Creative Project Manager

Digital People; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital People seeks a Creative Project Manager to drive print and digital initiatives. This hybrid North Shore role combines project leadership with operations coordination across creative, marketing, and external vendors to keep programs on schedule.

The ideal candidate will manage multiple projects, anticipate risks, and maintain clear communication while leveraging Wrike to track progress and deliver high-quality results.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in project management, creative operations, or marketing operations.
• Excellent communication and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in fast-paced environments.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with Wrike or similar PM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects from planning through completion, ensuring timelines, milestones, and deliverables stay on track.
• Coordinate resources across creative, marketing, operations, and external partners.
• Monitor progress, identify roadblocks, and communicate issues and solutions.
• Maintain project schedules and status updates using Wrike.
• Prioritize projects and manage competing deadlines and resources.
• Coordinate meetings, follow-ups, and action items to keep teams aligned.

Skills

Strong communicator

Organizational skills

Time management

Multi-project management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Vendor coordination

Tools

Wrike

Job description

Creative Project Manager- Print and Digital

Long term contract (ongoing)

Hybrid-North Shore-3 days onsite/2 days WFH

NON IT BASED/NO C2C

Our client, a premier organization advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine is seeking a highly organized, proactive Creative Project Manager / Operations Project Manager to help keep projects moving forward and ensure key initiatives are delivered on time and to a high standard. This role will coordinate across creative, marketing, operations, vendors, and other internal teams to manage timelines, resources, deliverables, and priorities.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator and problem-solver who can manage multiple projects at once, anticipate challenges, and bring structure and accountability to complex workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects from planning through completion, ensuring timelines, milestones, and deliverables stay on track.
• Coordinate resources across creative, marketing, operations, and external partners.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential roadblocks, and proactively communicate issues and solutions.
• Maintain project schedules, status updates, and deliverables using Wrike.
• Help prioritize projects and manage competing deadlines and resources.
• Coordinate meetings, follow-ups, and action items to keep teams aligned and moving forward.

Order Renewal Catalog:

• Oversee the Order Renewal Catalog, a critical business deliverable for the organization.
• Manage the overall timeline and production schedule, including content, creative, approvals, printing, and final delivery.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure deadlines and quality standards are met.
• Track dependencies and proactively address issues that could impact the schedule.

Major Events & Special Projects:

• Support the planning and execution of major organizational events and high-priority projects.
• Coordinate timelines, resources, logistics, and deliverables across multiple teams.
• Help ensure projects and events are well organized, on schedule, and successfully executed.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in project management, creative operations, marketing operations, production, or a related field.
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Experience with project management platforms; Wrike experience preferred.
• Experience with print production, catalogs, publications, or large-scale events is a plus.