Studio Project Director

Overview

In this role, you will be the operational heartbeat of the Global Growth Creative Studio, turning briefs into actionable project plans and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. You work closely with cross-functional teams across London and globally, keeping timelines, capacity and budgets visible and controlled. You act as second-in-command to the Creative Studio Lead, guiding planning, resourcing and governance to balance risk and delivery. You will shape efficient workflows and processes that enable scalable, impactful creative work aligned with dentsu’s growth agenda.

Responsibilities

• Manage studio workflow: capture, prioritise and progress briefs and requests
• Escalate workflow pressures, project risks, resourcing challenges and budget queries
• Coordinate allocation of work across designers, motion creatives, freelancers and studio contributors
• Maintain trackers and status updates to provide visibility on workload, deadlines, capacity and budgets
• Support planning, prioritisation, resourcing, budget control, stakeholder updates and delivery governance as deputy to the Creative Studio Lead
• Translate briefs into clear project plans with timelines, milestones, task lists and approval routes
• Track progress, flag risks and changing priorities early; manage external capacity when needed
• Track project costs, freelance spend and production budgets with forecasting and escalation
• Provide hands-on PowerPoint support and assist with design tasks and asset preparation
• Serve as a reliable point of contact for stakeholders, keeping updates and expectations aligned
• Develop simple, scalable studio processes and standardised documentation to improve briefing and delivery
• Contribute to a positive, high-performing studio culture

Key requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in studio, project, traffic, creative services, design operations or production management
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple briefs and deadlines
• Good operational judgement for prioritisation and escalation
• Proficiency in creating timelines, status updates and workflow documentation
• Budget management capabilities across projects and freelancers
• Strong PowerPoint skills for polished presentations
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite; Premiere Pro a plus
• Experience with project management/workflow platforms (e.g., Monday.com, Asana, Workfront, Smartsheet) beneficial
• Comfort with adopting AI tools and emerging technologies to improve efficiency
• Proactive, accountable team player with collaborative mindset

• strong stakeholder management
• clear communication
• problem solving under pressure
• PowerPoint
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Premiere Pro (beneficial)

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