About the role
Company Overview
The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world.
Role Summary
- Job Title: Associate Project Manager, Creative (18-month Fixed-Term Contract)
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- People Manager: No
- Contract Details: Initially 18-month fixed-term contract. Subject to project requirements, complexity, and ongoing progress, there may be potential for the contract to be extended to 24-months.
- Job Summary: Proactive and highly organised Associate Project Manager, Creative to support the successful delivery of an exciting new experiential initiative. Work closely with cross-functional teams, creative partners, and project leads to coordinate key creative activities.
Responsibilities
Creative Project Management
- Support the Project Manager, Creative in delivering key workstreams including experience development, style guides, and launch planning.
- Help bring the Pokémon brand to life through the creative concepts, designs for look & feel, and experiences.
- Maintain project schedules, dependencies, and reporting in project management tools.
- Review project plans regularly to ensure milestones, actions, and timelines remain on track.
- Maintain project documentation and support the tracking of actions, decisions, and change requests.
Stakeholder & Supplier Management
- Work closely with lead creative agency to ensure design development stays on track, with timely feedback and decisions.
- Coordinate project activities with internal teams and external partners, including approvals, theming, artwork development, and content development.
- Build strong relationships across The Pokémon Company International teams and international offices.
- Collaborate with project managers to understand cross-functional dependencies.
Planning & Coordination
- Maintain accurate project plans, budgets, and documentation.
- Build effective relationships with colleagues, partners, and suppliers.
- Manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
- Identify potential risks early and help drive solutions.
- Support the successful delivery of the initiative against agreed timelines and budgets.
- Demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to learn.
Requirements
- Experience: Three (3) to five (5) years of related professional experience.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field or a demonstrated equivalent level of applicable experience.
- Brand Knowledge: Strong knowledge of the Pokémon brand and characters, with the ability to apply this understanding to creative and customer experience decisions.
- Professional Skills:
- Strong organisational skills and keen attention to detail.
- Confident working in a fast-paced environment with an outcomes-focused mindset.
- Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and competing deadlines.
- Preferred Skills: Experience with managing approvals processes and familiarity with Monday.com, SharePoint, or similar project management tools is a plus.
- Working Conditions: Some flexibility in working hours will be required to facilitate collaboration with colleagues based in the Bellevue, USA office. Hybrid work environment.
Success Factors
- Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applies that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
- Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems, and identify unique opportunities.
- Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
- Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
- Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
- Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base Salary Range: New hires generally start between £42,000.00 - £54,700.00 per year. The full range is £42,000.00 - £73,400.00 per year.
- Benefits:
- An innovative culture driven by impact.
- Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
- Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
- 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums.
- Generous paid family leave.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
- Pension Employer Contributions (UK/IRE/MX Employees).
- Fitness reimbursement.
- Commuter benefit.
- LinkedIn learning.
- Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.