Senior Project Lead: Campaigns, Budgets & Delivery

Recess Studios; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Recess Studios in Portland, OR, seeks a Senior Project Lead to manage complex campaigns end-to-end, from scoping and budgeting to delivery. You will coordinate internal teams and clients, ensuring clarity, efficiency, and strong financial discipline.

The role requires autonomy, risk-aware judgment, and the ability to guide strategy, creative, and production through high-visibility engagements. Reports to an Account Director who sets overall direction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in account management, PM, or producer roles in brand/creative/marketing.
• Proficiency in AI-optimized project management workflows.
• Experience delivering experiential and content projects over $1M on time and on budget.
• Experience packaging work spanning graphic design, strategy, branding, and spatial design.
• Excellent client communication: clear writing, recaps, calm escalation, meeting facilitation.
• Strong operational discipline: organized files, up-to-date PM tools.
• Proficiency with Keynote/Slides, Sheets/Excel, and collaboration tools.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Detail-oriented, decisive, and able to protect scope, margin, and dates.

Responsibilities

• Own creatively ambitious projects from scoping through wrap with plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Lead internal and client kickoff meetings to align objectives and success criteria.
• Serve as senior day-to-day client contact with proactive status updates.
• Oversee project financials, monitor estimates vs actuals, protect margin.
• Guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on schedule.
• 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 leaders to maintain momentum across disciplines.

Skills

Project management

Account management

Client communication

Budget management

Cross-functional leadership

AI project workflows

Multi-project management

Job description

Recess Studios in Portland, OR, seeks a Senior Project Lead to manage complex campaigns end-to-end, from scoping and budgeting to delivery. You will coordinate internal teams and clients, ensuring clarity, efficiency, and strong financial discipline.

The role requires autonomy, risk-aware judgment, and the ability to guide strategy, creative, and production through high-visibility engagements. Reports to an Account Director who sets overall direction.