Creative Project Manager

Frey Design; Roselle (IL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

Half-day Fridays

Hybrid work

PTO 15 days

Beer on tap

Grocery delivery

Job summary

Frey Design is seeking a Creative Project Manager to lead design and web projects from kickoff to launch. The role emphasizes organized, client-focused leadership, managing timelines, budgets, communication, and team coordination while leveraging AI tools to streamline project flow and deliver clear results.

You will own projects end-to-end, act as the primary client contact, and ensure timely delivery across design, development, and marketing teams in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of project management experience in a creative, design, or marketing agency.
• Expert-level Asana user with real client projects.
• Fluent with agency PM tools such as Monday, Teamwork, Workfront, Jira, or Mavenlink.
• Proven client liaison experience and strong communication.
• Solid ability to manage timelines, budgets, resourcing, and deliverables including SOWs and vendor coordination.
• Familiar with web and WordPress CMS projects and coordinating with developers.
• Awareness of Adobe Creative Suite and print/digital production basics.
• Experience with spreadsheets and AI-assisted reporting and editing AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own projects from kickoff through delivery, on time and on budget.
• Serve as primary client contact and manage scope and revisions.
• Coordinate designers, developers, and marketers to keep work flowing.
• Build and manage projects in Asana with timelines and dependencies.
• Track health metrics: hours, budgets, timelines, and deliverables.
• Draft proposals, scopes of work, and client-facing project tools.
• Use AI-assisted tools to prepare summaries, task lists, and reports.
• Follow up on open items and approvals to prevent stalls.
• Spot workflow problems early and implement practical fixes.

Skills

Asana expert

Agency PM

Client liaison

Timeline management

CMS & WordPress

Adobe Creative Suite

AI reporting

Strong communicator

Tools

Monday

Teamwork

Workfront

Jira

Mavenlink

Job description

Frey Design is seeking a Creative Project Manager to help lead design and web projects from kickoff through launch. This role is ideal for an organized, client-focused professional who can manage timelines, budgets, communication, and team coordination while using modern tools, including AI, to support smart project flow and clear results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own creative, marketing, and web projects from kickoff through delivery, keeping them on time and on budget
• Act as the primary client contact: set expectations, run status updates, manage scope and revisions, and keep communication moving in both directions
• Run daily project priorities and keep designers, developers, and marketers unblocked so work keeps moving through the shop
• Build and manage projects in Asana: timelines, tasks, dependencies, resourcing, and deliverables
• Track project health across hours, budgets, completion, and timelines, and report clearly on all three
• Draft and manage proposals, scopes of work, project briefs, and client-facing project tools with fast turnaround
• Use AI-assisted tools to prepare meeting summaries, task lists, reports, and documentation, then refine outputs to agency standards
• Follow up relentlessly on open items, approvals, and deliverables so nothing stalls
• Spot workflow problems early and solve them with practical, creative fixes

Qualifications & Skills:

• 2-4 years of project management experience inside a creative, design, or marketing agency
• Expert-level Asana user: you have built, managed, and maintained real client projects in it, not just watched a tutorial
• Working fluency in other agency PM tools such as Monday, Teamwork, Workfront, Jira, or Mavenlink
• Proven client liaison experience: comfortable being the name and voice clients know
• Strong command of timelines, budgets, resourcing, and deliverable management, including SOWs and vendor coordination
• Familiar with web and WordPress projects: CMS work, QA, launches, and coordinating with developers
• Fluent in how creative teams work: briefs, revisions, Adobe Creative Suite awareness, and print/digital production basics
• Skilled with spreadsheets and AI-assisted reporting, and sharp at editing AI output for accuracy and clarity
• Fast, organized, proactive, and comfortable in a high-communication, quick-turnaround environment

Benefits of working at Frey:

• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Half-day summer Fridays (May through September)
• Hybrid office setting (in-office four days/week, remote every Friday)
• 15 days of paid time off (PTO)
• Full bar with beer on tap at all times
• Fully stocked kitchen with groceries delivered weekly