Associate Director, Project Management

Company description

The community is the creative and business partner for the new mainstream, growing brands through culturally honest creativity. A global creative agency founded in 2000 and with offices in Miami, New York, Buenos Aires and Mexico City, the community is made up of individuals representing more than 30 nationalities, with over 75% of employees self-identifying as diverse. Current clients include Verizon, Walmart, Volkswagen, Bath & Body Works, AutoZone, Porsche Latin America, and more. The community was recognized as one of the "Top 25 Agencies of the Last 50 Years" by Campaign. Ad Age honored the community 9 of the last 13 years (including top 10 A-list, Multicultural Agency of the Year, Agency to Watch, and Standout). This past year, the agency was selected by both Adweek (2023) and Ad Age (2024) as Multicultural Agency of the Year. Additionally, in 2022, the agency was included in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Advertising Lis, and in 2019, it was named one of Ad Age's "Best Places to Work," and listed as one of the world's "Fastest Growing Agencies" by Adweek. The community's work has been recognized by all the industry's most prestigious award shows, earning, among others, 11 Grand Prix.


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Overview

Associate Director, Project Management

Hybrid

Location: 6300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL

The Associate Director, Project Management is responsible for leading and overseeing multiple projects or programs, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget while ensuring the best possible creative product. This role is a departmentally neutral role that leads projects and drives process improvements to enhance organizational efficiency and creative effectiveness.


Responsibilities

• Manage more junior project managers and coordinators
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects
• Develop and implement project management frameworks, methodologies, and best practices
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align projects with organizational goals
• Monitor project performance, staffing plans, scopes, timelines, and resource allocation
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Ensure stakeholder communication and engagement throughout project lifecycles
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across project management processes
• Manage cross-functional teams and foster collaboration across departments and partner agencies
• Prepare and present project updates, reports, and burn to senior management

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in project management
• A proven understanding of creative briefs
• Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale projects or programs
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with project management tools
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred
• Understanding of the creative process
• Ability to identify creative opportunities
• Decision-making and problem-solving
• Stakeholder management
• Time and resource management
• Financial and scope management
• Adaptability and resilience

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" 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.

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Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $133,300.00/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 7/13/2026.