Sr. Creative Project Manager - England, United Kingdom - Aquent Studios

Description

Job Description:

Aquent Studios has an exciting new opportunity for a Creative Project Manager to manage the creative projects & workflow for the Global Communications Team of a key oil and gas client The ideal candidate will have experience driving operational excellence in a dynamic in-house or external agency environment. Will be responsible for partnering with client stakeholders, Aquent Studios engagement managers, creative directors and creative team to prioritize and deliver high-quality print, digital, and interactive creative campaigns and products.

Responsibilities:

• Be able to identify project requirements, constraints and deadlines to develop statements of work, project schedules, and estimates. Obtain client approval on statements of work, schedules and estimates.
• Develop project plans for multiple deliverables including graphic design, multimedia, web, photo, video, exhibits, writing and editing.
• Track project schedules, estimates to actual costs, documenting and communicating change requests to project scope, budget and schedule.
• Close out completed projects, and archive deliverables.
• Generate project status reports to deliver to team and client.
• Coordinate final production and vendor support as needed.
• Identify areas of improvement and creatively solve complex problems.
• Serve as the team point of contact for questions regarding project process, estimates statement of work and deadlines.
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with peers, leadership, business partners and external partners.
• Serve as a Brand ambassador to ensure compliance with corporate brand standards and messaging
• Provide stellar customer experience with creative team and clients

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and/ or typically 5-7 or more years' related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to edit design documents highly desired
• Strategic thinker that is also able to be a tactical master when it comes to execution.
• Extremely organized, methodical and detail-oriented.
• Adept at building / maintaining strong client relationships by being an excellent communicator of concise, accurate deadline-driven information to keep team and clients on track.
• Patient and capable of working in high pressure, fast past environments.
• Able to adapt to evolving internal and external processes.

Additional Skills Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with print and digital publishing through Adobe Creative Cloud
• Able to make simple edits to documents
• Familiarity with social media platforms and publishing standards
• Some experience with photography or video production
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Windows, Excel, and PowerPoint