Senior Creative Project Manager - Hybrid Campaign Lead

Aquent (United States); Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end planning and management of complex creative campaigns in a hybrid work model. You will translate business goals into actionable plans, coordinate multi-team efforts, and deliver on-time, on-brand results for world-class brands.

You will partner with marketing, creative, account, and operations teams, establish milestones, mitigate risks, and maintain visibility across workstreams while preserving creative integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent training in a related field.
• Seven years of project management experience in the creative industry.
• Five years of project management experience for events in a virtual environment.
• Experience working with creative teams and development processes.
• Ability to present complex solutions to executives and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for a portfolio of moderate to highly complex creative initiatives and large-scale accounts.
• Strategically manage multiple projects and assets across priorities, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, and budgets.
• Translate business and client needs into scopes, plans, estimates, milestones, and deliverables.
• Lead project meetings and align across creative teams, internal clients, senior stakeholders, and partners.
• Provide clear visibility into project status, priorities, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Identify risks, dependencies, constraints, and escalate issues to stay on track.
• Balance business priorities, creative ambition, capacity, timing, and budget with cross-functional leads.
• Coordinate resources, workflows, deliverables, and ensure clear objectives and deadlines.
• Manage stakeholder reviews, feedback, approvals, and scope protection.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Executive presence

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PM certification (PMP) - preferred

Tools

Adobe Workfront

Microsoft Office

Teams

Outlook

Mac/PC proficiency

Job description

Aquent is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end planning and management of complex creative campaigns in a hybrid work model. You will translate business goals into actionable plans, coordinate multi-team efforts, and deliver on-time, on-brand results for world-class brands.

You will partner with marketing, creative, account, and operations teams, establish milestones, mitigate risks, and maintain visibility across workstreams while preserving creative integrity.