Creative Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Oversee the comprehensive production of client creative projects encompassing photo, video, motion graphics, and creator content.

• Take full ownership of production timelines, project plans, budgets, deliverables, and resource allocation from the project initiation to final delivery.

• Act as the primary coordination hub between clients, internal teams, freelancers, creators, and production partners.

• Handle multiple productions concurrently while managing competing priorities and adapting to shifting timelines.

• Ensure that projects remain within budget, on schedule, and aligned with creative objectives.

• Create detailed production schedules, shooting plans, call sheets, and project documentation.

• Organize locations, talent, crew, equipment, travel arrangements, permits, and logistics.

• Develop and oversee production budgets, monitoring costs throughout each project.

• Source, onboard, and supervise production vendors and external partners.

• Collaborate with strategists and creative teams to ensure production plans align with campaign objectives.

• Identify potential risks early and proactively address production challenges to prevent timeline disruptions.

• Lead on-set production for photo and video shoots, ensuring efficient execution and a positive client experience.

• Manage day-of logistics while serving as the primary point of contact for clients, crews, contractors, and talent.

• Quickly adapt to changes in priorities, production challenges, and creative opportunities.

• Travel to production locations as required (approximately 25%).

• Coordinate editing, motion graphics, creator content, and the production of final assets.

• Oversee post-production timelines, feedback cycles, approvals, and version control.

• Manage the flow of creator-generated assets through editing and delivery workflows.

• Ensure all final deliverables meet quality standards and fulfill client expectations.

• Maintain organized asset management and production documentation.

• Lead production kickoffs, timeline reviews, status meetings, and client communications.

• Present production plans, schedules, and budgets with assurance.

• Establish trusted relationships with clients through organized, transparent, and proactive communication.

• Collaborate closely with Social Media Managers, Community Managers, Content Producers, strategists, and creative teams to ensure productions support broader campaign objectives.

• Manage external production companies, freelancers, creators, editors, and specialized vendors.

• Assist in building the production operations function from the ground up.

• Develop scalable workflows, templates, documentation, and production standards.

• Identify opportunities for enhancing efficiency across planning, production, approvals, and delivery.

• Recommend and implement tools, processes, and systems that foster improved collaboration across teams.

• Continuously refine the planning and execution of creative production as the business expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in creative project management, production management, integrated production, or agency operations.

• Proven experience managing commercial photo and video productions from pre-production through post-production.

• Strong background in constructing production schedules, managing budgets, coordinating vendors, and overseeing project execution.

• Experience working directly with clients and presenting production plans, timelines, and budgets.

• Proven track record managing external production companies, freelancers, contractors, and creative vendors.

• Familiarity with creator content workflows, motion graphics, and post-production processes.

• Proficient in project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Airtable, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Frame.io, or similar platforms.

• Agency or production company experience is highly preferred.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% for client productions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Retirement plans

• Paid time off

• Flexible work arrangements