Program Manager, Brand & Creative Operations (Contract)
$166,400–$187,200 year
HybridNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end program tracking and workflow management across Asana and Google Sheets, building project structures, milestones, and dependencies while keeping timelines current for multiple concurrent initiatives. Partner with the Account Director and Creative Leads on the full lifecycle of creative briefs, confirming capacity planning, scope, and deliverables before work is committed. Lead weekly status meetings, document decisions and action items, and provide executive-ready updates that distinguish current status, risks, and next steps. Identify blockers and conflicting dependencies early, assess their impact on scope and timing, and bring clear escalation options to Brand & Creative leadership. Maintain established intake, briefing, review, and delivery processes to increase visibility and accountability. This contract role reports to the SVP of Program Management, is based in the New York City Penn District, and includes a hybrid schedule of 2–3 days in office per week.
Required Qualifications
- 5–7+ years of project or program management experience in a creative, agency, or marketing environment
- demonstrated ability to operate independently at a senior level
- Advanced, hands-on Asana proficiency
- A proven track record managing multiple concurrent creative workstreams
- reliable documentation
- consistent follow-through
- Executive-ready written and verbal communication
- strong meeting facilitation skills
- ability to present facts
- ability to clarify decisions
- ability to align stakeholders across levels
- Strong operational judgment
- composure when priorities shift
- ability to translate ambiguity into clear scope, owners, dependencies, decisions and next steps
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with agile or sprint-based workflows
- Familiarity with creative collaboration tools and workflows, including Google Drive, Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
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