Creative Project Manager — Hybrid Role with Growth

Knowlton; Newsham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hour work week

Flexi Friday (14:30 finish)

Private healthcare

Monthly team experiences

Hybrid working

Job summary

Knowlton Marketing Agency is seeking a Project Manager to bring structure and accountability to project delivery across marketing and production. You will build timelines, manage budgets and coordinate workloads, ensuring on-time delivery within scope for diverse clients across the UK and beyond.

This brand-new role requires 2+ years in project management, strong organisational skills and the ability to balance creative collaboration with disciplined process.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in project management, ideally within a marketing, creative, production, digital or agency environment
• Proven track record of managing projects from brief through to completion
• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams across different clients or stakeholders
• Strong understanding of project management principles: timelines, budgets, resource, dependencies, risks and scope
• Experience using project management tools and a willingness to learn/improve systems
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
• Confident communication with both creative and commercial stakeholders
• Proactive, solutions-focused approach to managing problems, delays and priorities
• Experience with budgets and understanding commercial impact of decisions
• Ability to bring structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
• Agency or marketing experience is desirable but open to related environments

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day management and delivery of projects across marketing and production
• Build and maintain clear project plans, timelines, milestones and deliverables
• Keep projects moving and ensure work is delivered on time and to the agreed scope
• Track project budgets, costs and resources to ensure profitability
• Collaborate across Knowlton to coordinate workloads and dependencies
• Clarify responsibilities, due dates and next steps for all team members
• Identify risks, delays and blockers early and work with the team to resolve them
• Keep project documentation, systems and processes up to date and in use
• Coordinate internal meetings, project kick-offs, check-ins and milestones
• Manage changes to scope, timelines or budgets and notify the right people
• Provide clear project updates to internal stakeholders and clients where appropriate
• Help improve agency project management processes as the function grows
• Juggle multiple projects and clients from short campaigns to longer programmes

Job description

Knowlton Marketing Agency is seeking a Project Manager to bring structure and accountability to project delivery across marketing and production. You will build timelines, manage budgets and coordinate workloads, ensuring on-time delivery within scope for diverse clients across the UK and beyond.

This brand-new role requires 2+ years in project management, strong organisational skills and the ability to balance creative collaboration with disciplined process.