First time project manager at a local advertising agency. Looking for a good standard timeline template that anyone willing to share with this newbie?currently working on mostly audio and tv client. If anyone willing to help me out with this ask and other insightful resources that would amazing ! Thank you!!

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I’m a new PM as well, and I’ve been using the Gantt Project Planner template in Excel. My team leader and I modified it to fit the needs of our projects, and it’s been good so far.

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You could start with a GANTT chart

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