Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, both internal and external, is required to inform and navigate projects to defined goals.

• Extremely detail-oriented, highly organized and natural multi-tasker

• Familiar with standard project management procedures and tools

• Excellent time-management skills

• Must have interpersonal skills to balance approachability, customer service and creative problem solving with firm and decisive demeanor necessary to keep assignees on task.

• Expert in Microsoft Office. Working knowledge of JIRA, Brandfolder & Smartsheet or other workflow management tools.

EeoStatement: Barnes & Noble is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, religion, creed, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, hairstyle, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, reproductive health decisions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.