Careers at the Planet group

Brand and Creative Solutions Program Manager

Chicago, IL 60606

Posted: 02/05/2026 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Project Management Job Number: 643273 Is job remote?: No

Job Description


Brand and Creative Solutions Program Manager
Location
: Hybrid in Chicago, IL (in office 1-2 times/month)
Contract Length: ~8 Months
Schedule: 40 hours/week
Pay: $82-$84.39/hr, DOE
 
The Planet Group is seeking a Brand and Creative Solutions Program Manager to join our well-known lifestyle brand technology client on a roughly 8-month contract. This is a full-time, 40 hour per week role working a hybrid schedule from their Chicago location, working onsite 1-2 times per month.

Brand and Creative Solutions Program Manager Qualifications:
  • Minimum 10+ years relevant work experience with creative agency, platform, brand or transferable background
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, design, or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated basic understanding of the platform, agency and brand dynamics of digital marketing
  • Proven ability to help manage large and small-scale campaign production
  • Excellent communication and project management skills
  • Strong attention to detail with the capability to work on multiple campaigns/priorities simultaneously
  • Experience building collaborative relationships with multiple internal stakeholders and external stakeholders (i.e. advertisers and vendors)
  • Ability to make decisions with minimal guidance in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • A customer-first approach to problem-solving 
  • Ability to to advocate for work that reflects company brand standards
  • Autonomous, creative, and customer-focus mindset with an understanding of full-funnel advertising industry knowledge, production and creator expertise and an ability to learn how to operate at the intersection of creative, strategy, ad tech, and vendor and client management
  • Informed and up-to-date on the latest developments in the creative, production, creators industries
Brand and Creative Solutions Program Manager  Description:
  • Ensure alignment with the client's overarching business goals and values—driving meaningful advertiser impact and revenue growth at scale
  • Own the end-to-end development and ongoing enhancement of core offerings
  • Incubate new or improved solution offerings in partnership with cross-functional (XFN) teams, accelerating adoption across key funnel moments, go-to-market launches, and marketing initiatives
  • Partner closely with XFN teams—including Product, GCO, Marketing, and Comms—to strategically embed solutions into priority programs and campaigns
  • Design and deploy operational workflows and automation, ensuring seamless tracking of solution redemption, revenue impact, and performance
  • Cascade data-driven insights and learnings to influence further iterations and advancements
  • Manage budget and finances to track impact of our suite of solutions
  • Effortlessly build trusted relationships with sales and 3rd party vendors by establishing yourself as the key point of contact for our suite of solutions
  • Work collaboratively with key cross-functional team members Legal Marketing, Engineering, Product and Business Development to seamlessly produce brand-specific activations and executions 
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