Creative Project Manager

POSITION: Creative Project Manager 

Location: Fort Lauderdale – HQ

Schedule: M-F from 8:30am – 5pm (onsite) 

Who We Are

At Sound Income Group, our mission is to help independent financial professionals and their clients thrive, especially those approaching or in retirement. We provide a full suite of resources across financial education, investment strategies, marketing, and practice management to support long-term success.

Position Summary

The Creative Project Manager serves as the operational arm of the marketing department, overseeing project execution, resource planning, workflow strategy, and operational efficiency across an 18-person cross-functional team. This position exercises independent judgment in establishing priorities, allocating resources, developing scalable processes, and ensuring the successful delivery of marketing initiatives that support organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Traffic Management & Workflow Ownership 

• Own the daily trafficking of work across the in-house creative and marketing team, including graphic design, copywriting, video production, digital, web, and content. 
• Review incoming project requests, clarify scope, gather requirements, and ensure projects are properly briefed prior to execution. 
• Evaluate competing business priorities, resource availability, and project complexity to establish workflow priorities, allocate resources, and determine execution strategies across concurrent initiatives. 
• Lead traffic meetings, monitor project progress, identify risks, and adjust timelines, assignments, and priorities as business needs evolve. 
• Identify and manage compliance routing requirements, ensuring regulated materials follow the correct review process. 

Project Management 

• Develop and manage end-to-end project plans within ClickUp, defining scope, milestones, deliverables, owners, dependencies, timelines, and success criteria. 
• Align cross-functional teams by facilitating project kickoffs, status meetings, reviews, and follow-up communications that drive accountability and project momentum. 
• Evaluate project performance, identify operational risks, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery and alignment with business priorities. 

Process Creation & Continuous Improvement 

• Own and continuously improve the department's project management infrastructure, including workflow architecture, intake processes, prioritization frameworks, automation, reporting, and resource planning. 
• Develop standardized templates for recurring project types such as campaigns, events, video production, and advisor marketing collateral. 
• Maintain and enhance dashboards, trackers, and reporting tools that provide visibility into project performance and team capacity.  
• Identify workflow gaps and implement process improvements that enhance speed, clarity, consistency, and operational efficiency. 

Stakeholder Communication & Relationship Management 

• Work alongside the Client Success Liaison and Executive Assistant for project communication and delivery to internal departments, vendors, and advisor partners. 
• Set clear expectations regarding timelines, scope, dependencies, revisions, and delivery schedules and translate incomplete or ambiguous requests into actionable project plans. 
• Communicate with team members in-person and digitally (ClickUp, Teams) to flag and/or remove project roadblocks. 

Quality Assurance & Delivery 

• Ensure all deliverables complete required quality assurance, compliance, and approval workflows before release.  
• Oversee coordination with internal teams and vendors to verify deliverables are accurate, on-brand, and production-ready.  
• Manage final approvals and confirm delivery of completed marketing assets. 

Must-Have Qualifications

Background and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in marketing coordination, project management, or a marketing operations role within a creative agency or in-house marketing department.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects across creative disciplines, including design, copy, video, digital, print, and web.
• Hands-on experience with project management platforms (ClickUp, Asana, Monday.com).
• Working knowledge of digital and print production workflows and asset handoff requirements.
• Experience routing marketing materials through compliance or legal review processes preferred.
• Project management certification is a plus.

Skills and Competencies: 

• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and time management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound operational decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong process-building mindset with the ability to design and document workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Calm, solutions-oriented, and resilient in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across teams without direct authority.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to work for extended periods at a desk using a computer.
• Ability to lift to 10 pounds if/when necessary.
• Routine use of telephone and email.
• Office-based role with potential travel to conferences, events, and satellite offices as needed.

Benefits

We’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your professional and personal well-being, including:

• 100% employer-covered medical benefits and HRA account 
• Dental & vision plans 
• Generous PTO + 10 NYSE company holidays per year 
• 401K with company match program
• Free onsite parking
• Company-provided laptop and required technology
• Access to an on-site gym (free of charge)
• Weekly vehicle detailing (at additional cost) 

Sound Income Group is an E-Verify employer. 

Sound Income Group is an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. It is our policy to employ and promote qualified candidates without discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications and business needs.