Hybrid Creative Project Manager

Wpromote; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Remote flexibility Mon & Fri

Job summary

Giant Spoon is seeking a Project Manager who loves people and projects, fluent in Gantt charts and spreadsheets. You’ll guide cross-functional teams, manage timelines and budgets, and drive efficient processes to deliver top-quality creative work.

The role operates from our NYC headquarters with Tue–Thu on-site and remote flexibility on Mon and Fri. Ideal candidates thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and welcome learning and growth across channels.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on project management experience at a creative agency.
• Solid understanding of the agency creative and production process across various content types/channels.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and be resourceful, flexible and quick to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• High EQ and the ability to read what a team needs to be happy and productive.
• Problem solving skills - anticipates issues and proactively comes up with solutions.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate creatively across departments and offices.
• Ability to foster trusting relationships with teammates and clients.
• Effective written, verbal, and visual communicator.
• Genuine desire to learn.
• Proficient in Google Suite, Slack and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with project management software like Asana, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of communication across all cross-functional teams on a project.
• Plan, coordinate, manage and facilitate the workflows of a project to ensure completion on time and within budget.
• Manage concurrent fast-paced projects across a variety of accounts.
• Develop processes that help work to be executed at the highest quality standards.
• Develop project timelines based on client milestones and team bandwidth realities.
• Manage timeline shifts and the impact to workstreams, including maintaining internal communications to make sure work is on schedule and stays on track.
• Coordinate internal project meetings and reviews, ensuring clear next steps for all team members.
• Help team members prioritize workloads to meet deadlines.
• Ensure the integration of other departments and resources at necessary milestones during the development process (e.g. production, business & legal affairs, etc).
• Manage projects across all channels: Broadcast, social, digital, video, print, OOH, experiential etc.
• Monitor and enforce project constraints (schedule / scope / resources), raising issues to VP Operations as needed.
• Work closely with account and finance teams on SOW and staff plan development.
• Support the bi-weekly reconciliation of staff hours and related fees.
• Own the administrative setup required to establish projects within our systems.
• Maintain upkeep of client or project folders and Slack channels.
• Leverage project management platforms or other tools/systems for project organization (Asana, RACI charts, hot sheets, etc).
• Lead project management efforts for internal Giant Spoon initiatives when needed.
• Keep teams highly motivated.

Skills

Project management

Agency experience

Prioritization

Emotional intelligence

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Collaboration across teams

Communication skills

Learning mindset

G Suite / Slack / MS Office

Tools

Asana

Job description

Giant Spoon is seeking a Project Manager who loves people and projects, fluent in Gantt charts and spreadsheets. You’ll guide cross-functional teams, manage timelines and budgets, and drive efficient processes to deliver top-quality creative work.

The role operates from our NYC headquarters with Tue–Thu on-site and remote flexibility on Mon and Fri. Ideal candidates thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and welcome learning and growth across channels.