Lead Project Manager, Creative
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Athena
Athena is a creative place for leaders risk-takers creative thinkers and boundary-pushers. We partner with organizations looking to transform their presence reputation and performance. For over ten years weve delivered business insights marketing strategies and brand activations for leading organizations in industries ranging from telecommunications to major league sports.
Our people make Athena Athena. Theyre what help set us apart from traditional ad agencies and consultancies. As a Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplace for three years running we take pride in fostering a work environment where passion meets excellence. Our people are solutions-oriented individuals who eagerly roll up their sleeves to make work that works while sharing a couple of laughs along the way.
About the Position
Athena is looking for a Lead Project Manager Creative to join our team.
Were looking for a highly organized solutions-driven leader to support our client-facing Creative team within the Brand & Digital Communications team for a major telecommunications client. This role oversees creative project intake team resourcing optimizes project workflows leads project managers and ensures high-quality execution across the board.
Requirements
What youll be responsible for:
Creative Operations & Project Management
- Evolve and maintain best practices for project intake briefing planning and creative delivery across all creative work
- Create and refine tools and templates to improve workflow consistency and reduce friction across projects
- Support project managers with creating timelines deliverables tracking scoping risk management and troubleshooting
- Act as a go-to resource for the creative team on workflow prioritization and cross-functional coordination
- Help PMs navigate client dynamics - supporting with communication expectation-setting and escalation as needed
Creative Team Resourcing
- Manage weekly resourcing workflows and team assignments across all active creative projects
- Monitor capacity flag risks early and balance workload based on availability and skill set
- Collaborate with creative and account leads to prioritize and assign work
Team Management & Coaching
- Manage and mentor a small team of creative project managers and provide organizational support to the Senior Director Creative
- Work closely with the Senior Director Creative to routinely identify resourcing roadblocks and reassess priorities
- Provide ongoing feedback support professional development and help the creative team operate at a consistently high levelof output
- Personally lead a select number of high-profile creative projects - especially those that are cross-functional fast-moving or strategically important to the business
- Model strong client partnership- bringing both strategic thinking and a calm solutions-oriented presence to external conversations
Platform & Process Oversight
- Serve as a point person for our project management tools ensuring systems are optimized for team needs
- Lead process improvements that make our creative operations smoother smarter and more scalable
- Support onboarding and training of new PMs and creative team members on tools and workflows
The skills and experience you should have:
- 57 years of experience in creative operations project management or resourcing within an agency or in-house creative team
- Proven experience leading project teams and owning senior-level client relationships
- Familiarity with creative workflows across digital print video and social
- Experience resourcing cross-functional teams and leading department-wide prioritization conversations
- Strong communication skills and the ability to navigate multiple stakeholders with care and clarity
- Comfort with project management tools (e.g. Airtable) and experience implementing or scaling operational systems
Its a plus if you have:
- Experience building or scaling creative operations in a growing organization
- Experience mentoring other project managers or developing training programs
- Experience working within Airtable
- A calm collaborative presenceeven when things get messy
Benefits
- Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account
- Matching 401K
- Generous PTO policy
- Substantial Parental Leave Policy
- Hybrid Work Environment
Candidates must be willing to work hybrid (4 days on-site) in our Philadelphia PA office.
Curious about your career path at Athena This role is within a rapidly growing creative department and the right candidate can excel produce great work and have an immediate impact on Athenas creative product culture and growth.
We strive to keep our application process open easy and as painless and transparent as we can make it. We need team members like you to join us. Ready to apply Lets get started.
Athena is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position please contact us at 866.299.6040or at .
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Graphics Design
- Copywritter
- Creative concept
- Advertising
- Communication
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Autodesk
- Art Direction
- Flash
- Flex
- HTML
- SEO
- Fine art
- Quarkxpress
About Company
Athena is a marketing and communications organization that forges connections between our clients and their audiences. By leveraging diverse talent and expertise, we devise strategies, craft campaigns, activate experiences, and optimize operations to strengthen brands, improve percept ... View more
