Senior Project Manager / Producer

C2's client, a full-service advertising and marketing agency in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood, functions as a true revenue development partner to their clients, not a typical agency. Strategy meets creative meets results, and they have the awards to prove it. They have an urgent and immediate need for a Senior Project Manager / Producer to step in, covering a maternity leave beginning June 15 while navigating their biggest client event of the year.

The right candidate has deep agency experience, strong event and production chops, and can walk in ready to go with little time for a learning curve.

Start Date: ASAP, week of June 15 preferred

Duration: Full-time contract, 4 to 12 weeks with potential for extension

Location: Hybrid, onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at their Walker's Point offices

Compensation: $30-$50/hour, commensurate with experience

Benefits: C2 talent working 30+ hours/week for 30 consecutive business days are eligible for medical, dental, and optional vision insurance, life insurance and PTO accrual; 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match available for enrollment after 90 days

Technology: Client provides hardware and software

Job Description

The Senior PM / Producer partners with the account team from project input through completion, shepherding work across internal departments and outside vendors while owning timelines, budgets, and documentation throughout. This role spans print, digital, social, video, and event and experiential projects simultaneously.

Detail obsession is a must. Shifting priorities are a daily reality. The right person knows how agency workflow actually works and knows which triggers to pull and when.

Responsibilities:

• Own timeline creation, day-to-day project progress, and status documentation across concurrent projects, working hand-in-hand with the account team
• Lead creative development and project management for a large-scale tradeshow, including environmental, experiential, and multi-audience components
• Support retail-based marketing material development including point-of-sale, collateral, and launch kits
• Work with creative directors to assign work and coordinate freelance and contractor schedules
• Manage print projects across offset printing, large-scale graphics, screen printing, and specialty premium items, including estimating, negotiating, issuing POs, and monitoring invoicing
• Oversee digital projects including front-end web design, animated graphics, and social content
• Manage secondary production including radio, photoshoots, wardrobe prep, and asset release for media placement across radio, TV, and print
• Work fluidly across Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams, Webvantage, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Box

Requirements:

• Proven experience managing large-scale trade shows or dealer/distributor events with multiple audiences, environmental needs, and concurrent deliverables
• 6+ years of agency project management or production experience, primarily within B2B integrated marketing environments; B2C experience also valued
• Proven track record managing complex multi-team projects under pressure with many moving parts
• Deep knowledge of offset printing, large-scale graphics, and specialty print production including estimating and vendor negotiation
• Experience managing production resources including photographers, talent agencies, editing studios, and retouchers
• Fluent in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams, Webvantage, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Box
• Composure under pressure, proactive problem-solving, and genuine detail obsession

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Slack and Jira
• Complex data-driven sales promotion management
• Web designer and developer collaboration experience
• Established creative community connections

Not your type of gig, but know someone who would be interested? Refer a qualified candidate, and if they get the job, you get a signing bonus! (Make sure they mention your name as their referral source so you get your well-deserved credit!)

All candidates must be located and authorized to work in the United States. C2 does not sponsor work visas. No C2C.