Role: Project Manager (FTC - 3 months, with the view to extend)

Location:Hybrid / Kingston upon Thames, England (mandatory 2 days a week onsite, Wednesday and Friday)

Account: Global FMCG

ROLE MISSION

Working in partnership with our client, the Project manager will develop a deep understanding of the business at a brand level, their needs, expectations and requirements to help advise on the optimal solution. You will then ensure everything runs smoothly end to end from scoping and estimation, through contracting and work authorisation, resourcing and development, all the way to acceptance, invoicing and collections.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

• Effective project management through the full life cycle using project governance as directed by the client – escalating issues and proactively resolving problems, managing project resource and spend and making critical decisions.
• Successful meeting of project deadlines and ensuring speed and quality of the work.
• Ensuring adherence to creative best practices and standards, both according to brand and platform-specific guidelines, towards channel optimisation and performance.
• Effectively managing resource across projects
• Work-flow management – liaising with internal creatives and external suppliers where needed.
• Understanding the importance of brands and working within brand guidelines
• Building and maintaining relationships within our brand teams often through regular face to face contact and virtual meetings.
• Run account meetings and take responsibility with contact reports and actionable next steps.

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL 

• Strong demonstrable project management experience, ideally within the FMCG industry.
• Digital Marketing Native – understanding of digital assets creation across Organic Social, Paid Social, Influencer Marketing, CRM, Content Creation, Copy Writing.
• You're extremely well organised, naturally juggling multiple tasks at any one time.
• You cope effectively when things are up in the air and carefully manage ever shifting priorities.
• A problem solver with an understanding of the creative industry.
• Great attention to detail.
• You are a team player and genuinely care about people and build collaborative working relationships. You listen well to challenge and work with people to overcome problems in a positive way.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills able to work with multiple internal and external.
• Experience in working and managing high volume of work and ability to work well under pressure.
• Good negotiation skills.
• A real self-starter and innovator.
• The ability to effectively and proactively manage account finances and invoicing.
• Highly creative with the ability to generate ideas and practically contribute to the design studio output.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other related software.
• Understanding of how to integrate with a client-side team whilst maintaining a top tier agency service.

Personal Attributes

• High energy, confident and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing client environment.
• A passionate, inspiring and curious outlook.
• The aptitude to learn new software and programmes efficiently and effectively.
• Value team performance over self-promotion.
• Discrete about all confidential and personal information.
• Driven, proactive, helpful, open. Minded and collaborative and enthusiastic team player.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US

• A dynamic work environment.
• The opportunity to join a successful and forward-thinking organisation.
• Access to on-site gym, hair salon, subsidised cafeteria and discounted household item shop.
• Career fulfilment working on high profile client projects.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

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.