Project Brand Manager - South Croydon, United Kingdom - M Aria Recruitment

M Aria Recruitment
M Aria Recruitment
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South Croydon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Project Brand Manager - South London/Hybrid

German language skills and branding experience required)

Salary:
circa £40k plus benefits

The Company


This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Project Brand Project Manager - German speaking, to join this highly successful international packaging agency based in South London.


Job Summary

Overall responsibility:


  • Responsible for the running branding projects and for maintaining longstanding client relationships as well as building and maintaining strong internal relationships across the company.
  • To own and manage branding projects from taking the initial brief from the client to obtaining approval to release the project to the client.
  • Working closely with the internal Design and Artwork teams to facilitate the production of packaging for our clients.
  • Responsible for ensuring projects are completed to the highest standard and to deadline. Managing conflicting deadlines to ensure changing priorities are recognised and planned for accordingly.
  • Communicate with clients professionally, building client relationships to inspire trust and confidence in the Company.
  • Effectively communicate client briefs to the Design and Artwork departments to ensure work is produced to client specification first time.
  • Ensure the accuracy and precision of all work by continuously checking all details against the client brief, brand guidelines and/or style guides.
  • Liaise with the Studio Manager, Design and Artwork departments, giving adequate notice for jobs to be scheduled for production.
  • Analyse, understand, question and challenge client briefings.
  • Write briefings for internal design, photoshoot and digital artwork projects.
  • Brief the design or artwork team on individual projects.
  • Effectively manage the timing and execution of the internal design and artwork process.
  • Organise photoshoots, get quotations, book photographers and home economists, organise/source product samples, write photo briefings etc.
  • Proofread your designs and artworks.
  • Ensure that your projects comply with all current client design and artwork guidelines.
  • Keep full track of all your live projects and be able to give a full account of the status of each project at any given time.
  • Manage client expectations and make sure that all deadlines are met.
  • To advise and assist other members of the Client Services department as required.
  • Responsible and accountable for complete budgets of all projects.
  • Ensure all projects are invoiced promptly and within company timelines.

Job skills and qualifications:


  • 2+ years of project/brand management experience.
  • German language skills required, and any other European language advantageous
  • FMCG packaging experience desirable
  • Experience of dealing with clients with high expectations within a pressured environment delivering to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to manage the commerciality of projects to make sure they are profitable and delivered to time scale.
  • You will be flexible and able to coordinate multiple projects in a fastpaced environment.

Attributes

  • Conscientious, reliable, good attendance and timekeeping standards
  • Excellent attention to detail and works with precision
  • Effective project manager, able to manage workload
  • Honest, trustworthy, and able to work unsupervised
  • Demonstrates initiative, is creative and contributes ideas
  • Pragmatic approach to problem solving without cutting corners
  • Friendly, approachable, respectful and a positive team player.
  • Flexible, adaptable, calm whilst working under pressure
  • Professional with excellent communication skills.
  • Proactive, takes ownership of daily tasks with a cando attitude.
  • Must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.
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