Position:

The Creative Project Manager is part of the Marketing & Communications Department for Minnesota United FC (MNUFC), a sports business located in the Twins Cities area of Minnesota and a member of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier soccer league in North America.

Job Description:

Minnesota United FC is looking for a detail-oriented Creative Project Manager to keep our Marketing & Communications team moving seamlessly. You’ll be the go-to for planning, coordinating, and executing campaigns that make our brand shine, working with teams across the club to bring creative ideas to life. If you thrive on deadlines, budgets, and bringing people together, this role could be your perfect match.

Responsibilities:

Planning: Define the project’s goals, objectives, and deliverables. This includes creating timelines, allocating resources, and ensuring tasks are scheduled and assigned.
Coordination: Collaborating across teams, serving as the central point of communication. Manage external vendors and partners.
Execution: Monitoring the project’s progress, solve problems, identify risks and find solutions. Facilitating communication between different stakeholders to keep everyone aligned.
Quality Control: Review work to confirm it meets the project's objectives and maintains brand standards.
Budget Management: Track and manage the project’s budget, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and costs are controlled.
Delivery & Reporting: Oversee final project delivery, ensuring success, and refine process where needed.

Requirements:

5+ years of project management experience, preferably in marketing or advertising.
Organizational Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
Communication Skills: Clear communication with different teams and stakeholders.
Problem-Solving: Quickly finding solutions to roadblocks and adapting plans.
Leadership: Guiding teams toward shared goals and managing conflicts or challenges.
Attention to Detail: Ensuring no detail is overlooked, especially in fast-paced environments.

Company Profile:

MNUFC is a professional soccer club playing in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier of soccer in North America, and which operates under the oversight of the U.S. Soccer Federation, a member of FIFA. The Club is headquartered in Golden Valley, MN. Soccer operations are located at the MNUFC Training Center in Blaine, Minnesota, and the team plays its home matches at Allianz Field in St. Paul, MN.

MNUFC is a progressive employer that values group and personal excellence, individual commitment, shared responsibility, diversity and respect for all people. Its mission includes community engagement and betterment through the expression of the values of soccer, the premier sport of the world. The Club promotes an open work environment with collegial and supporting work dynamics that foster positive individual and group performance, and the opportunity for career advancement.

Compensation and Benefits:

MNUFC provides a competitive benefit package including individual and family health insurance and 401K savings program with an employer match.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.