Associate Director, Project Management; Creative Assets

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce.

Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Our Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

We are seeking a strategic and highly organized Associate Director, Project Management to lead the operational delivery of creative work across a complex portfolio of client engagements. This role partners closely with clients, agency teams, creatives, activation leads, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure projects move seamlessly from intake through review, compliance, quality assurance, and launch.

The ideal candidate combines operational excellence, stakeholder leadership, and process optimization expertise to drive efficiency, accountability, and high-quality delivery across multiple work streams.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end management of creative projects and asset delivery across multiple clients, brands, and channels.
• Oversee intake, prioritization, timelines, approvals, resource planning, and project execution.
• Serve as the primary operational partner to clients, agency teams, creatives, production, and activation stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional alignment, proactively manage risks, and remove barriers to delivery.
• Establish and optimize workflows, governance processes, and project management best practices.
• Ensure all creative assets meet brand, technical, platform, and regulatory requirements prior to launch.
• Oversee QA, compliance, and approval processes, including Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) review where applicable.
• Monitor project health, dependencies, and capacity to ensure successful delivery against business objectives.
• Maintain oversight of asset management, documentation, version control, and delivery readiness.
• Mentor junior project management talent and champion a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• 7+ years of experience in creative project management, creative operations, digital production, marketing operations, or a related field.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs in agency, healthcare, pharmaceutical, marketing, or digital environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and high-volume creative workflows.
• Strong understanding of creative development, production processes, asset lifecycle management, and digital marketing execution.
• Experience developing and improving operational processes, workflows, and governance models.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Experience with project management and workflow platforms such as Workfront, Jira, Asana, Smartsheet,…