This role is for a central Project Manager focused on setting up best practices for project forecast, project analysis and project steering for some of the world’s best automotive accounts.
Role amp; Responsibilities
- You are responsible for setting up a project, and the team, for success.
- You will be responsible for coordinating quoting across offices for all incoming briefs.
- You’ll advise on work routes, timings and best practices for initial project planning/steering.
- You’ll ensure alignment with markets amp; HQ on active projects is ongoing and that markets’ PMs amp; Producers follow the production process.
- You’ll liaise between the market PMs and the HQ PMs in the initial project conversations to ensure all project details and resources are discussed.
- You will help the PMs identify and follow key milestones such as legal checks, key touchpoints for example hustling internal resources to meet external deadlines no matter what.
- Your job is to constantly balance resources and workload: your planning and coordination are key for successfully delivering projects on time.
- You will update the business on project status and ways to optimise our internal processes.
- You’ll make sure deadlines are met with lethal precision, and flag the ones that aren’t attainable upfront.
- You will educate market PMs on processes and be a very vital part in implementing the Production Process across the business.
- You’ll also evaluate the good, the bad and the ugly of finished projects to improve our processes and work streams.
- You will analyze the project planning and align with our Operational leads amp; Sr PMs to foresee upcoming recruitment and logistical needs.
- You will provide logistical support when needed to new Monks and existing Monks.
Become a Monk
At MediaMonks, you’ll join a prolific, and super-fast-moving company on a mission to become the best creative partner in any field and marketupholding a standard of digital craft with 4,000+ Monks and counting. As part of our global hive mind, you’ll be able to collaborate with colleagues around the world to calibrate on best practices, perfect pitches, call for references, exchange sources of inspiration, and, ultimately, hone your craft. If you meet the profile, we’d love to meet you.
MediaMonks stands for equal-opportunity employment and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. Please be attentive to the requirements and accompany your application with a custom cover letter tailored to this position.
Requirements
- We’re looking for someone who is first and foremost an excellent project manager.
- Accustomed to work with on-site and off site resources, coordinating workload across multiple global offices.
- Your 5+ years of experience in traditional, digital and social advertising or production have made you fabulous at dealing with a multitude of working styles, processes and coworkers.
- You know your when it comes to managing asset creation inclusive of creative development, production, post production amp; adaptation for broadcast, print, radio, digital, social media etc.
- You are used to jumping in tasks as you see fit without an official assignment to them. You thrive in a new environment and have a hands-on approach when it comes to your work.
- You’re a proficient communicator able to provide clear updates on the development of projects and knowing how to describe issues and required actions to Monks in other offices.
- You have solid scoping skills, which translate into realistic timings and resource estimates.
Nice-to-haves;
- Experience in the automotive industry.
- Experience producing and/or managing creative campaigns.
- Experience leading processes and operational discussions..
- Comfortable with speaking with various areas of the business and outside partners.