Group Director, Project Management

Business Overview

We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different. When brands unite people in culture, they build Fame, and when brands connect individuals to their unique journeys, they build customer Flow. Initiative builds Fame & Flow for brands like Nike, Amazon, Merck, and T-Mobile. Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability. Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 6,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.

Position Overview

The Group Director of Creative Project Management, leads and shapes the strategy, operations, and execution of Mediabrand's creative project management function. This role oversees Directors and Project Managers, ensuring seamless delivery of paid digital and cross-channel campaigns while actively participating in day-to-day project execution. This is a hands-on leadership role: the Group Director is expected to roll up their sleeves alongside their team to solve complex problems, manage campaigns, and drive operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multi-level project management team, fostering growth, collaboration, and high performance.
• Actively manage and execute campaigns, including reviewing creative assets, building digital specs, creating traffic sheets, and managing workflows.
• Lead campaign kick-off calls and communicate creative requirements across internal teams and external partners.
• Serve as a senior advisor on complex campaigns, balancing creative feasibility, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Align cross-functional teams—creative, partnerships, media operations—to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Monitor pipelines, workload distribution, and KPIs to maintain operational efficiency and accountability.
• Collaborate on continuous process optimizations utilizing workflow management tools (e.g Airtable, Smartsheet, Asana, and/or Workfront, etc).
• Seek out innovative ways to meet complex and challenging needs of the client; acts as a problem-solver with a growth mindset while optimizing current process.
• Visioning and implementing change management with internal Initiative teams.
• Represent project management leadership in executive discussions while maintaining active involvement in tactical execution.
• Champion a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, innovation, and professional development.

Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of experience in creative project management or operations within an agency or creative services environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in digital specs building, trafficking, asset management, and campaign operations.
• Proven leadership of multi-level teams while remaining hands-on in daily project execution.
• Deep knowledge of digital advertising, creative production workflows, and operational best practices.
• Strong problem-solving, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
• Experience implementing scalable processes that improve team performance and client outcomes.

Desired Attributes

• Inspirational, roll-up-your-sleeves leadership style capable of mentoring both senior leaders and junior level staff.
• Track record of delivering complex campaigns across multiple clients and platforms.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional development.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, balancing leadership with execution.

Required Skills and Experience

• Subject-matter expert in media Project Management tools like Smartsheets, Workfront, Asana, or any relevant Project Management software
• Experience with process design, deployment, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
• Proficient working with ad technology to ideate, propose and collaborate on potential technical resolutions for client (internal automation, developing feature requests for client)
• Experience scaling programmatic practices from a regional scope to a global scale (US and Europe)
• Strong executive skills, attention to detail, and growth mindset
• Exceptional relationship building, organization