What’s the average salary for a senior creative project manager at a traditional ad agency in NY? I kind of have a feeling I’m being fleeced at my current agency and just need some perspective. 😘

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I think this really depends on your responsibilities. Are you truly just a creative PM with no operational responsibilities? Or are you actively contributing to scope discussions and financial process?

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To me, Creative PM is a fancy way of saying trafficking and Creative whispering. $95-110k but I know people who have gotten more. It really depends on the number of people you’re managing. The size of your accounts. Etc. Since you’re contributing to the bottom line and not an overhead cost. It justifies a hirer salary.

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Minimum $100k, even more if you're doing scopes, financials, tracking burn, client facing, etc.

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$110k minimum is about right. If you can get $115k or above, you’re doing well.

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Good question!

I am client-facing, I work on scopes, I manage and track financials, I work on creative resourcing, and all the other stuff creative PMs work on.

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