Project Manager, Creative Services

Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences for the world’s leading brands and publishers. Every day, our 600+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raise the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA,  Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. Humble brag: In 2024, Kargo was recognized as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and Built In. 

Who We Hire

Success takes all kinds. Diversity describes our workforce. Inclusion defines our culture. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or other legally protected status. Individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Title: Project Manager, Creative Services

Job Type: Full Time, 3 days in office
Job Location: New York, New York
Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000 (OTE)

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Creative Services Team! You’ll work closely with our Design Director, Creative Services to ensure our team of designers deliver on time to rave reviews from our internal partners and external clients. As mission control, you’ll field incoming job request tickets, prioritize projects, set kickoff meetings, and assist in making sure the team has what they need to proceed with projects that range from social posts to sizzle reels to swag to onsite activations at Cannes, CES and other big industry events.

The Daily To-Do

• Handle cross-dept. communication for digital, social, sales, event, and print deliverables while driving all steps of the creative life cycle.
• Keep projects on timeline with clear task lists, issue tracking, status reports, collecting feedback, and taking diligent meeting notes.
• Assess, recommend and implement strategies for increased production and workflow and process improvements/efficiencies.
• Build workback timelines and communicate status updates/potential roadblocks to the stakeholders involved to keep projects on track.
• Liaise with internal Kargo teams to connect workflows, communicate updates regarding day-to-day projects, and gather information relevant to assess project details.
• Liaise with vendors to source & produce a variety of company & client swag
• Clearly and effectively communicate the goals of any project and the ideas behind the work to stakeholders and your manager.
• Manage the daily workflow via Asana, maintain assets on Brandfolder, set up creative reviews on Milanote. 
• Bring your best practices from prior roles to this one–there’s always a new platform, a new process that we’re open to trying if it optimizes workflow

Qualifications : 

• Experience: 5+ years as a project manager or producer in an agency, creative studio or other fast-paced creative environment.
• Detail-oriented: You live to organize, obsess over details, troubleshoot for fun, problem solve as a habit, rally a team with your love of beating deadlines and exceeding expectations.
• Flexibility: You can roll with the pivots, recalibrate when a budget changes, reprioritize as new projects enter the pipeline, set expectations in the face of scope creep. 
• Expertise: Proven history of spearheading projects with multiple stages and tight deadlines.
• People skills: You’ll be liaising with stakeholders and creatives across the organization 
• Software: Asana, Brandfolder; Hubspot, Squarespace, Splash familiarity; Proficient in G-Suite.

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