Project Manager, Creative & Marketing Ops

Aquent is seeking a highly skilled and dynamic individual to join one of the world's most iconic global retail and lifestyle brands. In this pivotal role, you'll be the operational anchor for their dynamic Marketing and Creative teams, directly influencing the timely and on-brand execution of captivating campaigns. This is your chance to make a significant impact by optimizing creative operations and bringing visionary marketing initiatives to life, ensuring seamless workflow and delivering exceptional results that resonate with a global audience in a fast-paced, exciting environment.

Make Your Mark in Creative & Marketing Operations

Step into an exceptional opportunity at the heart of creative and marketing execution for a globally recognized brand. As the operational anchor, you will be instrumental in ensuring that all pre-season and in-season work lands on time and on brand. Your sharp attention to detail and passion for operational excellence will directly impact the brand's ability to connect with its customers through compelling visual and marketing content. This contract role offers the chance to dive deep into the operational side of creative work, with equipment provided to ensure your success.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the operational anchor across all marketing and creative projects, driving consistency and efficiency from concept to completion.
• Lead weekly status meetings with the Marketing team, ensuring everyone is pacing to milestones, facilitating deck updates, and coordinating prep work.
• Provide regular, transparent project updates and proactively flag potential risks to ensure smooth execution.
• Proactively identify scheduling risks and strategically adjust timelines to safeguard key business milestones.
• Ensure seamless alignment across creative, production, and marketing calendars.
• Assign, track, and meticulously follow up on deliverables across various Marketing teams.
• Maintain project management tools with clear priorities, dependencies, and real-time status updates, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
• Operate with a highly detail-oriented and process-driven approach, bringing an operational focus with a creative sensibility to every task.
• Be proactive, adaptable, and maintain a calm demeanor under pressure, navigating challenges with ease.

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in project management, production, or creative operations.
• Hands-on proficiency with leading project management platforms such as Workfront, Smartsheet, or Figma.
• Exceptional organizational and calendar management skills, demonstrating a meticulous approach to planning and execution.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of successfully partnering with a high volume of cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building skills, fostering collaborative environments and effective teamwork.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• A background in fashion, apparel, or luxury brands.
• Familiarity with e-commerce, campaign, and creative production workflows.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.