Role: Project Manager (with Traffic experience) - FTC

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Project Manager will be responsible for running the creative process and working alongside our existing talented team to drive a project from brief to delivery. They will work with the Creative Services Lead to schedule projects and resources and will help source the right talents both internally and externally if required to fulfil projects to the highest standards. They will have a full understanding of Print, Digital and experiential disciplines. They will create timing plans, assume responsibility for the review/approval process of the creative output and ensure the projects they own run on time and on budget where applicable. This role requires previous traffic management experience and will be a key part of the day-to-day, including triage of new projects, interrogating the brief and scheduling the creative resource.

You will need to be great with creative teams, account teams and clients alike, hard-working and passionate about creativity and producing the best product you can. The process is key and someone who really respects and understands that, although creative needs freedom, it also needs to follow a framework and process to allow great creative to thrive. As the Senior Project Manager in the team you will work very closely with the CSL to review, generate and implement improvements to the current process.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Work closely with the CSL to ensure the Creative Services Dept is working in a standardised, optimum way.
• Influence processes and ways of working through Idea generation.
• Implement new process and operational initiatives.
• Dept reporting where necessary.
• Daily triage of projects that via client’s PM software, Workfront.
• Studio schedule and capacity management.
• Overall ownership of Integrated Creative Projects from Brief to completion.
• Liaise with client Teams to determine campaign scope, estimates, milestones and schedules.
• Work with client Teams to agree and create Timing Plans and Estimates within our internal Traffic System.
• Schedule Projects in line with the correct internal resource and help to source external resource where necessary.
• Ensure Projects follow the Agency process and are completed on time and within our SLAs.
• Motivate and manage teams under tight deadlines.
• Educate and manage internal stakeholders in relevant production process where necessary.
• Drive efficiency and creative excellence at all times.

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL 

• 5+ year’s experience of managing integrated campaigns in a Creative and Production Agency, with good knowledge of print, digital.
• Strong track record in executing campaigns across multiple platforms.
• Previous Experience of Project Budget Management and Traffic Management / Scheduling.
• Previous Experience of Resource and Production services sourcing.
• Able to think on your feet and make decisions; someone who finds solutions rather than simply reports problems.
• Proactive and adaptable, able to effectively work under pressure.
• Experience in ensuring the team delivers high quality work that is on time and within budget.
• Highly adaptable to new procedures & systems and ensuring that these systems are adhered to.
• Strong attention to detail and a passion to make sure quality control procedures are adhered to.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.

OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

OUR VALUES

We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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We've set ambitious, market-leading environmental and social goals around sustainability at OLIVER. We have committed to be net zero by 2030 and take far reaching action on DE&I in the sector. We expect everyone to contribute to our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle. 

Inside Ideas Group and its’ affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All [suitable] applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.