Senior Executive - Communications and Project Management

Publicis Middle East; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a passionate Senior Executive in Communications & Project Management to lead multi-disciplinary projects for a multinational brand. This role demands a proactive individual with a strong understanding of project management methodologies and communication principles. You will coordinate project teams, manage budgets, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality results. Join a dynamic environment where your skills will drive transformation and success for clients in a rapidly changing digital landscape. If you thrive in a collaborative setting and are solution-driven, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience in a communications agency required.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
• Strong understanding of communication principles.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate projects across various verticals ensuring deadlines are met.
• Manage stakeholders and oversee project timelines from concept to delivery.
• Evaluate project success and prepare status reports.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Principles

Problem Solving

Budget Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field

2-3 years experience in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Asana

Trello

Project Management Software

Job description

Company Description

The women and men working at Publicis are more ready to face the future than at any other creative company. Since our birth in 1926, we have always been the leaders of change.

We have always managed to anticipate the developments and inflection points of our industry - successfully investing in digital in its early stages, for example.

Transformation means keeping pace with the huge changes taking place in the economy, in technology and in society at large. In an age of convergence and empowerment, we aim to attract people can help our clients reinvent themselves and guide them through their transformation. That's the challenge: help our clients transform their business. It demands colorful personalities with an irrepressible passion for all the opportunities unleashed by digital disruption.

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

Main Tasks

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.
  
  

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience in related field (some degree of comms agency experience is necessary as the job requires a high level of understanding of communication principles and agency functions).
• 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-2709P-3069