SketchDeck · 4 weeks ago
Project Director ( Creative Services)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $145K/yr
7+ years expSketchDeck is a company that partners with global brands to deliver exceptional creative and digital solutions. As a Project Director, you will lead high-touch accounts, manage complex creative programs, and build trusted client partnerships while ensuring smooth delivery and operational oversight.
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Responsibilities
Lead the delivery of multiple creative programs, ensuring each workstream has clear goals, owners, and timelines
Build straightforward plans that outline phases, milestones, and dependencies so teams and clients stay aligned
Provide regular updates that clearly communicate progress, risks, and upcoming needs
Support long-term planning by sequencing work realistically across multi-month initiatives
Bring consistency across programs by using shared approaches for planning, communication, and review cycles
Develop clear scopes of work and budgets that outline deliverables, timelines, and resource needs
Build and maintain clear creative roadmaps and timelines—tracking milestones, resourcing, and overall project health, and raising risks early with practical solutions
Maintain up-to-date documentation, including scopes, schedules, budgets, and summaries of key decisions
Communicate changes in scope, timing, or priorities with clarity, offering options so clients can make informed decisions
Partner with Creative Directors, Strategists, Designers, and Project Managers to ensure briefs are actionable and teams have the information they need to begin work confidently
Develop strong, respectful relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a calm and trusted partner
Guide clients in planning by mapping priorities across quarters and translating them into structured programs
Identify opportunities to expand or evolve the work and collaborate with the Senior Account Director on renewals and account growth
Bring insights from your accounts into pipeline and capacity discussions to support smoother planning
Represent SketchDeck in client meetings with clarity, preparedness, and a supportive presence
Support work across branding, integrated campaigns, digital design, content, decks, and video, with an understanding of how each creative discipline works
Turn client goals into clear creative briefs and structured plans that give teams the direction they need
Coordinate review cycles by organizing feedback, aligning stakeholders, and clarifying next steps
Balance creative ambition with practical considerations—scope, timing, and resources—to support strong and sustainable delivery
Manage portfolio revenue of $1.8M–$2M annually, maintaining visibility into how work maps to budget and goals
Build and maintain scopes and budgets in partnership with internal leads to ensure clarity and accuracy
Track account metrics such as revenue, growth, retention, utilization, and project profitability
Identify financial or operational risks early and present clear, actionable solutions
Support staffing alignment across internal teams and contractors to maintain sustainable delivery
Mentor Project Managers in core areas such as planning, communication, scoping, and navigating client needs
Strengthen delivery consistency by contributing to playbooks, QA processes, and scoping models
Support contractor engagement by helping clarify expectations, workflows, and communication
As accounts grow, take on formal people leadership with PM direct reports, including onboarding, coaching, and performance support
Qualification
Required
7–10+ years managing creative programs or large-scale projects in an agency or in-house creative environment
Experience working with Microsoft or similarly complex enterprise clients across branding, multi-channel creative campaigns, and integrated programs
Demonstrated success managing enterprise or Fortune 100 client relationships with clarity and confidence
Experience delivering 360-degree creative programs, including brand systems, integrated campaigns, digital experiences, content, decks, and video
Ability to manage annual portfolios in the $1.8M–$2M range with strong forecasting, budgeting, and financial communication
Strength in building scopes, estimates, and timelines that align expectations for both clients and internal teams
Experience collaborating with Creative Directors, Strategists, Designers, Project Managers, Quality Control partners, and cross-functional teams
Experience working with contractors, including sourcing, onboarding, guiding, and supporting creative talent across programs
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
401(k) with company match
Fully remote working environment (pre-COVID and forward)
Paid time off that grows with tenure
Annual company retreat
Technology stipend: $1,500 for computer setup + $500 for home office
Company
SketchDeck
SketchDeck combines people and software to make high quality design fast, effortless and accessible to your whole organization.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$2.32M2023-03-01Acquired
2017-01-01Series Unknown
2015-10-14Seed· $1.7M
Leadership Team
Bobby Davidorf
Consulting CFO
Elliot Miller
Senior Creative Partnerships Manager
Recent News
Upshot Ventures
2023-12-01
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