Creative Project Manager

Modicum • New York, NY

59d • $85,000 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

You live in both worlds: the budget and the brainstorm. You can run a workback schedule, keep a project on track, and still get into the weeds of the creative when it counts. You protect the team’s space to make great work and bring the client’s perspective into the room. You’re comfortable speaking directly to clients about both dollars and ideas. You know when to push back and can have the honest conversations needed to keep a project moving. You understand the work well enough to speak about it with confidence, bring good energy and a proactive mindset, and know how to navigate ambiguity without losing sight of the goal.

A little bit about Modicum

Modicum is a proudly independent digital creative agency delivering design, animation, and content solutions across our clients’ branding, events, and marketing needs. For over two decades, we’ve immersed ourselves in the challenges of our clients and nurtured tight-knit creative partnerships that put mission, process, and performance over egos and politics. Our creative first and client-centric approach has earned us the trust to build multi-year partnerships with industry-leading global brands.

As an independent agency, we have the freedom to shed bureaucracy and dive head-first into the work. At Modicum, we’ve built a diverse, selfless roster, and we believe in letting our team work how they work best—flexible, hybrid scheduling, direct access to clients, and a focus on nurturing rather than pigeonholing talent. We build genuine relationships with each other, give everyone a voice, and embrace work-life balance with PTO that’s actually O.

Modicum celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive employee experience for all. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. We firmly believe the more inclusive we are, the better our team and work will be. To learn more, visit modicum.agency or check us out on Behance at behance.net/modicum

Requirements

• 3-7 years experience building and managing strong client relationships in project manager, project coordinator, or client services roles
• The desire to provide enthusiastic, friendly client experiences that go above and beyond nuts and bolts conversations
• The ability to set and negotiate expectations, anticipate internal team needs, and set creatives up for success (creative services knowledge is a plus!)
• Experience managing multiple concurrent tasks/projects across timelines, scopes, and budgets
• Excellent and timely communication skills, including the ability to compile, document, and communicate project requirements, resource plans, and calendar conflicts
• A highly organized nature and ability to adapt to agency-wide organizational systems
• A willingness to support the accounts and creative teams during off hours, when seasonal agency needs may necessitate an “all hands on deck†approach
• Proven experience managing teams of 10+ people and projects with six-figure budgets.

Responsibilities

• Own project scope, deliverables, timelines, and milestones
• Build and maintain project schedules
• Manage project budgets, burn, forecasting, and profitability
• Develop and maintain project resource plans
• Coordinate with external vendors, freelancers, and other third-party resources as needed to support project delivery.
• Partner with creative leadership to ensure creative teams have the information, resources, timelines, and support they need to work efficiently and effectively.
• Own the intake of client briefs, understand incoming feedback and expectations, and ensure deliveries reflect all client direction
• Manage day-to-day client communication and expectations
• Run project meetings and maintain clear action items/next steps
• Track approvals, feedback, and dependencies
• Proactively identify risks, scope changes, resourcing needs, and potential budget/timeline issues early
• Escalate issues appropriately and develop solutions
• Maintain project documentation and systems of record
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the expected quality
• Identify opportunities for additional work or deeper client relationships and surface them to Accounts

Benefits

• Hybrid: no mandate + flexible schedules
• Health, Dental, Vision, and FSA
• 401K and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• 4 weeks Modicum Paid Family Leave + NY State Leave
• Home office setup stipend
• Free Calm membership
• Computer buyback program
• Perks at Work discount program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed