Creative Project Manager
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Job Description:
Bring clarity to creativitywhile building work that matters.
You thrive at the intersection of organization and imagination. Youre the person who brings calm to complexity momentum to ideas and clarity to collaboration. As a Creative Project Manager at Dentsu Creative youll play a vital role in turning ambitious ideas into wellcrafted ontime onbudget workwhile partnering with teams who care deeply about the craft.
Youll support integrated creative projects from kickoff through delivery working closely with internal teams agency partners and clients to keep work moving smoothly and thoughtfully. This is a handson role where your project management skills communication style and problemsolving mindset help great creative ideas reach their full potential.
This role is hybrid with a preference for candidates located in New York or Chicago. Youll balance inoffice collaboration with flexible work arrangements.
What Youll Do
In this role you will:
Own project timelines scopes and budgets across multiple creative workstreams
Lead daytoday project operations including workflows tracking and reporting
Partner with Resource Management to plan allocate and optimize team resourcing
Initiate and manage new projects ensuring accurate setup and smooth execution from day one
Schedule and facilitate meetings create agendas capture notes and drive followups
Track hours expenses and financial performance; collaborate on billing and financial reviews with Finance Account and Production teams
Proactively identify risks solve problems and coursecorrect with confidence and care
Support quality control and ensure work is delivered with consistency and attention to detail
Use tools technology and emerging capabilities (including AI) to improve efficiency and workflows
Share ideas best practices and recommendations that help teams work smarter
Communicate clearly and thoughtfully with stakeholders including navigating escalations
What You Bring
You dont need to check every box to be successful here. What matters most is your curiosity organization and ability to bring people together around shared goals.
You likely bring:
A Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
24 years of experience in project management or associate project management within an integrated agency or similar environment
A working understanding of integrated campaign tactics and how creative work flows across channels
Strong planning organization and timemanagement skills in deadlinedriven environments
Experience collaborating with crossdisciplinary teams and navigating diverse working styles
The ability to manage multiple projects at once without losing sight of quality or detail
Core project management strengths in organization facilitation communication and relationshipbuilding
Comfort participating in or leading crossagency teams
Familiarity with low to midcomplexity project lifecycles and review/approval processes
Passion for the work the people and the creative process
Strong organizational and presentation skills
A proactive mindset focused on solutions progress and continuous learning
If this role feels like a place where you can grow contribute and leave your mark wed love to meet you. Join usand help shape whats next in creativity.
The annual salary range for this position is $62500- $90000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience knowledge skills and other factors permitted by law.
Benefits available with this position include:
Medical vision and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexible paid time off
At least 15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick and safe leave and
Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits please visit .
At dentsu we believe great work happens when were connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices currently located in Chicago metro Detroit Los Angeles and New York City are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients which may include attendance in an office.
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Location:
New YorkBrand:
Dentsu CreativeTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
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Required Experience:
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About Company
Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in approximately 120 countries.