BBDO is the world’s most awarded advertising agency. Today BBDO is 15,000 employees in 289 offices across 81 countries, all focused on:
The Work. The Work. The Work.
Simply put, our goal is to create and deliver the most compelling content for our clients. Consequently, we seek those who love ideas, get excited by creativity and rise to the challenge of making “The Work” happen.
Project Management:
Responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering projects on time and on brief. The Project Manager may be responsible for managing several concurrent high visibility projects at a time in an agile, fast-paced environment across multiple disciplines – typically partnering with Creative, Planning, Account Management, and Production.
ROLE OVERVIEW:
- At an overall client/business level, managing projects consisting of multiple interdisciplinary teams and/or requiring integration with other parties outside the scope of those teams
- At a team level, playing a consultative role to place the appropriate people and process – advising and implementing as needed, to optimize the efficiency of the project team
- Using good judgment and skill to develop an approach in each situation that is suitable for planning and managing the effort to achieve the project goals within designated project constraints
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Project Planning and Management – Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects
- Team Management – Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members
- Multidisciplinary Support – Support the discipline leads on each project in managing expectations for project deliverables, managing communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project oversight
- Process Management and Improvement – Manage and reinforce a well-defined, agile project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to ensure best practices.
- Team building – promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team.
- Client Communications – support team with direct-to-Client communications where appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Solid understanding of product development life cycles
- An understanding of project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit differing needs of projects.
- Experience overseeing multi-function project teams
- 4-5 years experience, advertising agency experience preferred
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Strong interpersonal skills including coaching, collaborating, and team building
- Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
- Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of trust and confidence with teams across department and function
- Proven ability to lead projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
- Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with stakeholders at all levels including the executive level
- Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view
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