EU remote
Mid/Senior Project Manager (Creative)
About this role
Budapest Note: Please submit your application in English. DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI.
We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE As a Senior Project Manager at DEPT®, you’ll oversee key client accounts from a project management perspective, ensuring work is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality. You’ll act as the senior point of contact for project coordination, championing ways of working across teams, and shaping how project management operates as a function within the agency.
Alongside our Client Services team, you’ll join key client-facing touchpoints to help balance external expectations with internal delivery needs. You’ll balance client priorities with internal delivery needs, while providing leadership, oversight, and guidance to PMs in the team. We’re looking for someone who is proactive and confident in shaping ways of working, someone who can take full ownership of how the account runs day-to-day and drive improvements and efficiencies from day one.
WHAT YOU’LL DO Lead project management across assigned accounts, ensuring smooth delivery, clear priorities, and alignment between client goals and internal workflows. Provide strategic input into account ways of working, resource prioritisation, and overrun management. Bring strong understanding of always-on / organic social content workflows, from planning and intake to approvals and community mgmt, and be able to optimise how the team works across campaign activity.
Build strong relationships with Client Services, Creative, Design, and Production to ensure smooth handovers and collaboration. Proactive in bringing the right people together to unblock work, align decisions, and keep delivery moving - rather than waiting for escalation. Partner tightly with Business Directors to spot and resolve project blockers, ensuring delivery success and client satisfaction. Create and manage project plans, scopes of work, timelines, and internal and client facing tracker and documentation.