Senior Campaign Lead: End-to-End PM & Delivery

Recess Studios; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Recess Studios is seeking a Senior Project Lead to own complex campaigns end to end, coordinating strategy, creative, and production with strong financial discipline. You will drive scope, timelines, and budgets while maintaining clear client communication and risk management.

The role entails leading cross-functional teams, mentoring junior staff, and delivering high-visibility engagements with autonomy and sound judgment. Reports to an Account Director who sets overall account direction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in account management, project management, or producer roles within brand/creative/marketing.
• Proficiency in using AI-optimized project management workflows.
• Proven record delivering experiential and content projects with budgets exceeding 1 million on time, on budget, to spec.
• Experience packaging work spanning graphic design, strategy, branding, and spatial design.
• Excellent client communication: clear writing, recaps, calm escalation, and meeting facilitation.
• High operational discipline: agendas before meetings, recaps after, files organized, PM tool current.
• Proficiency with Keynote/Slides, Sheets/Excel, and project collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Own creatively ambitious projects from scoping through wrap with structured plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Lead internal and client kickoffs to align objectives, roles, timelines, and success criteria.
• Serve as senior day-to-day client contact and run meetings with confidence.
• Oversee project financials, monitor estimates vs actuals, and protect margin.
• Guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on schedule and manage blockers.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and approvals throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead project closeout, including final deliverables, financial reconciliation, and learnings.
• Collaborate with Strategy, Creative, and Production to maintain momentum across disciplines.
• Model strong PM practices and reinforce standards across engagements.
• Support Account Directors by flagging client shifts and opportunities.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Producer roles

AI-optimized workflows

Client communication

Budget management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Tools

Keynote/Slides

Sheets/Excel

PM tools

Job description

Recess Studios is seeking a Senior Project Lead to own complex campaigns end to end, coordinating strategy, creative, and production with strong financial discipline. You will drive scope, timelines, and budgets while maintaining clear client communication and risk management.

The role entails leading cross-functional teams, mentoring junior staff, and delivering high-visibility engagements with autonomy and sound judgment. Reports to an Account Director who sets overall account direction.