Packaging Project Manager - London, United Kingdom - DesignStudioPeople

Description

Job Description

Our client is a successful integrated agency of about twenty people. With a beautiful studio in West London which is open every day this company has a really flexible working approach, with just one core day a week when everyone is in the studio.. The rest of the time, it's up to you where you work as long as you're comfortable. There's a lot to learn in this role, but they a strong onboarding culture and are proactive and hands-on when it comes to training.

(For this reason, you will be required to come to studio more frequently during the first few weeks in order to shadow the other project managers.) Also there will be times you need to be in so you need to factor in occasionally coming in a bit more often but generally 1 day a week is all that is required for the most part.

This is a close knit team of friendly, sociable people who enjoy regular lunchtime

and after work trips to the various local pubs. They are looking to expand the client services team, starting with a Project Manager to support the existing Project Manager and Account Director on the packaging accounts.

The packaging accounts are highly process-driven so you should find orderliness genuinely satisfying. You should have excellent Excel skills and enjoy keeping documents and spreadsheets up to date. You will receive lots of emails in this role and it's essential that you are able to keep these tidy and organised. Naturally, this is a client-facing role so you should be comfortable talking on Zoom and be able to lead project status calls with confidence. The projects can have complex sign off procedures so excellent written and verbal communication is key.

(Extra points if you like organising social outings We always need fresh thinking and an extra pair of hands.)

Most importantly, we are looking for someone cheerful and enthusiastic who will contribute to the positive, can-do atmosphere in the team.

The role will involve

• Set up projects, challenging and clarifying briefs as required.

• Estimate for the new projects using the rate card.

• Create and manage critical paths according to the client's launch schedule.

• Keep on top of the status of existing projects and lead weekly status calls with key clients, thinking

on your feet to react to challenges.

• Coordinate feedback and approval loops, queries, and questions.

• Be commercially aware and responsive to client needs.

• Establish and sustain strong relationships, both internally and with the clients.

• Be aware and proactive regarding artwork and repro processes.

• Prioritise workloads and distribute projects accurately to the internal studio team using our time

management tool, Timefox.

• Be a positive and calming influence in the team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process driven PM to develop their career in an award winning and highly successful agency. Experience with managing Packaging projects is a pre requisite. Someone who has worked on multi lingual work could be well suited as training will be given on the nuances of specific packaging projects.