FREEMAN is hiring : Sr Creative Producer in Fort Wayne

About Us

Sparks is a leading global brand experience agency, specializing in the design and execution of award-winning experiences that forge deep connections between brands and audiences. Recognized by Adweek as Experiential Agency of the Year, we bring a unique blend of strategic insight and execution excellence to every brand activation, corporate event, trade show exhibit, and immersive experience. Our commitment to creativity, innovation, and flawless execution drives us to craft impactful experiential marketing solutions that deepen relationships, inspire action, and build trust—all around the world.

Summary

The Senior Creative Producer (“SCP”) is a strategic leader responsible for driving the planning, coordination, and delivery of complex, high-visibility creative programs that span multiple projects, and stakeholders. This role provides both program oversight, day-to-day project management and operational leadership. The Senior Creative Producer ensures creative excellence, cross-functional alignment, and helps to develop scalable processes. By partnering closely with creative leadership, account leads, and production teams the SCP will help to define program objectives, optimize resourcing, and ensure successful outcomes that elevate the brand and business.

This position will support our Creative Production team. It is eligible to work a hybrid schedule, generally requiring work in-office and / or show-site 2-3 days per week. The ideal candidate will be based out of one of the following locations :

Philadelphia, PA

Dallas, TX

Detroit, MI

Fort Wayne, IN

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management

Oversees creative team operations during pre-production, including scoping, scheduling, resourcing, and communications.

Develops project scopes, milestones, and timelines for moderate to high-complexity projects using best practices and historical data.

Coordinates with resource management to assign team members based on roles, responsibilities, and skill sets.

Reviews final designs and ensures alignment with design intent, creative quality, and project schedules through complete handoff to engineering.

Provides ongoing project status updates, including hours incurred, to account leadership to flag progress or risks.

Manages multiple active projects concurrently, maintaining clarity and quality across deliverables.

Acts as the primary client contact for process, timeline, and status updates throughout the project lifecycle.

Facilitates and documents project debriefs, identifying opportunities to improve communication and operational efficiency.

Demonstrates significant fluency with relevant software tools for tracking, design review, and communication.

Builds strong cross-functional relationships with teams including production, fabrication, AV, and account direction.

Program Management

Leads large-scale creative programs end-to-end, managing multiple interconnected projects and workstreams within an overarching strategy.

Partners with executive and creative leadership to translate business goals into program objectives, success metrics, and measurable outcomes.

Oversees program scope, schedule, and resourcing, proactively identifying risks and developing solutions to keep initiatives on track.

Provides strategic program updates and recommendations to senior leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization.

Establishes and drives governance structures, workflows, and reporting frameworks to enable efficiency and accountability.

Builds strong partnerships across creative, production, account, marketing, and external vendors to ensure seamless execution.

Champions continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve collaboration, and scale best practices.

Ensures creative quality and program delivery standards are upheld across the program.

Acts as a trusted advisor to leadership and a key liaison between creative teams, stakeholders, and clients.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in program / project management, marketing, design, or related field.

5–7 years of experience in program or project management, with significant experience in creative, marketing, or experiential environments.

Proven track record of leading high-profile, multi-disciplinary creative programs from concept through delivery.

Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to connect creative execution to business objectives.

Deep knowledge of creative processes (design, content, experiential, or production) and their interdependencies.

Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

Highly organized, proactive, and adaptable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Proficient in Google Drive, Slack and / or Microsoft 365.

Experience with creative project management tools (i.e. Asana, Airtable, Workfront, etc.)

Strong attention to detail, a positive attitude, and a team player.

Ability to operate within a fast-paced environment.

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

Understanding of 3d and 2d creative processes and experience with experiential events, interior design and / or architecture.

Travel Requirements

Travel up to 25%

What We Offer

Freeman provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Life, Accident and Disability

Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Diversity Commitment

At Freeman, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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