Major Players are partnering with an established social native creative agency operating at the intersection of creativity, technology, and culture, who are looking to bring onboard a Project Manager.
The Project Manager will be the backbone of a major FMCG client account, acting as the connection between the internal team, the agency, and the client. The role ensures work is delivered on time and within budget, working alongside an Editorial Lead, Producers, Designers, Motion Designers, Media Managers, and Community Managers to run always-on content calendars for several well-known confectionery/snacking brands.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee multiple projects across various clients through all phases, from briefing to delivery. Manage a multi-disciplinary team of creatives and strategists, planning their time and tasks.
- Planning: build internal and external planning sheets, follow up and adjust plans as needed, and maintain status overviews to track progress.
- Leading a team: schedule and check in with creatives, brief teams, manage planning and trafficking, give feedback, and keep team morale high.
- Check that delivered work is on-brief, adheres to agreed client terms, and meets required specs and formats; plan review sessions.
- Servicing clients: provide status updates, plan review meetings, ensure the client supplies information on time, liaise between the creative team and client to resolve questions, and build strong client relationships.
Skills & Experience
- Agency experience is required, along with a strong understanding of the social media landscape
- Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and the ability to keep pace with fast-moving social media work while maintaining structure and oversight
- A natural communicator who can manage stakeholders, clients, creators, and internal teams is essential, as is being proactive, solution-oriented, and confident taking ownership from briefing through delivery
- Strong attention to detail is needed to keep timelines, budgets, and deliverables on track, along with commercial awareness and curiosity about trends, internet culture, and digital marketing
Hours: Full time
Salary: £45-50,000, depending on experience
Office Location: Central London
Office requirements: 3-4 days per week in office
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