Senior Creative Project Manager
At a glance
Senior Creative role at PUMA. PUMA Way · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Run global campaign creative plans day to day, keeping projects moving from initial idea through delivery to local markets
- Serve as the main contact for the PUMA PICA team, agency partners and project stakeholders
- Set key milestones, share daily status and next steps, and keep stakeholders aligned as creative decisions develop
- Lead briefs, scope reviews, creative approvals and resource assignments across teams and seasonal timelines
- Coordinate concurrent creative work across channels using workflow tools, matching team members to tasks by expertise and workload
What you bring
- At least seven years in project or account management at an in-house creative brand or agency
- A degree in communications, advertising, marketing or a related area
- Experience running internal creative workflows for multidisciplinary campaigns
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to move complex projects forward and resolve issues proactively
Who this fits
This role suits a senior project manager who can coordinate multiple creative campaigns and work independently across a matrixed organization. You'll interact with senior executives, external partners and talent, and keep projects on track under tight schedules.
From the employer
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YOUR MISSION
- Responsible for the day-to-day management and ownership of global campaign creative plans
- Primary day-to-day contact with PUMA PICA team, external agency partners, and key project stakeholders
- Drives the creative process with leadership oversight by setting and leading all critical milestones from initial project conception through final delivery to local markets
- Facilitates consistent and clear communication of creative decisions as projects progress and ensures key stakeholder satisfaction across all stages of the projects. Ensures full project status transparency throughout project stages and effectively communicate project status and next steps daily
- Leads and facilitates internal discussions to foster collaboration across teams as well as accomplish key creative tasks including definition around creative deliverables, project resource allocation, brief and project scope assessment and creative approval reviews
- Leads and manages creative project workflows including proper briefing processes, project prioritization and resource allocation
- Leads and disseminates seasonal project timelines and drives collaborative creative processes under tight schedules and within multiple stakeholder groups
- Effectively assign creative team members to tasks within each project, based on expertise and workload
- Manages internal and external creative reviews and approvals with leadership oversight
- Oversees multiple channels of work simultaneously, through the use of the organization’s workflow tools.
YOUR TALENT
- 7+ years project management or account management experience within an in-house creative brand or agency, digital background is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in communications, advertising, marketing or related field
- Strong ability to maintain focus under pressure - keeps a positive, yet confident demeanor
- Drives and expects high standards for work output and behavior of self and others; accountable, assertive and dependable
- Demonstrates exceptional verbal and presentation skills – can quickly deliver key projects highlights effectively across multiple levels of stakeholders
- Strong management skills and the ability to drive multiple complex projects forward simultaneously. Can escalate project issues effectively and generate solutions proactively
- Experience managing internal creative workflows of multidisciplinary campaigns (experience in design and/or production is a plus)
- Strong ability to work autonomously and within a matrix organization
- Comfortable working with high-level executives, external partners, and talent.
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at
PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
At PUMA, every application is reviewed by real people who are committed to fairness, transparency, and equal
opportunity - no matter your background, identity, or experience.To ensure our process stays true to these values, no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. Every decision is made by real people -with real judgment and accountability. We may use functions supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to carry out isolated organizational steps, such as scheduling interviews. These functions have no influence on decisions in the application process. We believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome, celebrated, and empowered to contribute authentically. Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play.
PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000
employees worldwide.