Manager - Communication Consultancy

Publicis Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Middle East is seeking a passionate Senior Executive, Communications & Project Management to support the account management team. You will help coordinate multi-discipline campaigns across creative, strategy, production, content, and media, ensuring deadlines and quality throughout.

You will lead planning, resourcing, status reporting, and deliverables, establishing effective project plans and processes, and proactively addressing risks to ensure on-time delivery for multinational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field.
• 1-2 years' experience with project management theory and best practices.
• Experience in related field (Finance or Government/semi Government).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Evidence of being solution-driven and innovative with how they drive performance and delivery.
• Maintaining a positive attitude even when under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project teams of various sizes.
• Apply formal project management methodologies.
• Manage budgets and approvals.
• Develop and implement project policies and procedures.
• Submit deliverables and status reports.
• Plan campaigns and schedule resources.
• Ensure timely execution across teams.
• Identify risks and propose solutions.

Skills

Project management

Team coordination

PM methodologies

PM tools

Budget management

Policies & procedures

Budgeting & reporting

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description:

Company Description

Communication Agency specialized in Advertising, Creative Services, Audiovisual Production, Digital & Social Media, Activation, Strategic Planning, and Media Services. Part of Publicis Worldwide network. Present in the Middle East since 1973.

Overview

We're looking for a passionate, curious and organized Senior Executive to be part of our team, delivering a multi-discipline communications scope for a multi-national brand. As a Senior Executive, Communications & Project Management, you will support the account management team in co-ordinating projects across a range of verticals - creative, strategy, production, content, and media. The core responsibilities will be to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track, in addition to playing the lead role in planning campaigns, resourcing, monitoring and quality control from start to finish. This role will also be tasked with submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project plans, ensuring their effective execution throughout.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product

• Proven experience in project management.
• Ability to co-ordinate project teams of various sizes.
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
• Experience with project management tools such as Project, Asana, Trello - Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Budget management experience.
• Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.
• Ability to oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.
• Ability to proactively problem-solve, and identify new opportunities for the agency.

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

• Working with the creative services manager and aligning on project timelines.
• Managing stakeholders on clients projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts to final delivery.
• Forward planning, identifying potential risks and proposing solutions.
• Troubleshooting unforeseen issues as they arise, escalating as required.
• Establishing effective project communication plans CPSes and ensuring their execution on time.
• Following the project progress and bypassing problems.
• Evaluating a post-project and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements by preparing status reports.
• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards.
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget. - Enforcing deadlines and maintains eOciency across teams.
• Scheduling project-related meetings
• Allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members.
• Encouraging communication among team members.

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

• Effective communication skills, able to connect with people at all levels.
• Strong leadership skills: able to motivate the team and drive maximum performance.
• Good decision-maker.
• Technical expertise: Since project management software and other related programs are essential in accomplishing the project goals.
• Inspires a shared vision: A visionary person can lead people to the right direction as well as easily adapt to the changes that come along the way. They are good at empowering people to share responsibility for delivering on this vision.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Self-motivated and innovative.
• Time management skills.

Qualifications

• Maintaining a positive attitude even when under pressure: Above all, attitude before aptitude.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing or other related field.
• Experience in related field (Finance or Government/semi Government).
• 1-2 years' experience with project management theory and best practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Evidence of being solution-driven and innovative with how they drive performance and delivery.

Additional Information

R-3804 P-4322

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