Strategic Creative Program Lead

Fallon; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision

Disability insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in the United States is seeking a Program Manager to lead mid-to-large scale client projects across multi-channel campaigns. You will drive end-to-end delivery, coordinate strategy, creative, accounts, and production teams, and ensure high-quality outputs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders in Creative, Client Services, Finance, Strategy, Data and Analytics, Media, and Technology, managing budgets up to several million and maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years project or program management experience in a creative services organization working with cross-functional stakeholders including strategy, data and planning, creative, editorial, experience design, production, technology, operations and resourcing.
• Demonstrated understanding of project management methodologies, process and tools, including staffing, scoping, estimating, burn management.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, project management software (JIRA, Basecamp, etc.), and project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet).

Responsibilities

• Manage medium-scale projects end to end from strategy brief to asset delivery.
• Collaborate with strategy, creative, account and production teams to ensure smooth delivery of assets.
• Partner with Creative to shepherd and manage the evolution of creative work.
• Work with Resource Management, Production and Technology to enable collaborations.
• Develop scopes, staffing plans and estimates for medium-scale engagements.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects totaling up to $1-3MM annually.
• Engage with Resource Management and Finance for staffing, scoping and estimating.
• Identify flags with supervisors and find solutions.
• Contribute to a culture of delivery efficiency and excellence.
• Maintain departmental values, vision, direction and responsibilities with stakeholders.
• Work with account and client stakeholders to enforce processes that support profitable delivery.
• Partner with Client Services and Finance to manage business challenges and client relationships.
• Help optimize existing operational processes and systems.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Risk management

Tools

MS Office

JIRA

Basecamp

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Publicis Groupe in the United States is seeking a Program Manager to lead mid-to-large scale client projects across multi-channel campaigns. You will drive end-to-end delivery, coordinate strategy, creative, accounts, and production teams, and ensure high-quality outputs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders in Creative, Client Services, Finance, Strategy, Data and Analytics, Media, and Technology, managing budgets up to several million and maintaining strong client relationships.