Project Manager, Junior to MW

at  McCann Worldgroup Deutschland GmbH

A BIT ABOUT YOU & YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Ability to contribute to the development and execution of creative work
• Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude and solution focused
• Well organised and efficient
• Forward thinking and practical
• An enthusiastic team player with the energy to take responsibility for the core team
• Strong Project / Program Management
• 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:

• 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 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 and stages of a project

• Assist the Lead PM on your clients with forward planning, holding regular status meetings with your account teams to keep communication open, and to update relevant workflow documentation
• To 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 Business Leadership and discipline leads to manage client scope of works, across multiple channels, managing multiple agency partners
• Assist the Lead PM on your clients to produce fee estimates together with a scope of work document, gaining the relevant approvals before starting the work and to continually track project burn rates by client, tracking project progress, flagging any concerns with the relevant team
• Track and report incremental scope opportunities
• Producing (and following) accurate timing plans, which should be agreed with all parties
• Working closely with the Project Director, Creative Services Director, ECD and Studio Mgr to define and book resource, having a viewpoint of the skill sets required for the project and what is required from the team
• Scheduling and attending all creative review meetings, facilitating attendance of key stakeholders and 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 account(s)
• Working closely will all producers to ensure they see the work prior to client presentation and have the opportunity to comment and raise any concerns
• Ensuring client expectations are set and met appropriately
• An advocate for all internal processes
• Ensuring the right people are involved at each key stages of the project
• Work with all other Project Managers within the team to ensure you are aware of all live projects going through and work with the team to plan and prioritise accordingly