Project Manager

Iris North America; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris is seeking an integrated Project Manager in Atlanta or New York to lead multi-workstream campaigns for clients including IHG, Clarios, and more. You will own timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communication while partnering with Operations to implement a new PM/RM tool.

The role requires 3–5 years in a creative agency setting and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with Account, Strategy, Creative and Production to ensure a smooth brief-to-ship process, maintaining

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of project management experience in a creative agency setting.
• Knowledge of various advertising channels such as social, digital, web, POS, print, motion, TV, DOOH, OOH.
• Strong working knowledge of project management tools, principles, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the lifecycle of integrated campaigns across broadcast, social, digital, OOH and retail touchpoints.
• Collaborate to implement and optimize the PM/RM tool, tracking resources and reporting across workstreams.
• Balance multiple always-on workstreams with major brand pulses and clear timelines.
• Proactively manage bandwidth and flag bottlenecks before delivery impact.
• Serve as the hub between Account, Strategy, Creative and Production to ensure smooth brief-to-ship.
• Maintain real-time project health data, including status, budget burn and team utilization.
• Own schedule for stand-ups, reviews, and stakeholder check-ins with clear agendas.
• Identify risks and communicate blockers to keep teams aligned.
• Drive process improvements and efficiencies in delivery.

Skills

Client communication

Written communication

Verbal communication

Solutions oriented

Team player

Fast-paced environment

Job description

Title: Project Manager
Location: Atlanta or New York
Department: Project Management
Reports to: Senior Project Manager

Purpose

We’re looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented integrated Project Manager to join our team and help lead the charge on a few of our clients including IHG, Clarios and other amazing clients. This is a critical role for an organized, proactive leader who loves the "how" of making great work happen. We are looking for someone who’s comfortable working across multiple workstreams, tight timelines, and can raise flags and hold people accountable.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives and enjoys a keeping a high-volume of projects and deliverables organized and who’s comfortable working across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the lifecycle of integrated campaigns, ensuring seamless execution across broadcast/video, social, digital, OOH, and retail/in-store touchpoints.
• Partner with the Operations to help implement and optimize our new PM/RM tool, ensuring all workstreams are accurately tracked, resourced, and reported on.
• Balance several "always-on" workstreams alongside major brand pulses, maintaining clear timelines, dependencies, and delivery windows.
• Proactively manage creative and production bandwidth within the new RM tool, flagging potential bottlenecks and helping to solve staffing puzzles before they impact delivery.
• Serve as the central hub between Account, Strategy, Creative, and Production. You are responsible for ensuring everyone has what they need to succeed and that "brief-to-ship" is a smooth process.
• Maintain real-time project health data. Provide visibility into project status, budget burn, and team utilization.
• Own the schedule for internal stand-ups, creative reviews, and stakeholder check-ins. Ensure all meetings have clear agendas and actionable recaps.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks, keeping teams aligned, and proactively communicating updates and blockers.
• Helping improve how we work by streamlining processes and finding efficiencies in how we deliver.

Competencies

• Exceptional client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A "solutions-oriented" mindset. You can navigate the tension between creative ambition and operational reality with diplomacy and grit.
• A team player with a strong will to foster a positive work environment.
• You're not just any Project Manager – you're a Project Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing landscape. You get excited about big, innovative ideas, and love nothing more than turning them into reality.

Professional Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of various advertising channels such as social, digital, web, POS, print, motion, TV, DOOH, OOH
• Strong working knowledge of project management tools, principles, and methodologies.
• Exceptional organizational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking skills.

Experience

• 3–5 years of project management experience in a creative agency setting.

About Iris

Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, Bentley, Wellstar, Beiersdorf, Samsonite, and Barclays show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large.

Salary Range

Our estimated range for this role is $70,000-$80,000

Compensation packages are based on the skill level and experience each candidate brings to their role. There may also be a more senior or junior position available that could be a better fit with your expertise. Each level has its own compensation range.

We pride ourselves on competitive salaries, and ensuring pay equity exists across our organization. We benchmark each position against existing employee competencies and 4As compensation data which includes geographic and agency size benchmarks. We also meet with department leaders 3x/year to ensure we are supporting employees in living into their full potential. Our promotions are not limited to a specific time per year. Promotions are tied to performance.

Right To Work In The US

You must be authorized to work in the US for any employer. At this time, we are not sponsoring or providing assistance with obtaining work authorization.

We are in the office Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday on a hybrid schedule. We look forward to meeting you!