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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Major Players are partnering with an esteemed creative advertising agency to recruit for a Senior Project Manager to join their established team.</span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">You will lead on projects day-to-day, ensuring delivery is on time, on budget and to the highest creative standards. Acting as a trusted partner to both clients and internal teams, you will drive workflow, manage scope and resources, and work closely with finance to ensure commercial success while proactively solving problems and managing risk.</span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Responsibilities</span></span></strong></span></span>
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<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Lead end-to-end delivery of projects from initial scoping through creative development, production and delivery. Managing the full campaign lifecycle (TV, OOH, Digital, Social, CRM).</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Run project kick-offs, creative briefings, reviews and integrated production meetings.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Build and maintain project documentation including timelines, resource plans, scopes of work and status reports.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Manage project momentum by identifying risks early and ensuring actions and decisions are clearly communicated.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Plan and manage resourcing across creative, strategy, design and production teams.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Coordinate with resource management to balance workloads and manage budgets effectively.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through tools, systems and emerging technologies.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Work with production leads to mitigate delivery issues and ensure quality control.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Manage third-party costs including estimates, purchasing and invoice approvals.\Track project profitability and use insights to refine future scopes, processes and delivery models.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Lead post-project reviews to inform continuous improvement.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Experience required:</span></span></strong></span></span>
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<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Previous experience working in a creative advertising agency on large scale, ideally global, campaigns is essential</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Proven experience managing large, integrated projects or multiple complex workstreams.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Highly organised with the ability to work independently and lead project teams.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Confident leader with the ability to motivate cross-functional teams.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Excellent scoping, budgeting and time management capability.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Strong problem-solving mindset with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Solid understanding of risk management processes and documentation.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Clear, confident verbal and written communication skills.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Passion for creativity and continuous personal development.</span></span></span></span>
<li style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Willingness to support and mentor more junior team members.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Please note, this is a pure project management role, so will not suit someone with a production or client services background, unless your main focus has been project management.</span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Start date: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">ASAP</span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Hours:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style=""> Full time</span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Salary: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">£50-55,000</span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Office location: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">West London</span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="">Office requirements:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style=""> 4 days per week in the office (with flexi-time)</span></span></span></span><br>
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