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Company Description

Within Publicis Groupe's Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world's biggest studio network, we leverage the industry's richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world's first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste. Just content that works, working a lot harder.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager within the Creator Studio is the operational backbone of social-first content production-connecting clients, agency partners, creators, and internal teams to deliver high-volume, always-on work.

This role goes beyond traditional project management. You will lead the orchestration of organic social content pipelines, ensuring ideas move quickly from concept to creation to publishing across multiple platforms.

You are a trusted partner across disciplines, with a deep understanding of platform-first production, creator workflows, and real-time content needs. You bring structure to fast-moving environments, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables stay on track-without slowing down creativity.

The Senior Project Manager is expected to manage large-scale content programs or multiple concurrent workstreams, often supporting ongoing social campaigns, rapid-turn content, and reactive opportunities tied to cultural moments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple concurrent social-first projects or one large, complex content program ($1MM+)
• Manage always-on organic social content pipelines, from intake through delivery and publishing
• Partner closely with creative, strategy, and social teams to bring platform-native ideas to life quickly and efficiently
• Lead project planning across short-form video, static, influencer/creator content, and real-time executions
• Build strong relationships with account/engagement leads and support client communication around timelines, deliverables, and expectations
• Serve as a trusted operational partner to clients and agency stakeholders, confidently leading conversations around timelines, production approach, scope, risks, and delivery expectations
• Navigate fast-paced, iterative workflows with shifting priorities tied to trends, platform changes, and cultural moments
• Develop and manage project timelines, scopes, and resourcing plans across high-volume content needs
• Collaborate with creators, editors, and production teams to ensure content is optimized for each platform (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc.)
• Lead project kickoffs and ensure alignment across cross-functional teams
• Own status reporting and proactively communicate risks, updates, and opportunities
• Track project progress, manage budgets, and monitor burn rates in partnership with finance
• Manage feedback loops, approvals, and multiple review rounds in a fast-turn social environment
• Partner with resourcing to ensure the right talent is in place for evolving content needs
• Support new business and organic growth opportunities tied to social and content production
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying workflow efficiencies for high-volume social production
• Establish documentation standards that improve knowledge sharing and future project scalability
• Develop and own integrated project plans, production timelines, dependency mapping, and critical paths across complex social programs
• Anticipate operational risks, identify mitigation strategies, and proactively drive resolution across cross-functional teams
• Build scalable workflows and systems that improve team efficiency and delivery quality.
• Forecast staffing needs and partner with Resource Management to ensure appropriate team allocation across evolving priorities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, production, or account management within an agency or content studio
• Strong experience managing organic social media content and always-on campaigns
• Deep understanding of platform-first creative (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) and social trends
• Experience working with high-volume content production and fast turnaround timelines
• Excellent organizational, communication, and multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to manage complex workflows across multiple stakeholders
• Financial acumen, including scoping, budgeting, and burn tracking
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Experience with content production workflows, including video and creator/influencer content
• Client-facing experience with the ability to build strong relationships
• Familiarity with tools such as Microsoft 365, Teams, Smartsheet, Float, or similar
• Experience managing integrated campaigns across multiple disciplines.
• Experience with production planning and operational workflow development.

KEY TRAITS

• Speed & Agility - You thrive in fast-moving, real-time environments
• Social-First Mindset - You understand how content lives and performs on social platforms
• Solution-Oriented - You proactively solve problems and remove roadblocks
• Adaptability - You're comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Collaboration - You work seamlessly across creative, strategy, and production teams
• Leadership - You guide teams with confidence and clarity
• Curiosity - You stay on top of trends, platforms, and evolving creator ecosystems
• Passion for Culture - You care about making work that shows up in the world in meaningful ways

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Difference" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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 Compensation Range: USD $81,225.00 - USD $116,655.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/3/2026.Employment Type: FULL_TIME