Creative Project Manager (Photography)

We Are Song Production Studios is Accenture Song’s global network of content production studios, delivering high-volume photography and digital content at scale for leading retail and consumer brands. Our Bentonville studio operates in one of the most demanding and fast-paced retail environments. Success in this market requires an understanding of how content is planned, produced, and delivered within the Northwest Arkansas retail landscape, including the pace, expectations, and stakeholder dynamics of large-scale retail clients. We combine production expertise with evolving technologies, integrating automation, GenAI-enabled workflows, scalable content pipelines, and traditional photography to improve speed, flexibility, quality, and cost efficiency.

We are seeking a Creative Project Manager to support our content production within a studio environment closely aligned to the Bentonville ecosystem. This is a delivery-first role responsible for managing photography and content production projects end to end. The role also requires the ability to operate effectively within the Bentonville business environment, where local ways of working, stakeholder expectations, and the pace of retail execution are critical to success. The Creative Project Manager will maintain project integrity, support assigned client workstreams, coordinate across internal and external teams, and help ensure content is delivered accurately, on time, and aligned to client expectations. This role requires an understanding of how trusted relationships, operational excellence, and forward-looking thinking contribute to sustained growth, improved delivery, and expanded scope. You Are A hands-on project manager or producer with experience delivering high-volume content, photography, or ecommerce production work Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven studio environment Comfortable building estimates, budgets, documentation, and production plans Experienced in client-facing delivery, with the ability to build credibility and trust through clear communication and consistent execution Able to adapt quickly within retail, enterprise, or complex client environments Skilled at identifying opportunities to improve workflows, efficiency, quality, and scalability Practical and curious about how GenAI, automation, and emerging technologies can enhance content production A strong team contributor who can collaborate across account, creative, studio, post-production, technology, operations, and client stakeholder groups Comfortable working with distributed teams across multiple locations, including virtual teams in the US, China, and India The Work Project Management & Production Delivery Manage end-to-end delivery of photography and content production projects Build and maintain project schedules, estimates, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and project plans Track budgets, production costs, project expenses, and financial details to support estimating, invoicing, and reconciliation Support scope planning, rate negotiation, usage rights documentation, and project administration Maintain accurate project documentation, client image folders, shot lists, production trackers, and digital image tracking Monitor project risks, missing inputs, changes, and escalation needs Ensure assets are delivered accurately, on time, and aligned to client and platform expectations Studio Production & Content Delivery Coordinate pre-production, production, and post-production activities Attend pre-production, turn-in, and status meetings to document creative direction, styling guidelines, merchant requests, and production requirements Develop, organize, and maintain shot lists and production documentation to support efficient execution Support on-set execution to ensure productivity, quality, and adherence to creative direction Coordinate creative elements including styling, props, casting, set requirements, staging, and