Creative Project Manager jobs in United Arab Emirates

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world's first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in‑house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As part of The Brandtech Group, we’re at the forefront of leveraging cutting‑edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision‑making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Account Manager/Project Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This client has an unmatched history and tradition of creating iconic products, consumer connections and experiences, and has been defining sport culture since the beginning. And they’re not done. We are working with them to build a dedicated global centralised adaptation team, which will deliver all their global localised remastering and adaptation needs.

The team will support clients’ global markets from our centralised offices as well as being onsite/near‑site with the clients in these markets. The support will span from eCom, social, print and their retail content needs. This team will serve as the client’s bespoke global adaptation agency, working at the heart of their business.

• Working with globally supplied creative, delivering end to end management of large brand campaigns. Channels: Retail and in‑store advertising, Digital, Social, OOH, DOOH, Ecom, Paid Media
• End to end management of all asset creation across; Retail and in‑store advertising, Digital, Social, OOH, DOOH and Press
• Working with offsite/international hubs to deliver work
• Delivering project ownership, with support from the Account Team, including:

1. Interrogating and adapting client briefs so they’re Production and Studio friendly
2. Working with client to forecast and plan workloads
3. Planning and booking the required studio resource with the Resource Manager
4. Briefing work to the creative team to execute
5. QC of all assets before sharing with clients
6. Managing review and amends with clients
7. Developing and managing project timelines
8. Estimating how long a job will take
9. Communicating project milestones to all relevant team members
10. Final delivery of assets to client and media partners
11. Work collaboratively within the team to deliver high quality work
12. Daily and weekly status reports delivered both internally and externally with client
13. Work collaboratively, motivate and encourage the closest and wider teams ensuring all team members remain focused on delivering the best work possible and feel supported in doing so

• Be pro‑active and therefore anticipate and rectify issues at the project outset before they become a problem. Identify, manage and mitigate against project risks at all times
• Plan and schedule projects efficiently, therefore ensuring the optimum use of company resources
• Communicate project status both internally and externally according to agreed account process
• Oversee the creative output; acting as guardian to ensure quality is kept high across all projects
• Strive to follow and implement the best practice production process within OLIVER and with clients
• A strong passion for sport and particularly for sportswear brand.
• Ideally a strong background in advertising campaign production.

• 2-4 years experience working in an agency / high volume production environment
• Experience working in an advertising agency; sports and lifestyle category is a plus
• Experience delivering creative or creative production for retail and paid media campaigns
• Cross channel experience; Retail and in‑store advertising, Digital, Social, OOH, DOOH, Ecom, Paid Media
• Experience with multiple projects across multiple languages at once
• A solid understanding of channel best practices
• A mindset that thrives in a fast‑paced environment, with high volumes of activity
• Be a solution focused team member, with confident communication skills both internally and externally with client
• Strong project management skills and highly detail‑oriented and organised
• Ability to quickly immerse in brands, problem‑solve and be fully into role within 90 days
• Smooth team operations with flawless execution of projects on time and with excellence
• Confident in contributing to daily and project stand‑ups
• A basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and After Effects and what they’re used for
• Good understanding of how long things take and ability to estimate time required for creatives
• Experience in managing external stakeholder relationships such as media, wholesale or eCom partners
• Comfortable with working with remote clients and functional team in different time zones and cultures
• Experience managing projects from briefing to delivery

Req ID: 16460

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