Project/Production Assistant (M/F)

Oval; Paris; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Swile card for lunch

Remote available 2 days a week

Annual bonus based on profits

Job summary

Oval in Paris is seeking a Project/Production Assistant intern for six months, starting around September. You will work under the project and production management teams, contributing from concept to on-site execution and learning how we coordinate across creatives, venues, and partners.

You’ll gain hands-on experience in client liaison, reporting, tendering, and venue scouting while developing strong organizational and communication skills in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• Essentials: good knowledge of communication, marketing or business.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google tools.
• Decent level of English for conversational use.

Responsibilities

• Support the project team in day-to-day client liaison and ensure client satisfaction throughout the project.
• Coordinate creatives, production teams, planners, and partner agencies.
• Implement tools for smooth project operation: schedules, agendas, minutes.
• Monitor project progress, deadlines, and budgets; liaise with clients on operational matters.
• Draft recommendations and reports (quantitative and qualitative).
• Assist in drafting production specifications and tendering processes.
• Visit venues/sites for events and help manage deliverables and budgets.

Skills

Communication

Marketing

Business

Education

4–5 year degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google tools

Job description

Your mission

For our French agency, based in Paris, we are looking for a Project/Production Assistant (M/F) for an internship (not a work-study programme) for the next six months, ideally starting in September, to join our dedicated, demanding and supportive team and get involved in our exciting projects.

Supported by the project and production management team, you will have the opportunity to work on all our projects, from conception through to on-the-ground implementation.

Project management

• Support the project team in day-to-day client liaison: understand their needs, communicate these internally and help ensure their satisfaction throughout the project
• Coordinate the various people involved in projects: creatives, production, strategic planners, partner agencies, etc.
• Implementing the tools necessary for the smooth running of projects: schedules, agendas, minutes, etc.
• Monitoring the progress of projects and ensuring deadlines and budgets are met
• Liaising with clients on operational matters
• Helping to draft recommendations
• Helping to draft reports (quantitative and qualitative)

Production

• Drafting specifications, sourcing suppliers and participating in tendering processes
• Sourcing and visiting suitable venues/sites for events
• Ensuring deadlines are met, deliverables are of high quality and budgets are monitored
• Preparing the necessary documents

Your profile

Essential skills: Good knowledge of communication, marketing or business; proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google tools; and a decent level of English (able to hold a conversation with ease). Desired skills: Currently studying at university, ideally with a four- or five-year degree, and with some initial experience in an agency or on event projects. Personal qualities: Independent, organised and a good listener, you are also resourceful and enjoy working in a team. Your interpersonal skills would also be a real asset in contributing effectively to project management. Whether you have gained your knowledge through your academic background, professional experience, volunteering, community work or simply through your personal experiences, all backgrounds are welcome. If you recognise yourself in all or some of these qualities, we look forward to meeting you!

Why OVAL?

• Exchange program to spend a few days in one of our European offices;
• Health insurance offering high levels of reimbursement
• An annual bonus based on profits made by the group and/or our French branch;
• A Swile card for lunch
• Sustainable mobility package for the use of shared mobility services or for the use of a bicycle
• Discounts on culture, sports, travel, leisure and shopping
• Remote available 2 days a week
• Committed and caring team

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Interview with a production lead and a project lead. Following the interview, you will receive feedback and a prompt response. We are also attentive to specific needs (accessibility, adjustments, etc.) to ensure a fair and supportive recruitment experience for everyone.