Project Manager, Augmented Reality (Santa Monica, CA)

Our Customer is a camera and social media company. This company believes that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. This company contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

Our Customer is seeking an AR Project Manager on a contract basis to help support their business needs. This role is on-site in Santa Monica, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee end-to-end production workflows for branded AR lens development projects
• Build and manage project timelines while coordinating stakeholder communication throughout the production lifecycle
• Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and challenges during lens development
• Use established templates and frameworks to define project goals and creative direction during kickoff
• Communicate project direction and requirements clearly to assigned production teams
• Coordinate cross-time-zone handoffs between US-based and EU-based teams to ensure continuity and accuracy
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the AR production team, supporting creative and technical decision-making
• Collaborate with project managers, creative producers, creative strategists, sales, and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery, transparency, and quality standards

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong project management experience supporting small to medium-sized creative or production projects
• Experience building timelines and managing workflows in high-volume environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with shifting priorities in fast-paced settings
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with high attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using project or task management tools such as JIRA
• Experience managing production workflows for creative, AR, or digital media projects

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.