The Production Coordinator, is a highly organized and detail-oriented team member responsible for supporting the Marketing and Creative teams by coordinating timelines, tasks, and project updates. This role primarily involves assisting the Assistant Marketing Manager and acting as a communication bridge between the Marketing/Creative team and key stakeholders for all creative requests.
The Production Coordinator ensures that projects stay on track by facilitating updates, monitoring progress, and maintaining accurate documentation. This position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to interact professionally with a wide range of stakeholders, including Managers, Directors, and subject matter experts within and outside of the Marketing department. A successful candidate is a collaborative team player with strong organizational abilities and a commitment to meeting deadlines.
ResponsibilitiesProject Coordination
Assists with coordinating, prioritizing, organizing, and meeting deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously with varying completion dates and competing priorities
Works alongside Assistant Marketing Manager to break projects into doable actions and monitor and adhere to timeframes using Workfront (Workflow Management Tool)
Works cross-functionally with internal stakeholders: Merchandising, Store Operations, Legal and Visual Merchandising, to track requirements and objectives
Assists with schedule management
Production Management & Workflow
Helps ensure team members needs are met as projects evolve
Provides support to monitoring project progress, handles any issues that arise and escalates as necessary
Helps communicate project status to all participants
Intake Help to create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports
Assists with process documentation as required
Monitors that creative briefs are completed by assisting as needed
Creative Operations Support
Assists in inventory management with replenishment, new stores, and No-buy reports
Assists in implementing national roll-outs of in-store signage programs - verifying shipments from vendors, receipt at DC's and billings to stores
Partners with Print Procurement Team to track project lists on weekly basis, communicating deadlines with Art Directors and Management
Assists the Creative team in ensuring all requested changes are addressed with proofreading and checklist attention
Qualifications
1 years’ experience in project/traffic coordination; equivalent experience working in an advertising agency or internal creative team considered a plus
Strong technical skills, particularly in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Excellent time management and strong organizational skills
Highly motivated with ability to meet tight deadlines
Strong communication skills with all levels of employees, as well as outside contacts
Maintains organized workflow of marketing projects
Ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment with good customer-service skills
Project management certification is a plus
- Competitive pay
- Unrivaled company culture
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Exclusive discounts and perks, including an AutoZone in-store discount
- 401(k) with company match and Stock Purchase Plan
- AutoZoners Living Well Program for free mental health support
- Opportunities for career growth
- Paid time off
- Life, and short- and long-term disability insurance options
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts with wellness rewards
- Tuition reimbursement
Skills Required
- 1 years' experience in project/traffic coordination or equivalent
- Experience working in an advertising agency or internal creative team
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Experience with Workfront or other workflow/project management tools
- Excellent time management and strong organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills across all levels
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work collaboratively in a team environment
- Project management certification
AutoZone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AutoZone and has not been reviewed or approved by AutoZone.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) savings plan is offered, with employer matching contributions made per pay period noted in company materials. This creates a structured long‑term savings path for eligible employees.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan enables buying company stock at a discounted price. This provides an additional wealth‑building avenue beyond base wages.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, disability, and EAP coverage are available as part of standard packages. These offerings establish a comprehensive baseline of health and protection benefits for eligible employees.
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What We Do
AutoZone is the nation's leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories with more than 7,000 stores in the US, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Each store carries an extensive line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured hard parts, maintenance items and accessories. AutoZone, headquartered in Memphis, TN, is a growing Fortune 300 company with a deep commitment to serving our customers, communities and fellow AutoZoners. We have vast opportunities in our stores, distribution centers, field offices, specialty business units and Store Support Center and embrace diverse experiences, backgrounds, knowledge and ideas to strengthen our teams and business. Our team is connected by a deep commitment to our Pledge and Values, principles established more than thirty years ago that reinforce our priorities and team culture. In addition, we constantly innovate and aspire to best serve our customers, creating new and better tools, training and outreach to serve both DIY and the professional installer customers. From in-store tools to E-Commerce, training and development to recognition, our team has the tools to help you grow your career at AutoZone. See where your drive can take you!
