- Professional
- Ufficio in Austin
At Bakery, Project Managers are the quiet force behind bold ideas. You’re the one who turns creative chaos into coordinated momentum, making sure strategy, creative, production, and media all move in sync. You bring order without killing the magic, structure without red tape, and urgency without panic.
You see yourself as a partner to both our Account and Creative teams, helping us deliver beautifully crafted work, on time, on budget, and above expectations.
About Us:
Bakery is an independent creative and culture agency designed to ignite people's obsession in great products. From our headquarters in Austin, TX, we work with highly ambitious brands like Johnnie Walker, Nike, Shiner Beer and Tree Hut to infuse cultural value and drive desire at every interaction point, increasing their fandom and helping them make things people want. Bakery is a 2022, 2024 and 2025 AdAge Small Agency of the Year.
Responsibilities:
- Own the delivery of multi-channel projects and campaigns from kickoff to launch across creative, production, and media.
- Partner with Account Management and Creative Leadership to define scopes, timelines, budgets, and delivery plans.
- Forecast and plan resources to ensure the right mix of talent is engaged at the right time across departments.
- Be the communication hub keeping everyone informed, aligned, and accountable, internally and externally.
- Anticipate roadblocks and offer creative solutions to keep momentum strong.
- Maintain project clarity through updated schedules, budgets, and documentation in digital PM tools.
- Be master of our DAM (Digital Asset Management tool), ensuring every asset is properly organized, versioned, tagged, and accessible so the right files are always at the team’s fingertips.
- Balance the human and the operational bringing calm when things get messy and urgency when timelines demand it.
- Participate in client meetings alongside Account Management, representing the operational perspective and protecting the work.
- Track budgets and scope across multiple campaigns, managing change requests and identifying efficiencies.
- Support and mentor junior producers or coordinators in project discipline and agency craft.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of project management experience in a creative, digital, or advertising agency environment.
- Strong understanding of creative development and production processes across video, digital, social, and experiential.
- Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and personalities while keeping focus on delivery.
- High emotional intelligence; you can flex between facilitator, problem solver, and protector of the work.
- Sharp communication skills and confidence in presenting to senior clients and agency leadership.
- A collaborative spirit; you believe great work is a team sport.
- Experience managing or maintaining Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems and understanding how they integrate into creative and production workflows.
- Familiarity with modern project management tools and workflows (Smartsheet, Asana, or similar).
- Curiosity, hustle, and adaptability; you can shift gears between big-picture planning and hands-on execution.
Benefits
- Competitive insurance coverage, inclusive of medical, dental, and vision
- 401k Retirement with 3% employer matching
- Open PTO Policy
- 2 weeks Work From Anywhere (WFA)
- 13 weeks paid Maternity and Paternity leave
- Pet-Friendly Office
- Yearly Creative Stipend
- Snacks, Meals and Drinks
- No Time Tracking!
