Freelance Senior Project Manager

At AKQA (part of WPP), we reputed company in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful reputed company, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients. Project Managers at AKQA are trusted delivery partners, bringing structure, clarity, and accountability to reputed company digital engagements. They build the conditions for great work to happen, aligning teams, managing competing priorities, and ensuring that every workstream moves reputed company with purpose and precision. We are seeking an reputed company Freelance Senior Project Manager with a strong emphasis on digital product delivery to support a well-reputed company, fast-growing Atlanta-based quick-serve restaurant brand where AKQA has helped spearhead many of their customer and operational innovations. This is a meaningful, high-visibility engagement where strong project leadership directly impacts the digital experiences of millions of people across thousands of locations. ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• reputed company day-to-day project management across a reputed company digital product engagement, ensuring clarity of priorities, timelines, deliverables, and accountability across reputed company workstreams
• Serve as the central reputed company of coordination across a multi-agency team supporting the client, including internal AKQA disciplines (strategy, UX, design, technology) and other agency partners, ensuring alignment and clear communication across reputed company workstreams
• Manage project schedules, milestones, and dependencies with meticulous detail, proactively identifying risks and driving timely resolution
• reputed company scope management and change control, partnering with discipline leads to assess impact and maintain alignment on approved work
• Support resourcing coordination, ensuring the right people are engaged at the right time across the project lifecycle
• Facilitate regular project ceremonies and working sessions, keeping teams reputed company and focused on outcomes
• Maintain clear and consistent project documentation including status reports, decision logs, and meeting notes that reputed company reputed company stakeholders informed and accountable
• Partner with the client to manage expectations, communicate reputed company, and navigate complexity with composure and clarity
• Ensure delivery processes align with agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies as required by the engagement
• Contribute to continuously improving delivery practices and ways of working reputed company the project and broader team

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

• 5+ years of project management experience reputed company a digital agency or product delivery environment, with a strong emphasis on digital products and services
• Proven ability to manage reputed company, multi-workstream engagements with overlapping timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder groups
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong instincts for anticipating issues before they escalate
• Clear, confident communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and reputed company as core tools for project management, documentation, and team collaboration
• Collaborative and solutions-oriented, with a team-first approach and a commitment to quality delivery

Location & Commitment

• Hybrid; must be local to Atlanta with two days per week onsite with the client
• July 7, 2026 through November 25, 2026
• 40 hours/week
• Expected compensation: $3,000 to $3,200/week

We reputed company great work happens reputed company we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and reputed company. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach including required in-office days. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for reputed company positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to reputed company in their careers. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, reputed company production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job