Director, Creative Project Management (Contract) Job at Lensa, Chicago, IL

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  • Lensa
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Lensa is a career site that helps job seekers find great jobs in the US. We are not a staffing firm or agency. Lensa does not hire directly for these jobs, but promotes jobs on LinkedIn on behalf of its direct clients, recruitment ad agencies, and marketing partners. Lensa partners with DirectEmployers to promote this job for Bully Pulpit Interactive. Clicking "Apply Now" or "Read more" on Lensa redirects you to the job board/employer site. Any information collected there is subject to their terms and privacy notice.

About BPI

Bully Pulpit Interactive is an advertising agency made up of creatives, strategists, data scientists, and artists. We specialize in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact creative and content campaigns. We are an ambitious, quickly expanding team connecting Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy, and real people.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned Interim Director of Creative Project Management to provide senior creative PM leadership coverage during a medical leave. This is a high-impact, short-term contract role for a leader who can hit the ground running.

You will act as the "Chief of Staff" for the creative team project portfolio , thoughtfully connecting the dots between business requirements and creative capacity. Your primary objective is to maintain stability, ensuring that creative team staffing and creative deliverable engines run smoothly during a critical period.

Remote / NYC, CHI, or DC preferred

Duration: Short-Term Contract (January Coverage)

What You Will Accomplish

  • Portfolio Management & Resource Strategy (Top Priority)

High-Level Portfolio Creative PM'ing: You will oversee the staffing of all creative projects running through the team, maintaining a bird's-eye view of the entire client portfolio. You will track project health to ensure the Creative team is delivering on time and on budget.

Creative Team Capacity Tracking & Optimization: You will constantly assess the team's bandwidth, utilizing analytics and reporting to identify gaps in personnel and ensure staffing needs are met with the right talent at the right moments.

Strategic Resource Balancing: You will work directly with the resource management team to resolve creative team staffing conflicts in real-time. You are responsible for making the tough calls on competing priorities, ensuring the right talent is focused on the right work without burning out the team.

  • Quality Control & Scope Defense

Scope Definition: You will conduct final reviews on critical SOWs and project plans for high-stakes campaigns ($2M+). You will validate that deliverables are clearly defined, assumptions and exclusions are explicit, and resource estimates align with budget realities to protect agency margins.

Financial Health: You will bring an insightful approach to reporting , finding potential sources of wasted funds and ensuring that our project plans remain profitable.

  • Navigating Project Challenges

Unblocking the Creative Team: Act as a strategic partner and decision-maker for Creative Project Managers when they face complex roadblocks. You will help the team propose effective solutions for scope changes, timeline constraints, and competing priorities.

Client & Partner Liaison: You will serve as a critical liaison between the account and creative teams , seeing challenges from both the Creative POV and the Client POV to find creative solutions that work for everyone.

Requirements

What You Bring

Seniority & Speed: 10+ years of experience in project and/or resource management at a creative, production, marketing, or advertising agency.

Scale: Experience helping to lead creative teams of 20-30+ people and scaling operations.

Delivery Expertise: The ability to flex up to help staff and lead big creative projects (integrated advertising campaigns of $2M+) down to the smallest projects.

Tool Proficiency: Experience with modern creative project management and resourcing tools is essential for hitting the ground running. Familiarity with Monday.com is a plus.

Operational Mindset: You know how to get to the heart of creative project requirements—budgets, staffing, deadlines—and understand which creative team members, across copy, art, design, production, post production, and creative direction are the right fit for the right projects.

Benefits

BPI Group is an integrated public affairs agency that delivers outcomes for the top organizations and leaders around the world. With expertise in strategic communications, digital marketing, creative, research, and measurement, we offer a cohesive approach across corporate, policy, and public affairs strategy in today’s interconnected world. By combining incisive strategy and deep tactical expertise, we make change possible. Our transatlantic presence includes offices across eleven markets in the US and Europe.

We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on individual commitment to excellence. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

BPI is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. We consider applications holistically and you may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]

Job Tags

Contract work, Temporary work, Interim role, Local area, Remote work, Flexible hours,

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