Project Manager, Project Management

dentsu; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Holidays

Sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu Creative seeks a Manager, Client Delivery to oversee the execution of integrated marketing initiatives and ensure projects meet deadlines and budgets. This role partners with cross-functional teams to drive strategic client satisfaction in a fast-paced agency environment.

The Manager will oversee staffing, forecasts, and capacity planning across digital, social, content, and experiential campaigns, while driving process improvements and ensuring high-quality delivery for national clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in project management, client delivery, or similar in an advertising/marketing agency.
• Advertising agency experience required with digital, traditional, and experiential marketing exposure.
• Proven track record managing integrated campaigns and multiple concurrent projects for clients.
• Experience handling large-scale campaigns across multiple channels.
• Strong knowledge of agency workflows, budgeting, forecasting, and scope management.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level brands.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of integrated marketing initiatives across digital, social, content, experiential, and traditional channels.
• Manage staffing and resource allocation, including annual SOW planning, forecasting, and capacity management.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, scopes, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Partner with Account Management, Strategy, Creative, Production, and Finance to ensure seamless execution.
• Monitor project health, financial performance, and profitability; address scope changes or risks.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and communication on goals, timelines, priorities.
• Lead status meetings, stakeholder communications, and delivery reviews with clear updates.
• Identify process improvements and operational efficiencies to boost performance and client satisfaction.
• Support new business initiatives including scoping, resource planning, and proposals.
• Act as trusted partner to internal teams and clients to drive outcomes and long-term relationships.

Skills

Project management

Client delivery

Agency experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Budgeting & forecasting

Workfront/Asana/Jira/Smartsheet/Monday

Tools

Workfront

Asana

Jira

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Job description

Job Description: Manager, Client Delivery Overview

As an integral part of the Client Delivery team, the Manager, Client Delivery serves as a strategic partner responsible for overseeing the successful execution of integrated marketing initiatives while fostering strong cross-functional and client relationships. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence, managing project delivery across multiple workstreams, and ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and aligned with client expectations and agency standards. The ideal candidate combines strong project management expertise with a client-service mindset and thrives in a fast-paced agency environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of integrated marketing initiatives across digital, social, content, experiential, and traditional channels.
• Manage staffing and resource allocation for assigned accounts, including annual SOW planning, forecasting, and capacity management.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, scopes, and deliverables across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Partner closely with Account Management, Strategy, Creative, Production, and Finance teams to ensure seamless project execution and delivery.
• Monitor project health, financial performance, and profitability while proactively identifying and addressing scope changes or risks.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and communication to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and priorities.
• Lead status meetings, stakeholder communications, and delivery reviews, providing clear updates and next steps.
• Identify process improvements and operational efficiencies that enhance team performance and client satisfaction.
• Support new business initiatives, including scoping, resource planning, and proposal development.
• Serve as a trusted partner to both internal teams and clients, helping drive successful outcomes and long-term relationships.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project management, client delivery, account operations, or a similar role within an advertising, creative, or marketing agency.
• Advertising agency experience is required, with exposure to digital, traditional, and experiential marketing initiatives.
• Proven experience managing integrated marketing campaigns and multiple concurrent projects in a client-service environment.
• Experience overseeing large-scale campaigns spanning digital, social, content, experiential, and/or traditional marketing channels.
• Strong understanding of agency workflows, resource management, budgeting, forecasting, and scope management.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level, national, or highly visible consumer brands.
• Proficiency with project management platforms such as Workfront (preferred), Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, Monday.com, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of creative production workflows, digital asset development, content creation, and video production processes.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Location

Hybrid position based in New York City or Boston. Candidates should be able to work from the office on a regular basis and collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients in person as needed. While candidates may be based in either market, they should be comfortable supporting teams and stakeholders across locations as needed.

Salary

The annual salary range for this position is $71,875 - $96,000 annually. We base placement within the salary range on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including providing time off according to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, following its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Job Type

Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent

Brand

Dentsu Creative

Equal Employment Opportunity

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