Creative Project Manager

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG); Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Wellbeing day

Smart Working up to 40% from home

Work from abroad up to 90 days a year

Enhanced family leave

Wedding/honeymoon leave (3 extra days)

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Electric car salary sacrifice

Charitable payroll giving

Funding for professional quals

Employee of the Month £250 bonus

Referral bonuses up to £1,500

Wellbeing workshops

Wellbeing Champions

Volunteer Day

Perks platform discounts

Job summary

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) is seeking an experienced project and operations professional to drive seamless delivery from concept to completion in a fast-paced UK environment. You will combine a technical mindset with a creative eye, owning complex projects and improving operational systems with clear governance and reporting.

With at least five years' experience, you will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets and risks, and collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure

Qualifications

• At least five years' experience managing projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Ability to develop and improve operational systems with governance and reporting for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and programmes from scoping through to delivery, owning outcomes.
• Build relationships with internal teams and clients to ensure consistent delivery.
• Operate with autonomy, making informed decisions and solving challenges.
• Champion best-practice project management and help develop processes and ways of working.
• Balance creative ambition with commercial reality, ensuring timely, within-budget delivery.
• Develop and manage project plans, statements of work, timelines, budgets and resources.
• Identify and mitigate risks and manage scope changes while preserving quality and timelines.
• Intervene early to keep projects on track and ensure right-first-time delivery.
• Monitor KPIs, budgets and spend to align with forecasts and targets.
• Support successful client outcomes across multiple business areas.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance reporting

Process improvement

Autonomy

Job description

We're looking for an experienced project and operations professional who understands how work moves seamlessly from concept through to delivery across a fast-paced business environment. You'll bring both a technical mindset and a creative eye, enabling you to effectively manage complex projects while balancing operational efficiency with high-quality outcomes.

With at least five years' experience, you'll be confident working with stakeholders at every level, taking full ownership of projects and driving them through to successful completion. You'll be highly process-driven, with the ability to develop, implement and continuously improve operational systems that provide clear visibility, robust governance and accurate reporting for senior stakeholders.

As a proactive problem solver, you'll thrive in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same. You'll enjoy getting involved across multiple areas of the business while championing best-in-class project management standards and ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, effectively and to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects and programmes from initial scoping through to successful delivery, taking full ownership of outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and clients, earning trust through collaboration and consistent delivery.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, making informed decisions and proactively solving challenges.
• Champion best-practice project management, helping to develop processes, ways of working and the wider project management function.
• Balance creative ambition with commercial reality, ensuring ideas are innovative, achievable and delivered on time and within budget.
• Develop and manage project plans, statements of work, timelines, budgets, resources and communications.
• Identify and mitigate risks, effectively managing scope changes while maintaining quality, timelines and financial objectives.
• Intervene early to keep projects on track, ensuring right-first-time delivery and exceptional client outcomes.
• Monitor KPIs, budgets and spend performance, ensuring delivery remains aligned to forecasts and commercial targets.

Experience delivering projects in all or some of the below areas:

• Animation – styles and specs
• Paid media (banners, social ads, PPC)
• TV ads - specs and trafficking
• Website & Platform builds/Web apps
• Email & HTML campaigns
• Creative production including print and basic artworking
• Copy and TOV requirements
• CGI & 3D
• UX/UI
• Retouching
• Conceptual creative
• Photographic shoots including PPM planning
• Digital signage
• Content scheduling
• XR
• SMS campaigns
• Packaging

Perks at ITG

alongside a competitive salary, here's what you can look forward to:

• Time off that works for you — 25 days' holiday + bank holidays, a paid Wellbeing Day, flexible bank holidays to honour cultural or religious observances, and the option to buy or carry over up to 5 extra days.
• Flexibility & lifestyle — Smart Working with up to 40% from home, and after 12 months, the option to work from abroad for up to 90 days a year.
• Family & life milestones — Enhanced family friendly leave, 3 extra days for your wedding/honeymoon, and an Employee Assistance Programme whenever you need support.
• Financial perks — Pension scheme, Corporate Medical Cash Plan, electric car salary sacrifice scheme, and tax-efficient payroll giving to your favourite charities.
• Growth & recognition — Funding for professional qualifications, monthly Employee of the Month awards (£250 bonus), and referral bonuses of up to £1,500.
• Community & wellbeing — Regular Wellbeing Workshops, 30+ Wellbeing Champions, a paid Volunteer Day, and an online perks platform with discounts on top brands, days out, and gym memberships.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups available to employees and exist to offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other.