Mid/Senior Project Manager (Creative)

About the role

DEPT®, a growth-invention agency operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, is hiring a Mid/Senior Project Manager (Creative) in Budapest. You will oversee key client accounts from a project management perspective, ensuring work is delivered on time, on budget and to the highest quality, and act as the senior point of contact for project coordination. Alongside the Client Services team, you will balance client priorities with internal delivery needs and provide leadership and guidance to project managers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead project management across assigned accounts, keeping priorities clear and aligned with client goals and internal workflows.
• Contribute to account ways of working, resource prioritisation and overrun management.
• Understand always-on and organic social content workflows, from planning and intake through approvals and community management, and optimise how the team works across campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with Client Services, Creative, Design and Production for smooth handovers.
• Work proactively with Business Directors to spot and resolve blockers.
• Create and manage project plans, scopes of work, timelines and trackers, and monitor pacing, resources and risks.
• Mentor project managers and champion consistent tools, documentation and workflows.

Required profile

• Proven experience in project management within an agency, ideally in creative, media or production-led accounts.
• Strong understanding of always-on and organic social delivery workflows.
• Track record managing complex multi-discipline projects from planning to delivery.
• Financial acumen and experience managing scopes, budgets and forecasts.
• Stakeholder management and proactive communication, comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Required skills

• Project management and workflow tools, including Google Suite.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems.

What we offer

• Private health insurance and sports and cultural benefits.
• Dog-friendly office and hybrid working policy.
• Training, development and certifications.
• Annual Cares Month in which employees donate their skills to local charities.