As a Project Manager at Smartly, you’ll play a key role in bringing high-impact digital campaigns to life. You’ll own the end-to-end delivery process, working closely with cross-functional teams and clients to ensure everything runs smoothly, from first brief to final optimization.
You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy connecting the dots, solving problems proactively, and making things happen in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
In this role, you will:
- Own and drive the end-to-end campaign delivery process, from briefing and production to QA, launch, and reporting/optimization
- Oversee resource allocation and ensure efficient utilization across projects
- Collaborate daily with internal teams including Production, Customer Success Managers (CSMs), and other stakeholders
- Ensure all activities follow best practices and standard operating procedures
- Manage timelines and turnaround times (TAT), proactively flagging risks or delays to CSMs
- Lead communication across stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency throughout project delivery
- Conduct quality checks to ensure all creative outputs meet standards prior to final delivery
- Partner with CSMs to build campaign structures (e.g., decision trees) and ensure alignment between media and creative strategies
- Facilitate and establish efficient workflows and procedures
- Validate that proposed creative strategies are feasible and delivered efficiently
- Contribute to ideation using industry and platform knowledge
- Support ongoing campaign optimization based on performance insights
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who is organized, proactive, and thrives in a collaborative, client-facing environment.
You’ll be a great fit if you:
- Have 3+ years of experience in project management within digital advertising
- Are a strong communicator: clear, confident, and able to navigate complex stakeholder conversations
- Knowledgeable in creating project timelines with respect to the SLAs and client requirements
- Can balance multiple priorities and stay on top of deadlines in a fast-moving environment
- Are comfortable coordinating cross-functional teams (e.g., developers, QA, creatives)
- Have a sharp eye for detail and take pride in delivering high-quality work
- Are solutions-oriented and confident in managing expectations, even in challenging situations
- Are highly organized, self-driven, and proactive in your approach to work
- Have working knowledge of Google Workspace, including basic Google Sheets formulas
- Bring a positive, team-first mindset and enjoy collaborating with others
- Are flexible to work across global shifts (UK, EMEA, APAC, US, AU)
Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.
Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of project management experience within digital advertising
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for complex stakeholder conversations
- Knowledge of creating project timelines according to SLAs and client requirements
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, including developers, QA, and creatives
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality delivery
- Solutions-oriented approach and confidence managing expectations
- Highly organized, self-driven, and proactive work style
- Working knowledge of Google Workspace, including basic Google Sheets formulas
- Flexibility to work across global shifts including UK, EMEA, APAC, US, and Australia
What the Team is Saying
Smartly Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Five weeks of paid vacation, company holidays, wellness days, and localized 25–30 day annual leave are prominently highlighted. Short‑term work‑from‑anywhere allowances complement PTO by making time off and location flexibility easier to use.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered with immediate start in some markets, alongside global mental‑health support through Auntie. These benefits are positioned as part of a strong baseline that is localized by country.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid/remote setups and work‑from‑anywhere options (e.g., up to 60 days from another Smartly location or 30 days from a non‑Smartly location) expand where and how work gets done. Stipends for fully remote setups are also referenced in employer materials.
Smartly Insights
What We Do
We solve for advertising campaign and creative complexities - both key elements to the time/money savings and performance that brands, agencies and businesses seek. Our unified platform combines media, creative, and intelligence, offering end-to-end workflows powered by AI across the open and closed web. With over 700 brands and advertisers, we've proven that dynamic and personalized creative makes advertising impactful. We are on a mission to transform the advertising experience for brands and their consumers. ⚡️
Why Work With Us
As a fast-paced growth company, we offer opportunities to maximize learning and amplify impact. Our culture and values have always been the secret sauce of our growth. They define how we aspire to build our adtech product, whom we hire and reward, and how we work towards a shared vision. Join us in moving advertising forward.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We are a hybrid workplace where Smartlies have the flexibility of hybrid work combining office and work from home. We also offer programs for short-term remote work globally.
