Creative Project Manager at AeroVironment in Simi Valley, CA

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

 

Summary

We're looking for a driven, detail-obsessed Creative Team Project Manager to be the operational backbone of our in-house creative department. You'll work side-by-side with our Creative Director, design team, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure every project — from trade show booths to social media campaigns — moves forward with clarity and momentum.

This is not a background role. You'll be the connective tissue between creative vision and flawless execution, keeping timelines tight, communication clear, and nothing falling through the cracks.

Position Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management across all creative workstreams: marketing collateral, trade show materials, software UI/UX, experiential design, social media, and branded swag.
• Monday.com as your command center — building and maintaining boards, automations, timelines, and dashboards that give full visibility to stakeholders.
• Intake and brief management — fielding new requests, clarifying scope, gathering assets, and ensuring the team has everything they need before work begins.
• Cross-functional coordination with Marketing, Product, Communications, and Leadership teams to align on priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Proactive identification of blockers, timeline risks, and resource conflicts — before they become problems.
• Meeting facilitation, including creative kick-offs, status check-ins, and retrospectives with clear action items and follow-through.
• Asset and file organization — maintaining a clean, accessible, and version-controlled library of creative files.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

Experience: 3–5 years of project management experience

• In a creative agency, in-house brand team, or marketing environment. A background working alongside designers is a strong plus.

Tools: Monday.com power-user skills

• You know your way around boards, automations, Gantt views, and reporting dashboards. Proficiency in the full MS Office suite is required. Comfortable navigating Figma to review designs, leave comments, and track revisions (you don't need to design, but you need to speak the language).

Organization: Exceptional organizational instincts

• You can juggle 10+ concurrent projects without losing your grip on a single one. You build systems, not workarounds.

Communication: Crystal-clear communication

• Written and verbal. You can translate creative concepts to business stakeholders and business requirements back to the creative team without anything getting lost.

Proactiveness: A proactive mindset

• You don't wait to be asked. You anticipate what's needed, surface issues early, and move with urgency when it counts.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Familiarity with print production and vendor management
• Experience with Asana, Notion, or other project management platforms
• A basic understanding of design principles, brand guidelines, and creative workflows
• PMP, CAPM, or other project management certification
• Experience producing video or photo shoots

Physical Demands

• Able to work in an office environment (Constant) 
• Able to carry and move various production equipment and video/photography gear up to 25 lbs. (Occasional) 
• Required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent) 

Special Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.
• Ability to travel to demonstrations, events, trade shows, and other activations (up to 15%) 
• Flexible work schedule and overtime may be required periodically
• Preferably located within 50 miles of the Moorpark/Simi Valley offices

Clearance Level

 

No Clearance

The salary range for this role is:

$70,500 - $100,275

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits:  AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.  For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit:  http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply.  NO agencies please.

About AV:

AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian—but we’re not building history, we’re building what’s next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters—with speed, scale, and purpose—there’s no better place to do it than AV.

 

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

U.S. Citizenship required