Digital Project Manager

Vanilla Recruitment; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Onsite parking

Salary sacrifice benefits

Job summary

Vanilla Recruitment is seeking a Digital Project Manager for a leading multichannel marketing services business in the UK. The role coordinates creative digital projects from initial brief through to completion, keeping stakeholders informed and ensuring on-time delivery within budget and aligned with the brief.

The position involves creating and maintaining project plans, timelines, and documentation, coordinating resources and approvals, and reporting progress with clients and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Previous project management or coordination experience, ideally in digital/agency delivery.
• Strong organisational skills with multitasking across timelines, budgets and priorities.
• Ability to manage digital project requirements across campaigns, websites, CRM, email and social assets.

Responsibilities

• Manage digital projects from brief to final delivery, coordinating account, creative, development, production and digital teams.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, trackers, actions and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate resources, estimates, billing requirements and purchase order requests using internal systems.
• Run or support project meetings, including agendas, notes and follow-ups.
• Monitor risks, scope changes, budgets and delivery pressures with clear ownership.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and internal stakeholders and support strategy.
• Support progress reporting and look for improvements to digital processes and tools.

Skills

PM experience

Digital/agency delivery

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Risk management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Excel

Power BI

Workfront

Screendragon

Asana

Microsoft Planner

Job description

We’re delighted to be recruiting a Digital Project Manager on behalf of a leading multichannel marketing services business. This varied vacancy will suit an organised, proactive and digitally minded project professional who can coordinate creative digital projects from initial brief through to completion, keeping stakeholders informed and delivering on time, within budget and aligned with the brief.

• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5.30pm
• Benefits: 25 days’ holiday, onsite parking, salary sacrifice benefits

Duties and responsibilities

• Manage digital projects from initial brief to final delivery, coordinating account, creative, development, production and digital teams.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, trackers, actions and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate resources, estimates, billing requirements and purchase order requests using relevant internal systems.
• Run or support project meetings, including preparing agendas, recording notes and following up agreed actions.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, scope changes, budgets and delivery pressures, ensuring clear ownership and next steps.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and internal stakeholders, supporting account directors with client objectives, strategy and project priorities.
• Support progress reporting, identify opportunities within existing briefs and contribute to continuous improvement across digital processes, tools and documentation.

Required skills and experience

• Previous project management or project coordination experience, ideally involving digital, creative or agency-based delivery.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines, budgets, actions, resources and priorities.
• An understanding of digital project requirements across areas such as campaigns, websites, platforms, CRM, email, digital signage, paid media and social assets.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to act as a central point of contact for clients and cross-functional teams.
• Experience of identifying and managing project risks, dependencies, scope changes and delivery pressures.
• Confidence using workflow, reporting and collaboration platforms; experience with tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI, Workfront, Screendragon, Asana or Microsoft Planner would be beneficial.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to improving digital ways of working.