We are looking for a London based Project Director who can bring experience and qualities to enhance our already talented team working efficiently across multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Work closely with the Head of Live and Client Services Director to understand the vision and direction of the business and support through client relationship and delivery goals

• Attend business strategy meetings

• Support recruitment for new roles across the business

• Input into wider business goals and planning including marketing, training, social presence, insights and research

Project Management  

• Project management – faultless project management of large-scale projects to include budget creation, critical paths, status documents, production schedules

• Documentation – creation of detailed and methodical budgets, project plans, team plans, schedules without assistance including being able to suggest new documents and streamlined ways of working for clients and team members

• Management – impeccable management of multiple projects within one timeframe including flawlessly managing your own whilst advising on more junior members of staff’s projects and project documentation

• Creative – confidently able to own and collaborate on pitch documents including facilitating research, strategy write ups, team plans, contingency procedures, ways of working and considerations

• Presentations – confident in leading on creative pitching and confident in leading client and team meetings with clear agendas and action points

• Communication – able to communicate effectively across the board from the team to suppliers and clients to senior management

• Relationships – able to cultivate positive relationships across the team, suppliers and clients to ensure productive ways of working and positive working environments

• Pro-active – able to come armed with solutions and suggestions and lead the way when it comes to pro-actively solving problems, outlining tasks and delegating

• Accountability – able to navigate difficult conversations with ease and strategically brainstorm solutions

Financial Acumen and Account Management

• Full visibility over the team’s annual calendar of works and resource for full scope with ability to forecast and plan ahead

• Effectively communicate relevant account information to superiors

• Being the main point of contact for all account briefings attending F2F briefings and delegating where appropriate

• Oversees team’s financial accountability including project estimating’s, budgets, reconciles and invoicing

• Owner of pipeline forecast and broad financial picture for relevant accounts

• Manage and maintain accounts for pillar clients, with a strategic approach to client retention

• Has awareness of longer-term account requirements and proactively initiates projects and account opportunities.

• Inputs into new business plans for accounts and account development alongside MD

• Proactively manages GP across all projects ensuring reports are up to date and targets are being met

Team Development & Communication

• Passion and talent for leading and mentoring a team including Senior Project Manager, Project Managers, Junior PMs and Project Coordinators. Including individual career development for line reports

• Coordinate internal training and learning presentations

• Proactive support on team recruitment alongside Global Project & Production Director

• Ensure internal processes reflect agency culture and values and are appropriately executed by all project managers

• Support Head of Live on team growth development and success planning

Key Skills

• Demonstrates excellent communication skills when liaising with clients, suppliers and internally; has the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in person, over the phone and via email, demonstrating diplomacy and good negotiation skills

• Experience in line managing and mentoring a team

• Passionate, self-motivated with the ability to show initiative, willing to immerse themselves in the brands they work with

• Energetic, self-motivated, consistently proactive and showing initiative; able to manage their own time well

• Mac literate in G suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

• A consistently calm and patient approach, able to remain organised and positive when dealing with multiple requests

• Exceptionally organized and able to manage multiple work streams simultaneously