Project Manager

Project Manager

Motive is a dynamic agency and creative collective operating at the speed of culture. We're a collective of deep thinkers, creative makers, cultural connoisseurs, and executional aces. We create meaningful engagements between brands and their audiences, cultivating relationships that drive tangible results for our clients. And we do it with sharp strategy and powerful creative executed across all the media and touch-points key to our targets' lives.

As pioneers in the area of content, digital engagement, and innovative experiential programs, and award winners for work in TV, event, digital and social, Motive has created a culture where every individual is given an opportunity to stretch and flex their creative and executional muscles daily. We are a team of hard-working, fast-moving, energetic, passionate, driven, straight-talking creative thinkers. We like being challenged and we love the collaboration necessary to overcome the challenges and succeed.

If this sounds like a place you would thrive, let's see if we can make something happen.

Project Manager

As a Project Manager at Motive, you'll lead the delivery of one of our largest and most complex integrated programsa global internal conference for a major commerce brand that brings together stakeholders from around the world. Working across strategy, creative, content, environmental design, production, digital, and client teams, you'll help orchestrate every moving piece that transforms an ambitious vision into an exceptional live experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated workstreams across content, creative, environmental design, digital, production, and client services.
• Build and manage master project plans that coordinate dozens of concurrent deliverables.
• Drive alignment across multiple client teams and agency disciplines.
• Coordinate dependencies between content development, experience design, production, and event execution.
• Manage approvals, decision logs, and evolving priorities while maintaining project momentum.
• Identify project risks early and develop mitigation plans for complex, high-visibility initiatives.
• Partner with senior client stakeholders to establish priorities, timelines, and expectations.
• Ensure all workstreams remain connected while balancing competing deadlines and business priorities.

Required Experience and Skills: We're looking for someone who has successfully managed large-scale integrated marketing programs, corporate events, conferences, product launches, or global content initiatives involving numerous stakeholders, parallel workstreams, and aggressive timelines.

• 3 - 5 years of experience at a creative agency desired
• Superb communication skills with an emphasis in mediation and conflict management
• Highly responsive
• Event or conference planning experience preferred
• Ability to build relationships and effectively engage with multiple stakeholders
• Amazing organization skills and attention to detail while adhering to fast turnaround and tight deadlines
• Ability to multi-task and manage a variety of projects simultaneously with multiple priorities

Motive is an equal opportunity employer! We believe that a diverse team makes us stronger and smarter.

Motive recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We offer an inspiring working environment and great benefits, including health, dental, vision, matching 401-k, flex time off, and more. The starting salary for this position is between $80,000 and $95,000 annually, based on experience.

Motive has a clear vision: to be a creative leader where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and do their best work. We know our company succeeds only through the hard work and dedication of our passionate and creative employees.