Creative Project Manager

Perennial Resources International; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Perennial Resources International in New York is seeking a Partner on strategic work to own end-to-end execution of creative projects from kickoff through delivery, across multiple channels and teams. The role requires managing integrated project plans, timelines, dependencies, approvals, and stakeholder touchpoints, leading meetings, and driving decisions with accountability.

Candidates should have 8+ years of creative project management experience in large organizations, with strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years of creative project management experience in in-house or agency settings.
• Experience across paid/social, email, digital, video, and print channels.
• Strong organizational and facilitation skills; able to lead without authority.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of creative projects from kickoff through delivery.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, approvals, and touchpoints.
• Lead status meetings, drive decisions, document next steps, ensure accountability.
• Identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, scope changes; adjust plans to keep work moving.
• Lead project close-out activities and retrospectives to capture learnings.
• Coordinate execution across creative, content, digital, social, email, production, and vendors.
• Create and maintain campaign workspaces, status trackers, and collaboration tools.
• Ensure deliverables are aligned, approved, and ready for launch or handoff.

Skills

Creative project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-channel coordination

Independent leadership

Job description

Partner on strategic work

• Own end-to-end execution of creative projects, from kickoff through delivery.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, approvals, and stakeholder touchpoints.
• Lead status meetings, drive decisions, document next steps, and ensure clear accountability across teams.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, scope changes, and decision-making needs; troubleshoot issues and adjust plans to keep work moving forward.
• Lead project close-out activities, including retrospectives, to capture learnings and inform future work.

Independently Manage Tactical Projects

• Lead execution of tactical, production, and delivery-focused projects where a Creative Account Lead is not assigned.
• Apply sound judgment and business fluency to guide day-to-day decisions, resolve issues, and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Ensure work remains aligned to goals, messaging, brand standards, compliance needs, and channel requirements, escalating when needed.

Cross-Channel & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate execution across creative, content, digital, social, email, production, paid media, compliance, legal, business partners, and external vendors.
• Partner with internal media teams to manage creative delivery timelines, specifications, versioning, approvals, trafficking needs, and final handoffs for paid channels.
• Create and maintain campaign workspaces, status trackers, and collaboration tools that support planning, visibility, and team accountability.
• Ensure deliverables across channels are aligned, properly sequenced, approved, and ready for launch or handoff.
• Monitor project health across scope, timing, resourcing assumptions, stakeholder readiness, approvals, and risk.
• Use insights from retrospectives, debriefs, and lessons learned to improve planning, execution, stakeholder engagement, and team effectiveness over time.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of creative project management experience in an in-house agency, external creative agency, marketing organization, or similarly complex delivery environment, Workfront experience a plus.
• Proven ability to manage integrated creative work across multiple channels, including paid and organic social, email, digital, video, print, landing pages, and customer communications.
• Experience supporting marketing, creative, digital, paid media, or customer communications programs, including creative versioning, specifications, approvals, and handoffs.
• Strong organizational, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to lead projects independently and influence without authority.
• Ability to balance structure with flexibility in a fast‑paced, evolving environment with competing priorities and changing requirements.
• Comfort partnering with account, strategy, creative, media, digital, compliance, legal, business, and external vendor teams.
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with strong ownership, judgment, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Experience in financial services, insurance, healthcare, or other regulated industries is a plus.
• Business to consumer and business to business experience preferred.