Project Manager

• Develop project timelines and track milestones.
• Manage communications between creative, production, and client teams.
• Identify and mitigate project risks.
• Lead meetings and status updates.
• Foster collaboration across markets.

Initiate & plan the project: 

• Serve as the point of contact to receive new briefs and manage the process of transforming unclear briefs into well prepared briefs where applicable   
• Manage the scoping, costing and planning of projects across different briefs 
• Work to the OLIVER+ Project Management Way of Working while executing projects 
• Identify stakeholders and create a communication plan to ensure each of them has access to the right level of information
• Set deadlines with partners and challenge unrealistic timelines to ensure workload is managed based on creative processes
• Create project plan and identify key milestones for each of the projects you are assigned
• Work closely with the Delivery Lead and Resource/Studio Manager to staff the project correctly based on the required deliverables and deadlines
• Identify risks and possible issues and create risk registers
• Work closely with the creative team to define a cost, scope and time plan for the projects
• Prepare and run effective and structured client and team kick-off meetings
• Create and manage the delivery of project documentation

Manage project execution, monitoring and control: 

• Coordinate development and delivery among various project participants and stakeholders 
• Prioritize and manage workload of the project team
• Partner liaison when required, presenting project scopes, cost estimates and timing plans
• Build partner relationship and ensure their needs and requirements are addressed, while following the OLIVER+ ways of working
• Monitor the progress of the project delivery within scope and budget with the planned resources 
• Prepare status reports for the stakeholders and actively manage the control of project progress using weekly action points 
• Follow the project management change control process for any changes needed in the scope, budget, timelines or resource requirement 
• Create and keep up to date all related project documentation and ensure compliance in the project management system 
• Proactively problem-solve, mitigate risks and plan for future issues 
• Be accountable for the financial profitability of the project and actively manage cost overburn and time logged daily 
• Ensure final deliverables are quality driven and comply to the design and production requirements and expectations 
• Monitor utilization and output of team

• 3+ years experience of strong project management skills and proven track record of successfully managed projects from start to end 
• Excellent written and verbal English.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Skilled with PM tools.
• Print and Digital campaigns experience
• Software competency – Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Zoom, Teams and OMG (Oliver Marketing Gateway internal approval system - training will be provided).
• Willingness to accept feedback and iterate over processes in a highly-collaborative, low-ego team environment. 
• Process driven and continuous improvement mindset. 
• Curiosity, creativity, and ambition. 
• Attention to detail. 
• The ability to take a project from brief to completion, good communication, organizational, and time management skills are essential. 

Req ID: 14006

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