Who is Weber Shandwick?

We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team builds brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses e.g. HSBC, Ikea, Unilever and eBay to name a few. 

We earn affection, attention, affinity, and purchase by delivering value to people around the works, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle, and energy. We are known for: 

• Develop data driven insights and strategies to drive measurable impact
• Creating impactful creative campaigns that tap into culture
• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned

The Role

As a Project Manager of our Creative Practice you will be responsible for coordinating the right people and processes to ensure that creative briefs are delivered to a consistently excellent standard.

You will serve as the primary contact for internal team members, across varying practices. establishing the right project approaches, communication methods in order to enable flawless project execution. One of the most important aspects of being a Project Manager is the ability to be the conductor of the project, and be a proactive, solution-oriented, and a strategic motivator.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

As a Project Manager, you will be passionate and knowledgeable about everything operational, with strong experience and knowledge around delivering commercial, consumer projects.

Responsibilities

• Be the guardian of Creative Development Processes and work closely with the EVP of Creative Ops to ensure processes are being adhered to.
• Be in charge of running a diverse range of creative projects of all sizes across a range of industries (B2B, Consumer, Corporate and Health)
• Create cost estimates, project timelines and any other project administration independently and contribute to official SOW’s where necessary
• Work closely with design and production to book in creative requests
• Implement project processes appropriate for the project requirements
• Define team roles and responsibilities
• Ensure resources are allocated properly to deliver on time and on budget
• Regularly track scope, budget and timeline
• Prepare and present regular status updates of all projects for review
• Act as the primary contact for internal team members and outside vendors (as required)
• Work seamlessly with the EVP Of Creative Ops, Resource Management and production to coordinate team output

Skills

Personal

• A proactive and clear communicator
• Have excellent organisation and time management skills
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary number of teams
• Show a clear ability to work autonomously, with solid decision-making skills
• Remain organized, calm and in control under pressure
• Excellent understanding of the creative and production process, including strategy, creative development and production
• Able to motivate internal and external teams, balancing the needs of creative staff against project requirements
• Be a strong hands-on individual that can organise and operate multi-faceted projects
• Be comfortable in ensuring the right processes are followed and when to bend
• Strike the balance between creative and practical thinking
• You are a creator - who understands the work that goes into making creative solutions for business problems. You know how to make things happen

Management / leadership

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with internal team members across multiple levels, building trust in your abilities to get the job done effectively
• Be able to navigate complexities of team members: knowing when to be strict and when to be flexible
• Exhibit strong conflict resolution skills moderating difficult discussions and resolving situations in a manner favourable to both client and internal teams
• Be a proactive, solution-oriented and strategic problem solver.

Project management

• Have a good understanding of project management methodology, technology tools and administration
• Ability to adapt project plans to accommodate unforeseen situations
• Be the arbiter of process: defines roles and responsibilities clearly, leveraging experience to ensure work meets the client, customer and brand requirements and provides input to the internal team as needed
• Deploy effective resource management in collaboration with capability leads, resource managers and agency finance (business manager)

Qualification and experience

• Experience managing complex and high-profile branding and creative projects
• Demonstrable experience within a design agency environment
• Experience managing large project budgets
• Experience with project management tools and software
• Advanced Microsoft Office suite
• Knowledge of Abobe Creative Cloud

Core Benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Personal pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits:

• Buy or sell holiday
• Additional life assurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Travel insurance
• Health screening
• Gym discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health cash plan

Soft Benefits:

• Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
• 4pm Friday finish
• Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6 month + contract to support home working setup
• 25 days’ annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off work and festive period off
• Flexible public holidays (from 2023)
• Sweets and snacks in the office
• Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
• Headspace membership
• Annual eyecare voucher
• Season ticket loan
• Referral bonus scheme
• Long service bonus
• Enhanced family leave
• Inclusive and invisible health policies

We  appreciate the time take to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.

At IPG we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.