project manager     

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

The Project Manager (Content) will always have the questions below in the forefront of their minds when making decisions:

• What and how much are we delivering for this project?
• Are projects following process and is the business making informed decisions about them based on transparent and clear data?
• Will we deliver on time and to budget with the booked resource?
• What is the impact to deviations from an agreed SoW deliver additional items for launch?

Experience Required

The role takes ownership of the resource required to deliver and ensures that it enables delivery of projects within their category. Working closely with the creative teams and the Producers across our global creative channel teams (Imagery, film, advertisement, etc), the Project Manager (Content) is critical in ensuring that we deliver on time, to cost and to an agreed SoW. Project Managers are responsible for ensuring our campaigns are delivered through the channel teams through the correct process based upon the strategic and time and cost targets agreed by the Commercial Manager and Producer

1. Lead the conversation with brief owners and develop a clear SoW during the briefing phase and ensure delivery during the deliver phase.
a. Must have significant hands-on experience (ideally 3 - 5 years) of producing high production value content especially films with marketing communications objectives.
b. Well-drilled in end-to-end content delivery, including: shaking down briefs, scoping, creative development, production, post-production (editing, visual effects, sound design) and delivery of projects on time and on budget.
c. An open-minded approach to different production models and ability to innovate.
d. Experience of crewing-up productions, pulling in the right expertise according to the task at hand
e. Have a sound knowledge of the brand channels in which content will live (social, retail, broadcast, PR) to be able to advise and direct on strategy and to ensure they receive tailored and impactful content.
2. Deliver content projects that are suitably planned, governed, resourced and managed.
a. Agree detailed briefs and specifications for new content projects - interrogating brief owners and ensure requirements are justifiable, achievable and meet the overall business objectives.
b. Lead the conversation with brief owners and develop a clear SoW during the briefing phase and ensure delivery during the deliver phase.
c. Able to scope large pieces of work, leading the process of breaking down amorphous problems into deliverable solutions.
d. Confidence in managing production budgets up to £250k and able to build detailed cost estimates and timing plans
e. Able to identify, mitigate and manage project risks.

3. Support the Producer in supplier management
a. Support the Producer in management of the briefing processes with our suppliers.
b. Responsible for feeding projects into the SoW and maintaining accuracy o