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Fixed Term Contract - Ending 31/12/2024

Location: Hub based! Bristol, London or Glasgow

But you have the flexibility to work wherever suits you best

Team: Brand and Marketing

Salary banding:  £50,000 - £60,000

Experience: High Level

Working pattern: Full time

Reporting to: Lead Creative Operations Manager

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Collaboration, Process, Delivery

Top 3 qualities for this role: Expertise, Production, Communication

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“OVO is one of those special places, where you can feel the impact you’re having on the business, whilst enjoying the work and people you work with. It’s got a ‘can do’, buzzy energy that is infectious. This role has the opportunity to evolve and shape how we work, with an excellent team supporting it and some great foundations to build on. It’s creative, commercial and operational - and will definitely keep you on your toes!”

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the Creative Studio plays a vital role in making that happen – whether it’s through customer interaction or how we show up as a brand. 

The impact of our Creative Studio is huge. At every touchpoint, we have the opportunity to help customers on their own path to zero. That’s what we want to make OVO famous for. 

And you’ll work with some amazing people along the way. Our mission takes teamwork, so you’ll be a trusted partner for stakeholders all over the business – working particularly closely with our Brand team. 

This role in a nutshell:

As Senior Creative Studio Project Manager in the brand and marketing team, you will be a great teammate who is able to form strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, designers and copywriters. All whilst utilising strong project management skills to ensure all special and larger studio projects are produced on brief, on budget and to the required timings. 

You’ll be calm under pressure, able to keep the team cool when timings are tight and maintain an impeccable standard of delivery. You will also be a process specialist, used to implementing best practice when it comes to Studio processes from briefing through to approvals and feedback. 

A creative and production background is key in this role. You’ll have heaps of experience in both photography and video production, as well as creative delivery. Ideally in-house and with agency experience too. This covers everything from supplier management through to timing plans to storyboarding, creative concepting, long form copy and post production.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Partner with one or multiple briefing workstreams and be their point of contact for briefing, scoping, management of projects and process improvements and communication. Work with them on their utilisation rate of studio resource and help to manage the prioritisation of their pipeline
• Work with stakeholders to develop creative briefs, ensuring all tasks are clearly defined for the studio creative team
• Day-to-day management and guidance of project progress, resource planning, management and coordination of all project deliverables .
• Collaborate and communicate with multiple stakeholders across the organisation to clearly define business outcome, required project deliverables and key milestones.
• Regular check ins with key briefing teams to discuss upcoming briefs, ensuring we have the right resource lined up to deliver them
• Identifying and managing stakeholders effectively, anticipating challenges, and developing plans to address risks.
• Ensure all processes are upheld, be an example of best practice for the rest of the team and identify and work through the plan for areas that require process development. This will include identify the challenge, working through the solutions (with agreed stakeholders) rolling out and communicating the change, and helping to embed the ways of working 
• Deliver large, cross functional team projects as your bread and butter, using Monday.com as the key project management, communication, reporting and scheduling tool

You’ll be a successful Senior Creative Studio Project Manager here at OVO if you…

• Have a track record in delivering creative comms work for Marketing teams in ‘start up’ or ‘turnaround’ ideally in fast paced, retailing environments. We’d love experience delivering a wide range of output including video, animation, photography,  CRM, social, blogs, print, events and experiential too.
• Have proven experience of supporting projects that are already moving and an ability to add value from day one. Specific experience of the project management of marketing and brand teams and their interface into wider (preferably digital businesses) is a must.
• Relish the challenge of a fast paced, matrix working environment
• Previous experience managing one or multiple direct reports
• Be process driven, with experience of implementing and improving day to day Studio processes
• Be calm whilst working with levels of ambiguity and adept at bringing order and clarity into a team environment
• A real people person who develops powerful working relationships quickly and maintains them successfully
• An exemplary teammate, at their best when working within a collective to deliver a shared vision
• Energy and positivity; the person everyone wants to have in the room
• Incredible organisation in a way which instils confidence into all
• Organisation skills are critical - you will be coordinating multiple partners across multiple tasks from multiple projects daily
• Proactive project manager used to working to tight timeframes
• Experience of the utilities industry is a real plus

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £50,000 and £60,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you! If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..