Creative Project Manager

Bring clarity to creativity—while building work that matters.

You thrive at the intersection of organization and imagination. You’re the person who brings calm to complexity, momentum to ideas, and clarity to collaboration. As a Creative Project Manager at Dentsu Creative, you’ll play a vital role in turning ambitious ideas into well‑crafted, on‑time, on‑budget work—while partnering with teams who care deeply about the craft.

You’ll 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 hands‑on role where your project management skills, communication style, and problem‑solving mindset help great creative ideas reach their full potential.

This role is hybrid, with a preference for candidates located in New York or Chicago. You’ll balance in‑office collaboration with flexible work arrangements.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will:

• Own project timelines, scopes, and budgets across multiple creative workstreams

• Lead day‑to‑day 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 follow‑ups

• Track hours, expenses, and financial performance; collaborate on billing and financial reviews with Finance, Account, and Production teams

• Proactively identify risks, solve problems, and course‑correct 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 don’t 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 Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 2–4 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 time‑management skills in deadline‑driven environments

• Experience collaborating with cross‑disciplinary 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 relationship‑building

• Comfort participating in or leading cross‑agency teams

• Familiarity with low‑ to mid‑complexity 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, we’d love to meet you. Join us—and help shape what’s next in creativity.

The annual salary range for this position is $62,500- $90,000. 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 www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re 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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