Project Manager, Design Studio, AVP - Corporate Affairs

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New York | Full‑time | Posted Mar 14

Expected annual base salary range: $105,000 – $150,000 per year. Additional compensation may include bonuses and equity. Benefits include comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA), paid time off, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and discretionary bonuses.

Responsibilities

• Review and triage inbound design requests from marketing and business partners; ask strategic clarifying questions, gather requirements and specs, and translate inputs into clear, actionable creative briefs.
• Communicate project briefs, scopes, and timelines to Design Studio, marketing partners and business stakeholders; ensure designers understand objectives, deliverables, priorities, timelines, and constraints.
• Resource the Design Studio against incoming requests by managing designers’ bandwidth based on estimated project hours, priorities, capacity, and skillsets.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, from intake and scoping to final delivery.
• Conduct first‑pass creative reviews, providing functional feedback to ensure alignment with briefs, brand standards, and project goals.
• Manage approval workflows related to Design Studio projects; maintain visibility into all incoming and outgoing creative work.
• Oversee creative review scheduling, preparation of review materials, feedback tracking, and communication of next steps across stakeholders.
• Represent the Design Studio in cross‑functional meetings and working groups; provide status updates and proactively identify design needs, dependencies, and risks.
• Proactively flag key milestones, risks, and potential roadblocks to senior stakeholders, including Design Studio leadership.
• Educate stakeholders and marketing partners on the creative process, and best practices to drive alignment and operational efficiency.
• Identify, evaluate and apply AI solutions to optimize workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance studio operations.
• Support the transition to Smartsheet as Marketing’s primary project management tool.
• Integrate Marketing processes, standards, and learnings into the Design Studio’s ways of working to ensure consistency and alignment across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management within a design studio, creative agency or similar environment.
• Strong understanding of design workflows, creative processes, and production timelines.
• Experience managing several complex projects with multiple stakeholders and deadlines simultaneously.
• Effective communicator collaborating with senior Marketing, Corporate Affairs, Legal and firm leadership.
• Experience using AI‑powered tools or automation to improve efficiency and workflow management.
• Experience working in collaboration tools (e.g., Box, Microsoft Teams) and project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet).
• Strong attention to detail and thorough reviewing of work is a must.
• Self‑starter, organized, motivated and contributes positively to a collegial atmosphere of the team.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred

• Background in design, creative operations, or digital production.
• Foundational awareness of the alternative investment landscape, sufficient to understand business model, marketing strategies and audience needs.

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