Please note the job is based in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Not Farringdon, London.
Hybrid Working - Tues, Weds and Thursday office based.
We are seeking a Junior Digital Project Manager to join our growing team. This role is perfect for someone looking
to develop their career in project management within the digital sector. You will work closely with our senior project
managers and development teams to oversee the delivery of web and software projects, ensuring they meet client
requirements, timelines, and budgets.
You’ll be involved in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, gaining exposure to a variety of project types while
developing your own skills as a project management professional.
Requirements
As a Junior Digital Project Manager, you will be responsible for:
* Project Coordination: Assist in the management and
coordination of digital projects, ensuring smooth delivery
from start to finish.
* Client Liaison: Communicate with clients to ensure project
requirements are clear, and expectations are aligned. Assist in
providing regular updates and reports.
* Team Support: Work with developers, designers, and QA
teams to ensure projects are progressing on time, identifying
any potential blockers and resolving them proactively.
* Agile & Waterfall Methodologies: Support the application
of Agile practices such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and
retrospectives. Assist in Waterfall-based projects, ensuring
deadlines and milestones are met.
Documentation & Reporting: Maintain project
documentation, including project plans, timelines, and status
reports. Help prepare and distribute client-facing documents
and internal project summaries.
* Risk Management: Track and identify potential project risks
and issues, escalating them as needed and working with
senior team members to implement mitigation strategies.
Quality Assurance: Help ensure that project deliverables meet
quality standards, performing basic checks where necessary
and collaborating with the QA team.
Time and Budget Tracking: Support senior project managers
in tracking project time, resources, and costs to ensure
projects stay within scope.
* Admin: Attending and minuting client meetings as required.
Ensuring project documentation is complete, kept current
and appropriately stored within Confluence & working with
project management tools.
Key Skills & Experience:
Project Management Basics: Some experience (or a solid
understanding) of managing digital projects or working within
a digital environment, ideally in a junior or assistant role.
Methodology Exposure: Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall
methodologies. Experience with Agile ceremonies such as
daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives is a plus.
Communication Skills:
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise with clients and team members effectively.
Organisation: Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet
deadlines. Problem-Solving: Ability to identify challenges early and suggest potential solutions.
Tech Savvy: A basic understanding of digital project workflows, including web development, UI/UX design, and testing
processes.
Tools Knowledge: Experience with project management tools like Jira or Trello is beneficial, but not essential. Team Player: You’re a collaborative individual who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Attention to detail: An ability to proof-read and eye for detail, including strong spelling and grammar
Calm under pressure: Good prioritization skills and pro-active nature
Benefits
Requirement to work 3 days in the office, with flexibility to WFH Monday and Fridays
Health insurance for you
Travel insurance for you and your family
Better than average pension contribution (salary sacrifice,
tax efficient)
Flexible working hours on a Friday
Bonus schemes
Tesco vouchers
Training budget
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Extra holiday after 5 years service
Free Juice lunch every week
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
ABOUT JUICE
A creative agency that says no to the bland. We are thinkers, makers. Status quo challengers. Opportunity chasers.
We juice up brands, content and digital. Blending insight, imagination and tech to help our clients get noticed, get
results, get juiced. From brand identity, campaigns, video animation and production, to digital experiences. We deliver
work that will keep customers and people engaged and coming back for more.
Our client list is impressive, BMW group, MINI, OMODA, Cayman Islands, Highland Spring, Goodyear, IHG to name just a few. We live on a farm, we don’t take ourselves too seriously (some of us have even trained as stand-up comedians). Full of energy, we love cakes, dogs, coffee, pizza and BBQ’s. And we love people. We hate time wasters and wasting time. We listen to our gut but are driven by insight. Our clients become our friends and even come and work with us. We believe in what ifs and why nots, in bringing joy and fun. Life is too short to waste on the dull.