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Lamp Rynearson

Project Manager - DG

Fort Collins, CO · On-site

$108K - $158K/yr

Exciting Opportunity for a Creative Energy Project Manager! Be a vital part of our growing Fort Collins, CO office at Lamp Rynearson, a leading civil engineering consulting firm. We're on the lookout ...

Parsons

Project Manager

Colorado Springs, CO

Must be creative, flexible and willing to work with constantly changing priorities * Ability to ... PMP (Project Management Professional) certification * Demonstrated experience managing IC/DoD ...

Stantec

Transportation Project Manager

Denver, CO · Hybrid

You will be focused on developing our talented team and project opportunities to provide creative ... Your Key Responsibilities - Manage projects, delivery, and QA for the design of roadways/highways ...

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Stantec

Transportation Project Manager

Fort Collins, CO · Hybrid

You will be focused on developing our talented team and project opportunities to provide creative ... Your Key Responsibilities - Manage projects, delivery, and QA for the design of roadways/highways ...

Stantec

Transportation Project Manager

Fort Collins, CO · On-site

$128K - $192K/yr

You will be focused on developing our talented team and project opportunities to provide creative ... Manage the development of scopes of work, level of effort estimates, and project schedules.

Walker Consultants

Project Manager

Denver, CO

$77K - $110K/yr

... the end of a project. - Manage several projects at a time and have an abundance of client ... As a creative professional within our ranks, you'll contribute your expertise to shaping ...

Lamp Rynearson Inc.

Energy Project Manager

Fort Collins, CO · On-site

$108K - $158K/yr

Exciting Opportunity for a Creative Energy Project Manager! Be a vital part of our growing Fort Collins, CO office at Lamp Rynearson, a leading civil engineering consulting firm. We're on the lookout ...

Walker Consultants

Project Manager

Denver, CO · On-site

... the end of a project. - Manage several projects at a time and have an abundance of client ... As a creative professional within our ranks, you'll contribute your expertise to shaping ...

Walker Consultants

Project Manager

Denver, CO · On-site

$77K - $110K/yr

... the end of a project. - Manage several projects at a time and have an abundance of client ... As a creative professional within our ranks, you'll contribute your expertise to shaping ...

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How much do creative project manager jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for creative project manager in Colorado is $101,616.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $86,200.00 and $116,700.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

How does a Creative Project Manager typically collaborate with cross-functional teams during a project?

A Creative Project Manager serves as a bridge between creative teams, such as designers and copywriters, and other departments like marketing, product, and client services. They facilitate communication by clearly outlining project goals, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring everyone is aligned. Regular check-ins, status updates, and collaborative meetings are common, allowing the manager to address any blockers quickly and keep the project on track. This collaborative structure fosters a dynamic environment where feedback and ideas flow openly, ensuring that creative outputs meet both strategic objectives and client expectations.

What is the difference between Creative Project Manager vs Graphic Designer?

AspectCreative Project ManagerGraphic Designer
Required credentialsBachelor's in marketing, communications, or related field; project management certifications often preferredBachelor's in graphic design, visual arts, or related field; design software proficiency
Work environmentCollaborates with teams, manages timelines, oversees projects from concept to completionFocuses on creating visual content, working primarily in design studios or freelance settings
Employer and industry usageUsed in advertising agencies, media companies, marketing departmentsCommon in design firms, advertising agencies, freelance work

The Creative Project Manager oversees the entire project lifecycle, coordinating teams and managing deadlines, while the Graphic Designer focuses on creating visual content. Both roles require creative skills, but the project manager emphasizes organization and leadership, whereas the designer emphasizes technical design expertise.

What Is a Creative Project Manager?

A creative project manager oversees all the elements of a creative project. These creative projects usually fall under the marketing department, but there are opportunities in other sections of a company. As a creative project manager, your job duties are to shape the ideas of the project, define clear goals and objectives in consultation with other departments, organize your team, and keep them on task. The creative project manager needs to maintain a balance between allowing the creative talent freedom to explore ideas while still making sure the team meets deadlines and creates a strong project, so you need excellent interpersonal and negotiations skills for this career.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Creative Project Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Creative Project Manager, you need strong project management abilities, experience in creative industries, and typically a bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or a related field. Familiarity with project management tools like Asana, Trello, or Wrike, and design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, is highly valued. Exceptional communication, organization, and leadership skills help you coordinate teams and manage client expectations effectively. These competencies are crucial for delivering high-quality creative projects on time and within budget while maintaining strong team collaboration.

What does a Creative Project Manager do?

A Creative Project Manager oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of creative projects, such as marketing campaigns, design initiatives, or multimedia productions. They work closely with creative teams, clients, and stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet the desired quality standards. Their responsibilities often include setting timelines, managing resources, coordinating communication, and solving problems that arise during the project. By keeping everyone aligned and focused, Creative Project Managers play a key role in bringing creative visions to life.
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Infographic showing various Creative Project Manager job openings in Colorado as of May 2026, with employment types broken down into 95% Full Time, 2% Temporary, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 90% In-person, 5% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $101,616 per year, or $48.9 per hour.
Marketing Project Manager

Marketing Project Manager

ACE Scholarships

Greenwood Village, CO • On-site

$75K - $90K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 29 days ago

Job description

Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position
Marketing Project Manager
About ACE Scholarships
ACE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, founded in 2000 in Denver, Colorado, to provide low-income children with equal access to quality K-12 private schools through partial scholarship support. Over the past 25+ years, ACE has delivered more than 140,000 scholarships worth over $390 million. This school year, ACE is serving approximately 16,000+ children in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, and is actively pursuing other expansion opportunities with the support of a national funding partners. ACE is actively preparing for the Federal School Choice Tax Credit Program which comes into effect January 2027, which will open the floodgates of school choice for hundreds of thousands of students across the country. For more information visit the ACE website at? www.acescholarships.org .?
Our Mission is to advance K-12 educational freedom, with a focus on securing financial support for families so they may access the quality education of their choice.
Our Values:
ACE Founding Principles: Our founding principles are the foundation of ACE and our North Star. We honor ACE's founders by remaining committed to these principles, and we passionately advocate for the Mission and Vision these principles support.
Accountability: We embrace personal responsibility by taking ownership of our work and focusing on results. We expect both to give and to receive honest feedback.
Innovation: We know ideas matter. We prefer the risks and rewards the come with creativity, to the certainty that attends stagnation.
Adaptability: We position ourselves to take advantage of opportunities, embracing strategic and operational change when it makes our work more impactful.
Optimism: We believe our best days are ahead, and we embrace a forward-thinking mindset. We will make mistakes, but we will remain cheerful in the face of adversity and give people the benefit of the doubt.
Kindness: We value everyone on our team, respect differences and trust one another. This requires courage and strength, as it involves celebrating and giving our undivided attention to others.
Our Founding Principles:
  1. The American public education system is flawed
  2. Free enterprise and democracy work
  3. Parents know the best education environment for their kids
  4. Private schools offer great value and have open seats
  5. All people are created equal and deserve an equal chance to pursue the American Dream

Position Overview
The Marketing Project Manager will support the execution of our marketing and strategic initiatives. This role serves as a central operational partner to the Chief Marketing Officer and the broader marketing team, helping translate strategy into action and ensuring initiatives move forward with clarity, speed, and accountability.
Unlike traditional long-cycle project management roles, this position will manage a high volume of fast-moving initiatives; from campaign launches and digital improvements to donor engagement efforts and cross-functional initiatives. Success in this role requires strong operational instincts, exceptional organization, and the ability to keep multiple priorities moving simultaneously.
The ideal candidate brings experience from agency, startup, or similarly fast-paced environments where adaptability, ownership, and execution are essential.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in environments where priorities move quickly and execution matters as much as planning.
Primary Job Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Execution
  • Manage the planning and execution of marketing initiatives from concept through completion
  • Coordinate multiple fast-moving projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines, deliverables, and priorities remain clear
  • Translate high-level strategy into clear project plans, milestones, and workflows
  • Support rapid-turn initiatives that require agility and efficient execution rather than long, multi-year project timelines

Operational Support to the Marketing Organization
  • Act as an operational partner to the Chief Marketing Officer, helping ensure priorities are executed efficiently
  • Coordinate key meetings, planning sessions, and project checkpoints across the marketing team
  • Help manage priorities, timelines, and internal coordination across initiatives
  • Ensure resources and timelines are aligned with organizational priorities

Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Serve as the connective tissue between marketing and other teams including development, technology, and programs
  • Facilitate alignment across stakeholders and ensure initiatives progress smoothly
  • Identify and address potential risks, blockers, or dependencies early

Creative & Strategic Team Support
  • Partner closely with creative and strategy teams to ensure projects move smoothly from concept to execution
  • Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and feedback loops for creative initiatives
  • Support brand consistency and help steward the ACE brand across projects and channels

Marketing Operations & Process Management
  • Improve and maintain marketing workflows, processes, and project management systems
  • Introduce efficient tools, templates, and frameworks that help the team move faster while maintaining quality
  • Manage martech-related workflows and help coordinate implementation of marketing technology or digital initiatives
  • Help optimize how work moves across teams, improving clarity and reducing friction

Time & Resource Management
  • Track project timelines, priorities, and team capacity
  • Ensure projects are appropriately resourced and balanced against team bandwidth
  • Help leadership understand where additional resources or prioritization decisions may be needed

Process & Operational Excellence
  • Establish and refine project management processes, tools, and workflows
  • Drive consistency in how work gets planned, prioritized, and executed
  • Introduce lightweight but effective frameworks (Agile, sprint planning, etc.) where appropriate

Time & Resource Management
  • Track project timelines, priorities, and team capacity
  • Ensure projects are appropriately resourced and balanced against team bandwidth
  • Help leadership und5erstand where additional resources or prioritization decisions may be needed

Vendor & Partner Management
  • Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and partners as needed
  • Ensure deliverables meet expectations, timelines, and quality standards

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Proactive problem solver who anticipates needs and removes obstacles
  • Able to balance structure with agility in a fast-moving environment
  • Comfortable coordinating across teams and stakeholders
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.?
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage shifting priorities.?
  • Strong project management and implementation skills.?
  • Comfort working within conservative or religious partner environments.?
  • Adept at using automated workflows or task-management tools.?
  • Thrives in a startup-like environment and embraces ambiguity.?

Requirements
  • 8+ years of professional experience in project or program management (marketing, startup, agency, or related environments).
  • Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
  • Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
  • Experience with tools like Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Jira, Smartsheets, and Microsoft Office Suite (Sharepoint, Teams, etc.)
  • Familiarity with marketing workflows and campaign execution
  • Strong alignment with ACE's mission, values, and founding principles.?
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders.?
  • Comfortable operating in both structured and evolving environments.
  • Experience in Non-profit, education or mission-driven organizations (preferred, but not required)
  • PMP or similar certification (preferred, but not required)

Location, Travel, and Reporting
  • This an in-office role in Denver Tech Center office, remote work during travel periods and as approved by manager
  • Reports to the Chief Marketing Officer
  • 0-5% travel throughout the year

FLSA Status
Full-time, Exempt
Compensation
Annual salary of $75,000 - $90,000 and eligible for annual performance bonuses, plus benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:
  • Medical Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
  • Dental Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
  • Vision Insurance
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • HSA, FSA, Limited FSA, and Dependent Care FSA pre-tax spending accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Free, Employer-paid Short-term, Long-term, and AD&D insurance.
  • 401(k) with 6% employer match with immediate vesting
  • Monthly cellphone stipend
  • Scholarships for employee's whose children are actively enrolled in a K-12 private school ($3,500/child, up to $10,500/year).
  • On-site amenities in Colorado Home Office include employer paid parking, gym, cafe and building security, in-office amenities include coffee and snack bar, and walking treadmill.

Salary Description
$75,000 - $90,000

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