Freelance Media & Creative Project Manager (Remote)

Leap Group Network LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401k with match

Coaching access

Job summary

Leap Group Network LLC is seeking a freelance Project Manager to lead day-to-day execution of media and creative client work across multiple teams. The role focuses on maintaining timelines, budgets, and quality across kickoff to final delivery, with strong collaboration between media, creative, strategy, and account teams.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in project management within agencies or marketing settings, excels in communication, and can manage competing priorities in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management experience in an agency, marketing, digital, or related environment.
• Experience managing media projects, including paid media campaigns and/or supporting creative deliverables.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong client communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across creative, media, strategy, production, and/or development disciplines.
• Experience using project management platforms such as Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or similar tools.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to proactively identify risks, solve problems, and keep projects moving forward.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while managing shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of media and creative client projects across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Build and maintain project timelines, schedules, documentation, and workflows to support efficient delivery.
• Partner with media, creative, strategy and account to keep work moving smoothly from kickoff through final delivery.
• Facilitate kickoff meetings, status meetings, milestone reviews, and project recaps to maintain alignment and accountability.
• Monitor project timelines, budgets, scopes, and deliverables while proactively identifying risks, blockers, or changes in priorities.
• Communicate project status, next steps, dependencies, and expectations clearly with both internal teams and clients.
• Support project scoping, intake, estimation, and resource planning efforts for new and existing client work.
• Help ensure deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations before launch or final delivery.
• Maintain organized and accurate project documentation, including timelines, approvals, financial tracking, and status reporting.
• Contribute to operational improvements by identifying opportunities for more efficient workflows, communication, and project processes.
• Collaborate effectively across teams while helping create a positive, accountable, and solutions-focused working environment.

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk identification

Time management

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Tools

Workfront

Asana

Monday.com

Jira

Job description

Leap Group Network LLC is seeking a freelance Project Manager to lead day-to-day execution of media and creative client work across multiple teams. The role focuses on maintaining timelines, budgets, and quality across kickoff to final delivery, with strong collaboration between media, creative, strategy, and account teams.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in project management within agencies or marketing settings, excels in communication, and can manage competing priorities in a fast-paced