Freelance Project Manager Jobs in Portland, OR (NOW HIRING)

Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. By combining real creator relationships, trusted intelligence, and expert guidance, Later removes fear and guesswork from one of marketing’s most visible investments.

Built on a native, AI-powered platform and more than a decade of proprietary data—including billions of social interactions, impressions, and $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases—Later helps teams understand what will work before they launch.

By combining trusted insight with expert guidance, Later removes guesswork from influencer marketing, enabling brands to choose the right creators, execute fully managed campaigns, and drive meaningful growth across awareness, engagement, and revenue. Trusted by leading enterprise brands including Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines, Later bridges creativity and performance so campaigns don’t just look good—they deliver results. Learn more at later.com.

We\'re looking for a Creative Project Manager who\'s equal parts producer, operator, and problem solver. You\'re the person who can take a creative vision and turn it into a seamless production—keeping clients, creators, vendors, and internal teams aligned every step of the way.

This role sits at the center of our creative production team. You\'ll own the end-to-end execution of photo and video productions for our clients, leading projects from initial scoping and pre-production through shoot execution, post-production, and final delivery.

Beyond managing productions, you\'ll help build the operational foundation for how we work. We\'re looking for someone excited to create scalable systems, establish best practices, and improve how creative work gets done as our Services organization continues to grow.

This isn\'t just about keeping projects on schedule. It\'s about creating confidence—for clients, creative teams, and partners—by making complex productions feel effortless.

• Lead end-to-end production for client creative projects across photo, video, motion graphics, and creator content
• Own production timelines, project plans, budgets, deliverables, and resource allocation from kickoff through final delivery
• Serve as the central point of coordination between clients, internal teams, freelancers, creators, and production partners
• Manage multiple productions simultaneously while balancing competing priorities and shifting timelines
• Ensure projects stay on budget, on schedule, and aligned with creative objectives

• Build detailed production schedules, shoot plans, call sheets, and project documentation
• Coordinate locations, talent, crew, equipment, travel, permits, and logistics
• Develop and manage production budgets, tracking costs throughout each project
• Source, onboard, and manage production vendors and external partners
• Partner with strategists and creative teams to ensure production plans support campaign objectives
• Anticipate risks early and proactively solve production challenges before they impact timelines

• Lead on-set production for photo and video shoots, ensuring efficient execution and a positive client experience
• Manage day-of logistics while acting as the primary point of contact for clients, crews, contractors, and talent
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities, production challenges, and creative opportunities
• Travel to production locations as needed (approximately 25%)

• Coordinate editing, motion graphics, creator content, and final asset production
• Manage post-production timelines, feedback cycles, approvals, and version control
• Traffic creator-generated assets through editing and delivery workflows
• Ensure all final deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations
• Maintain organized asset management and production documentation

• Lead production kickoffs, timeline reviews, status meetings, and client communications
• Present production plans, schedules, and budgets with confidence
• Build trusted relationships with clients by delivering organized, transparent, and proactive communication
• Partner closely with Social Media Managers, Community Managers, Content Producers, strategists, and creative teams to ensure productions support larger campaign goals
• Manage external production companies, freelancers, creators, editors, and specialized vendors

• Help build the production operations function from the ground up
• Develop scalable workflows, templates, documentation, and production standards
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across planning, production, approvals, and delivery
• Recommend and implement tools, processes, and systems that improve collaboration across teams
• Continuously refine how creative production is planned and executed as the business grows

• An operator at heart—you thrive on bringing structure to complex creative projects
• Highly organized without sacrificing creativity or flexibility
• Calm under pressure and confident making decisions in fast-moving environments
• A proactive communicator who keeps everyone informed before they have to ask
• Resourceful, solutions-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity
• Collaborative and low ego—you enjoy working cross-functionally and helping teams succeed
• Excited by the opportunity to build new systems instead of simply maintaining existing ones

• 5+ years of experience in creative project management, production management, integrated production, or agency operations
• Experience managing commercial photo and video productions from pre-production through post-production
• Strong experience building production schedules, managing budgets, coordinating vendors, and overseeing project execution
• Experience working directly with clients and presenting production plans, timelines, and budgets
• Experience managing external production companies, freelancers, contractors, and creative vendors
• Familiarity with creator content workflows, motion graphics, and post-production processes
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Airtable, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Frame.io, or similar platforms
• Agency or production company experience is strongly preferred
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for client productions

You\'re probably someone who:

• Has run a shoot where everything went wrong—and no one else noticed.
• Can build a production timeline in your sleep.
• Loves turning messy ideas into organized execution.
• Finds satisfaction in color-coded schedules, detailed run-of-shows, and perfectly organized production docs.
• Knows when to push back, when to adapt, and when to make the call.
• Can confidently manage clients, creative teams, production crews, and vendors in the same afternoon.
• Gets excited about building better systems—not just following existing ones.
• Believes the best productions feel effortless because someone behind the scenes made them that way.

If you\'re the person everyone trusts to keep creative projects moving—and you\'re excited to build the production engine behind exceptional client work—we\'d love to meet you.

Our approach to compensation:

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors.

Our salaries are benchmarked against market Total Cash Compensation for the geographic location of our job posting. Compensation for some roles is structured as On Target Earnings (OTE = base + commission/variable) while for others it is structured as Salary only.

To comply with local legislation and ensure transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. Skills, experience and other factors help determine the final salary we offer which may vary from the original range posted.

Additionally, all permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.

Salary Range:

$ 85,000-95,000

We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; and Vancouver, WA. For select positions, we are open to hiring fully remote candidates. We post our positions in the location(s) where we are open to having the successful candidate be located. 

At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.