Project Manager

at  McCann

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.
And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.
We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.

REQUIRED KEY SKILLS:

• 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
• Strong financial control

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 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
• Demonstrate a solid track record of managing & mentoring more junior project managers within an agency environmentPrevious experience in an agency environment

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for a selection of the agencies accounts, of various sizes, handling multiple projects to ensure consistency and quality of delivery. Managing the campaigns from the start to finish, you will umbrella the whole project 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. You will refine process, become the backbone of every project and be the client operations expert on every account.