Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. The Creative Project Manager will lead the execution of photo and video productions, ensuring alignment among clients, creators, and internal teams while also developing scalable systems for operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end production for client creative projects across photo, video, motion graphics, and creator content
- Own production timelines, project plans, budgets, deliverables, and resource allocation from kickoff through final delivery
- Serve as the central point of coordination between clients, internal teams, freelancers, creators, and production partners
- Manage multiple productions simultaneously while balancing competing priorities and shifting timelines
- Ensure projects stay on budget, on schedule, and aligned with creative objectives
- Build detailed production schedules, shoot plans, call sheets, and project documentation
- Coordinate locations, talent, crew, equipment, travel, permits, and logistics
- Develop and manage production budgets, tracking costs throughout each project
- Source, onboard, and manage production vendors and external partners
- Partner with strategists and creative teams to ensure production plans support campaign objectives
- Anticipate risks early and proactively solve production challenges before they impact timelines
- Lead on-set production for photo and video shoots, ensuring efficient execution and a positive client experience
- Manage day-of logistics while acting as the primary point of contact for clients, crews, contractors, and talent
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities, production challenges, and creative opportunities
- Travel to production locations as needed (approximately 25%)
- Coordinate editing, motion graphics, creator content, and final asset production
- Manage post-production timelines, feedback cycles, approvals, and version control
- Traffic creator-generated assets through editing and delivery workflows
- Ensure all final deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations
- Maintain organized asset management and production documentation
- Lead production kickoffs, timeline reviews, status meetings, and client communications
- Present production plans, schedules, and budgets with confidence
- Build trusted relationships with clients by delivering organized, transparent, and proactive communication
- Partner closely with Social Media Managers, Community Managers, Content Producers, strategists, and creative teams to ensure productions support larger campaign goals
- Manage external production companies, freelancers, creators, editors, and specialized vendors
- Help build the production operations function from the ground up
- Develop scalable workflows, templates, documentation, and production standards
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across planning, production, approvals, and delivery
- Recommend and implement tools, processes, and systems that improve collaboration across teams
- Continuously refine how creative production is planned and executed as the business grows
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in creative project management, production management, integrated production, or agency operations
- Experience managing commercial photo and video productions from pre-production through post-production
- Strong experience building production schedules, managing budgets, coordinating vendors, and overseeing project execution
- Experience working directly with clients and presenting production plans, timelines, and budgets
- Experience managing external production companies, freelancers, contractors, and creative vendors
- Familiarity with creator content workflows, motion graphics, and post-production processes
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Airtable, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Frame.io, or similar platforms
- Willingness to travel up to 25% for client productions
- Agency or production company experience is strongly preferred
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