At Backcountry, our mission is to connect people to their passions. Our four online stores—Backcountry, Competitive Cyclist, MotoSport and, SteepandCheap—aim to supply our customers with the gear, knowledge, and inspiration necessary to get out there and chase down life’s greatest moments. We do this by providing the biggest and best assortment of premium outdoor products, superior shopping experience, personalized Gearhead expertise, lightning-fast and accurate fulfillment, and inspirational, informative, and community-centered content.
Backcountry is seeking a talented and enthusiastic b to join our team! The
Creative Project Manager will help manage the Creative Department’s full workflow process. The CPM will facilitate effective and professional processes, procedures and protocols in order to deliver world-class Backcountry Creative. This role is pivotal to maintain throughput for all the design, writing, photographic, retail and video projects that are briefed to Creative. This is a key role in our in-house creative team, reporting to the Creative Director. This role is crucial to the successful delivery of our creative efforts and will operate across all aspects of the team, managing the process and coordination of all activities. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, both digital and physical, and across multiple brands in the Backcountry portfolio. You will be pivotal in ensuring that all various moving parts of a project come together as one and on
time. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing sufficient client input in order to deliver campaigns that effectively reach and engage our target audience. The successful candidate will have a passion for the outdoors and be able to effectively communicate the needs of the Creative team through internal and external channels. This role is challenging – above and beyond the day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll have a big role within a fast-paced team. This position will report into the Creative Director.
What you get to do:
- Responsible for the overall workflow, process and project delivery of the in-house creative team
- Oversees and manages the timely flow of multiple projects from conception through completion in the department work queue
- Partner with marketing, merchandising, retail, brand, and external partners to manage creative briefs, and ensure they are specific, clear and comprehensive
- Create and implement Sprint project management for the Copy team, Design team, and Content team
- Oversee Wrike training and template updates
- Creates and maintains project timelines and estimates with team input
- Functions as a key liaison between internal/external creative team and business stakeholders
- Maintain transparency and be proactive
- Facilitates team meetings
- Ensures that the traffic/department processes are followed
- Facilitate prioritization and/or resourcing decisions when capacity constraints require trade-offs
What you bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or related field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management with a focus on creative projects
- Proven ability to lead complex projects from conception to completion, managing timelines, budgets, and cross-functional teams
- Experience creating detailed project schedules and developing creative/production estimates
- Thorough understanding of all aspects of the creative process from briefing through production
- Excellent organization, prioritization and project management skills
- Ability to manage a high degree of detail and balance competing priorities
- Ability to seek and share information, and deliver it effectively and concisely
- Proactive self-starter with the ability to maintain an upbeat, positive attitude
- Interest or passion for the outdoor industry
- Wants to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
What’s in it for you? Joining Backcountry isn’t just about having a seat at the table—it’s about helping redesign the table entirely. You’ll be challenged, stretched, and supported as you grow faster than you thought possible. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer:
- Executive Access: Work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership, solving real business problems and earning mentorship from top operators.
- AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with the most advanced AI tools in the market. From automation to prompt engineering, you’ll build a modern tech stack that sets you apart in any industry.
- Accelerated Career Path: High performers are quickly entrusted with greater responsibility, new challenges, and leadership opportunities across our portfolio of brands.
- Competitive benefits: Paid time off policies, 401(k)/RRSP match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts at our portfolio companies
Our interview process:
- 📞 Step 1: If you align with our vision and meet the qualifications, we’ll reach out to schedule a conversation and introduce Backcountry.
- 🧠 Step 2: You’ll complete a short AI or product-building challenge so we can understand how you approach problems and execution.
- 💬 Step 3: Participate in deep-dive interviews with Backcountry leadership focused on your experience, product mindset, and operational thinking.
- 📩 Step 4: Offer. We’ll move fast for the right candidate.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
The CSC family of brands provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws.
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