Creative Project Manager IV

We are partnering with a premier global professional services organization to find an exceptional talent who will drive the execution of high-impact creative campaigns. By joining forces with Aquent, you will gain a dedicated partner committed to your professional growth while you make a tangible impact on large-scale, high-visibility initiatives for world-class brands.

Candidates must be in one of these locations, near an office, and agree to a hybrid work arrangement:

Locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis

They will need to be in the office on their first day and as business needs require.

The Opportunity

In this dynamic role, you will lead the end-to-end planning and project management of complex creative initiatives, large-scale projects, and multi-channel campaigns. You will translate strategic business goals into actionable project plans, managing the entire lifecycle from intake and scoping through creative development, production, and final delivery. This position combines robust project management expertise with a deep understanding of the creative industry, allowing you to establish milestones, anticipate risks, and maintain seamless visibility across multiple interconnected workstreams. Working collaboratively across marketing, creative, account, and operations teams, you will ensure deliverables remain aligned with business needs while preserving creative integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for a portfolio of moderate to highly complex creative initiatives and large-scale accounts.
• Strategically manage multiple projects and asset deliverables simultaneously, maintaining an integrated view of priorities, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, and budgets.
• Translate business and client needs into clear scopes, project plans, estimates, milestones, schedules, and deliverables.
• Lead project meetings and facilitate alignment across creative teams, internal clients, senior stakeholders, and business partners.
• Serve as a central point of coordination, providing clear visibility into project status, priorities, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and competing priorities, escalating and resolving issues to keep work on track.
• Partner with creative, account, and operational leads to balance business priorities, creative ambition, capacity, timing, and budget.
• Coordinate resources, manage workflows, assign and track deliverables, and ensure teams understand objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Manage stakeholder reviews, feedback, approvals, and changes while protecting project scope, timing, and creative integrity.
• Establish and improve project management processes, workflows, reporting, and tools to increase efficiency, transparency, and predictability across the portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent training and professional work experience.
• Seven years of project management experience in the creative industry, with a strong understanding of the event landscape.
• Five years of experience project managing events in a virtual environment.
• Strong background working directly with creative teams and a deep understanding of creative development processes.
• In-depth knowledge and breadth of experience with project management practices, methodologies, and tools.
• Executive presence with the proven ability to present complex solutions and articulate plans to C-suite audiences and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and persuasion abilities.
• Proficiency in Mac/PC environments, project management software, Microsoft Office, Teams, Outlook, and Adobe Workfront or other industry-standard tracking tools.
• Ability to travel up to 5-10% as required by project needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional project management certification (e.g., PMP or equivalent).