ID 4388
McCann Birmingham is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.
We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.
As a Senior Project Manager, you will work on an account for a global airline, handling multiple top-tier projects to ensure consistency and quality of delivery. You will manage the campaigns from start to finish, working closely with all disciplines and agency partners. You will be client-facing, with ownership and responsibility for timings, scope of work, staffing plans, budgets, and logistics, becoming the trusted face of delivery.
The day-to-day stuff:
* Lead forward planning, holding regular status meetings with your account teams to keep communication open and update relevant workflow documentation.
* Set up and run ignition meetings at the beginning of every project, ensuring all are clear on the agreed actions/plan discussed.
* Partner closely with Account Handling and discipline leads to manage client scope of works, across multiple channels, managing multiple agency partners.
* Produce fee estimates together with a scope of work document, gaining the relevant approvals before starting the work and continually track project burn rates by client.
* Track and report incremental scope opportunities.
* Produce and follow accurate timing plans, which should be agreed with all parties.
* Work closely with the Project Director, Creative Services Director, ECD, and Studio Manager to define and book resources.
* Schedule and attend all creative review meetings, ensuring the meetings start and finish on time with clear deliverables.
* Hold regular catch-ups with the Account Management team to monitor and control the creative and production workflow on your accounts.
* Work closely with all producers to ensure they see the work prior to client presentation and have the opportunity to comment and raise any concerns.
* Attend production meetings and, where necessary, client presentations.
* Ensure client expectations are set and met appropriately and fed through the account team structure.
* Advocate for all internal processes.
* Ensure the right people are involved at each key stage of the project.
* Work with other Project Managers within the team to ensure awareness of all live projects and plan accordingly.
People Management:
* Be the calming and motivating influence in the team.
* Use knowledge of individuals' strengths to ensure effective teamwork.
* Make sure effective agreements are reached quickly with minimal disruption to the workflow.
* Communicate project changes quickly and clearly.
* Apply strong written and verbal communication.
* Be the go-to person/lynchpin of the project.
Budget Control/Financial Management:
* Produce fee estimates together with a scope of work document, gaining the relevant approvals before starting the work.
* Ensure the creative teams know how much time they have on a project and keep communication high if the time is not enough.
* Attend weekly financial meetings with the relevant financial controller/account team to review financial status on live projects.
* Accurate estimating and management of client approvals.
* Issue purchase orders to suppliers and check against purchase invoices.
* Reconcile every project on completion.
What you need to have under your belt:
Required key skills:
* Ability to contribute to the development and execution of creative work.
* Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude and solution-focused.
* Well organized and efficient.
* Forward-thinking and practical.
* An enthusiastic team player with the energy to take responsibility for the core team.
* Strong Project/Program Management skills.
* The ability to anticipate and proactively manage projects.
* Planning and process optimization.
* Knowledge of both online and offline production.
* Ability to work with external agency partners.
* Willingness to learn and develop with the core team.
Experience and Knowledge:
* Client-facing experience in both management and delivery of a wide range of projects, across multiple channels.
* Demonstrable experience in delivering projects to quality, on time and on budget.
* Interest and appreciation of world-class creative output.
* Strong negotiation skills with the ability to control and report on costs and budgets.
* Good verbal and written communication skills, ability to influence, negotiate and solve problems at all levels.
* Demonstrate a solid track record of managing & mentoring more junior project managers within an agency environment.
* Previous experience in an agency environment.
In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people, including benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance, and much more.
If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio and the opportunity to progress your career, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.
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