Project Manager
The Role
The position lies within the Studio team of Fundamental Media, this is our design and production department providing a wide range of creative solutions. The Creative Producer will coordinate and support the creative production of assets for our Asset Management and Business Education clients.
Working closely with our in-house design team and in partnership with internal teams and clients, the Creative Producer will incorporate communication and soft management skills with the ability to plan, coordinate, and execute the successful delivery of creative projects from start through to completion. The creative producer thrives on being involved at all levels of the project and aims at delivering them within the allocated budget and timeframe to meet customer expectations. Someone who is here to motivate and support all team members. We’re looking for an energetic problem solver, adaptive, organised and methodical with a genuine interest in the creative industry, and in coordinating and delivering a variety and scale of projects across a range of mediums. Someone who has an eye for detail and is eager to learn and gain more experience.
In mastering the process, you will support the designers and will be their go to for help to get them where they need to be for each review and milestone. You will be guiding the process, helping internal teams and clients to stay on track. You will remain calm and focused when things change with the ability to pivot the process when required. You will be solutions focused and will be ready to explore all the options, you know there is never just one way to do something and that there is always more to learn.
In this role you will not be dedicated to a single account but will work across our portfolio of clients. You will run some projects independently and some working with the Project manager. In this role we are looking for a producer with 1+ years’ experience who is competent at running creative development and has some experience delivering campaigns for digital display. You will ensure your projects have the correct creative and design resources and will own the timeline ensuring all meetings are scheduled with the correct internal stakeholders. You will be in constant conversations with your team to ensure everyone is clear and aligned. You may at times be client facing and will be confident talking clients through your timelines. You will be sensitive and understanding of client requirements and requests.
About Us
Fundamental Media are passionate front runners of media planning & buying and technology who live and breathe advertising. Established in 2003 in London, we have grown to over 100 people whilst retaining the important ethos that our staff are part of our family. Our vision was to become a leading specialist and we have achieved this through a combination of contemporary and innovative technologies. This includes our in-house proprietary performance marketing technologies and reporting platforms, in-house programmatic solutions, research team and most importantly our people, each with expert sector knowledge.
We have a global footprint with offices in Boston, London, Hong Kong and Sydney. We manage media planning and buying for our clients from Asset management to educational providers.
Your day to day:
- Work closely with the Creative Director and Project Manager to ensure deliverables across active projects stay on track.
- Clear understanding of deadlines within your allocated projects and become the go to person for the internal teams when needing to know exactly what is delivering when.
- Management of projects board (Monday.com), creative folders, documentation, ensuring it’s up to date, organized and easy to access.
- Financial tracking to ensure projects stay on budget.
- Continually monitor and report on project status to ensure the project strategy and goals are met
- Taking detailed meeting notes and translating them into actions and next steps for the internal teams and client where relevant.
- Preparing for daily team meetings to ensure the designers team is up to date on current tasks, deadlines and client feedback.
- Be proactive, anticipate and rectify issues before they become a problem. Identify, manage and mitigate against project risks
- Overseeing the output of the team; acting as the final checkpoint to ensure quality is kept high across all projects
Essential Skills, Experience & Personal Attributes:
- Highly organised and detail oriented, capable of managing small to large scale production timelines and budgets.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple projects, contending priorities
- Communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to multitask and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfortable working in a team environment as well as individually, internally and with external stakeholders.
- Excellent documentation capability and office software skills like Excel, Outlook and Word. Knowledge with HTML, Google Studio and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
- Remaining positive, having a sense of humour and a can-do attitude no matter what the challenge ahead is.
- Ability to create project timelines, and project schedules to identify key project delivery dates and creative team deliverables.
- Has the ability to flex the process to fit the project needs
- Has a real interest in great work both in advertising and other creative outlets.
- A born collaborator
- Is confident in their approach and can voice their opinion in a clear and productive way
- Great work ethic and team player
- Experience as a Project Coordinator in a similar role in an integrated creative agency environment is preferable.
What we offer
- Positive, friendly and loyal colleagues
- A very competitive salary and bonus structure
- Flexible working
- Excellent benefits including pension contribution, private healthcare, life cover, cycle scheme, season ticket loans, 25 days’ annual leave, 2 days paid leave for charity work, study loans and free snacks in the office
- The opportunity to fast-track your career. We believe in recognition, reward and progression – partnered with the appropriate training and support
- International exposure and intra-company transfer opportunities
- 100% Club, an annual peer nominated award (past trips have included Dubai, skiing in France, diving in the Red Sea and a trip to Italy)
- A dynamic place to work in a contemporary, team focussed and forward-thinking company. We are a friendly but driven team – ‘Work hard, have fun, make money’!
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only. Strictly no agencies.
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