At Cake & Arrow, we’re a collaborative, cross-functional team passionate about creating human-centered digital experiences. As a freelance Project Manager, you’ll be at the heart of that work – driving structure, clarity, and momentum, fostering strong client partnerships, and empowering teams to deliver their best from kickoff through launch.

Note: This is a contract role based on company needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery across multiple projects, managing schedules, budgets, and scope.
• Partner with clients to align business objectives, technical feasibility, and customer value.
• Collaborate with strategists, designers, and engineers to conceptualize, design, and deliver products.
• Support user research and design validation efforts to ensure solutions meet customer needs.
• Serve as the primary client interface for tactical communications, issue escalation, and relationship management.
• Monitor progress, track risks, and report on project health, budget, and deliverables.
• Facilitate internal and external status meetings; maintain clear, actionable status reports.
• Identify organic growth opportunities and contribute to new business scoping (scope, timeline, budget).
• Adopt and improve C&A’s delivery processes; champion best practices across teams.

Skills & Qualifications

• 4+ years managing cross-functional design and development projects, ideally in an agency setting.
• Proven ability to define scope, plan work, lead teams, and manage budgets effectively.
• Strong familiarity with the SDLC.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and communication abilities.
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts and align teams on priorities.
• Servant-leader mindset; optimistic, collaborative, and solution-oriented.
• Thrives in an environment with close collaboration among strategy, UX, design, and technology.
• Values doing the right things, not just doing things right.

To apply

Send a resume and a cover letter indicating experience, why you’re interested, and notable project samples to careers@cakeandarrow.com with subject: Freelance Project Manager