Lead Project Manager, Creative

Athena Global Advisors•Philadelphia, PA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Athena is looking for a Lead Project Manager, Creative to join our team. We’re looking for a highly organized, solutions-driven leader to support our client-facing Creative team within the Brand & Digital Communications team for a major telecommunications client. This role oversees creative project intake, team resourcing, optimizes project workflows, leads project managers, and ensures high-quality execution across the board.

Requirements

5–7 years of experience in creative operations, project management, or resourcing within an agency or in-house creative team
Proven experience leading project teams and owning senior-level client relationships
Familiarity with creative workflows across digital, print, video, and social
Experience resourcing cross-functional teams and leading department-wide prioritization conversations
Strong communication skills and the ability to navigate multiple stakeholders with care and clarity
Comfort with project management tools (e.g., Airtable) and experience implementing or scaling operational systems

Nice To Haves

Experience building or scaling creative operations in a growing organization
Experience mentoring other project managers or developing training programs
Experience working within Airtable
A calm, collaborative presence—even when things get messy

Responsibilities

Evolve and maintain best practices for project intake, briefing, planning, and creative delivery across all creative work
Create and refine tools and templates to improve workflow consistency and reduce friction across projects
Support project managers with creating timelines, deliverables tracking, scoping, risk management, and troubleshooting
Act as a go-to resource for the creative team on workflow, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination
Help PMs navigate client dynamics - supporting with communication, expectation-setting, and escalation as needed
Manage weekly resourcing workflows and team assignments across all active creative projects
Monitor capacity, flag risks early, and balance workload based on availability and skill set
Collaborate with creative and account leads to prioritize and assign work
Manage and mentor a small team of creative project managers, and provide organizational support to the Senior Director, Creative
Work closely with the Senior Director, Creative to routinely identify resourcing roadblocks and reassess priorities
Provide ongoing feedback, support professional development, and help the creative team operate at a consistently high level of output
Personally lead a select number of high-profile creative projects - especially those that are cross-functional, fast-moving, or strategically important to the business
Model strong client partnership- bringing both strategic thinking and a calm, solutions-oriented presence to external conversations
Serve as a point person for our project management tools, ensuring systems are optimized for team needs
Lead process improvements that make our creative operations smoother, smarter, and more scalable
Support onboarding and training of new PMs and creative team members on tools and workflows