Creative Project Manager - FIFA World Cup 2026

Who We Are:

On Location is a premium experience provider, offering world class hospitality, ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production, and travel management across sports, entertainment, and fashion. From unrivaled access for corporate clients to guests looking for fully immersive experiences at marquee events, On Location is the premier and official service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026, LA 2028), NFL, NCAA, UFC and PGA of America, and numerous musical artists and festivals. The company also owns and operates a number of unique and exclusive experiences, transforming the most dynamic live events into a lifetime of memories. On Location is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.

Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 TM marketing team is seeking a motivated and highly skilled Creative Project Manager. The role will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team to manage creative requests of all sizes from start to finish across B2B and B2C workstreams.

As a key member of our in-house creative team you will ensure that all work coming through the creative department is delivered on time, at the highest level and according to FIFA’s string brand guidelines. You will manage all project details including the brief, resources, allocations, timelines, deliverables, budgets, reporting, and planning.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience simultaneously managing multiple projects with a wide variety of creative outputs, and deadlines across time zones in a fast-paced work environment. Your experience will include establishing creative department process, brand identity development and campaign launch experience with final creative deliverables being used across social, digital, email, website, print, OOH, radio, print, event on-site signage, and more.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

As our creative project management lead you will:

• Be the first point of contact for marketing teams when it comes to creative requests and requirements

• Be the guardian of our creative process and ensure teams are working to this process, completing and supplying clear briefs and that the process is being adhered to in a timely manner

• Clearly communicate new projects, changes, and requirements to the wider creative team and ensure everyone is informed of the latest schedule and upcoming project requirements

• Meticulously maintain and update creative schedules and timelines while managing workloads of creatives and identifying in advance where freelance resource may be required

• Support the creative director in hiring freelance resource for projects as and when required

• Coordinate, schedule and follow-up on team meetings, creative briefing sessions, creative brainstorms, and any meetings between creative & other teams required for the flawless execution of projects

• Ensure all projects are delivered on time and within budget

• Resolve any workflow conflicts which may impact project expectations

PERSON SPECIFICATION

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• 5-7 years of experience in the advertising or creative agency industry

• Proven experience managing the timely delivery of creative projects and deliverables

• Passion for sports and hospitality preferred with a focus on soccer/futbol

• Proven experience working with creative resources that include art directors, designers, copywriters, animators, video editors, producers, photographers, illustrators, etc.

• Proven experience working on brand, campaign, and product announcements and launches

• Proven experience planning, leading, directing, and managing various creative-driven projects simultaneously

• Basic understanding and knowledge of the sports & lifestyle global sponsorship market – understanding why brands want to partner with live events & sports properties would be extremely useful in this role;