Junior Project Manager

McCann Manchester Limited; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative agency that values creativity and collaboration. As a Junior Project Manager, you will play a vital role in managing integrated projects for global brands, ensuring that every detail is executed to perfection. With a focus on building strong relationships across teams, you'll thrive in a fast-paced environment where challenges are embraced. This opportunity offers not just a competitive salary but also a culture of learning and development, ensuring you grow alongside industry leaders. If you're ready to make an impact and take your career to the next level, this is the place for you.

Benefits

28 days holiday

Enhanced pension contributions

Life assurance

Training and development programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in managing integrated campaigns across multiple channels.
• Ability to collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support project planning and hold regular status meetings.
• Manage project timelines and ensure effective communication.
• Monitor internal and external costs for assigned projects.

Skills

Project Management

Collaboration

Budget Management

Attention to Detail

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

ID 5144

Job Description

McCann Birmingham is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So, creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.

We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide, and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.

We are looking for an experienced Junior Project Manager to help manage a variety of integrated projects for one of our global brands. You’ll be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to getting the job done, across on and offline channels, from initial concept to execution. You’re great at managing multiple projects under pressure and ensuring everything is running smoothly.

What You'll Do:

You’ll develop good relationships with the Creative/Design departments, Artworking Studio and Account Management, be client facing, campaign aware, and embrace collaboration with multiple partners and stakeholders both internally and externally. Challenges and unknowns should be welcomed and relished.

• Experience working with a project management team supporting the scoping and planning of integrated campaigns across multiple channels
• Experience collaborating with internal stakeholders including creative, design, traffic, account handling and other departments
• Experience estimating projects and management of client approvals
• Experience working across large budgets

McCann Birmingham is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So, creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.

We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide, and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.

We are looking for an experienced Junior Project Manager to help manage a variety of integrated projects for one of our global brands. You’ll be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to getting the job done, across on and offline channels, from initial concept to execution. You’re great at managing multiple projects under pressure and ensuring everything is running smoothly.

What You'll Do:

You’ll develop good relationships with the Creative/Design departments, Artworking Studio and Account Management, be client facing, campaign aware, and embrace collaboration with multiple partners and stakeholders both internally and externally. Challenges and unknowns should be welcomed and relished.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience working with a project management team supporting the scoping and planning of integrated campaigns across multiple channels
• Experience collaborating with internal stakeholders including creative, design, traffic, account handling and other departments
• Experience estimating projects and management of client approvals
• Experience working across large budgets

The Day to Day:

Support the project team to plan projects, holding regular status meetings with the account teams to keep communication open
• Produce (and follow) accurate timing plans
• Contribute to check-ins with the Account Management team to monitor and control the creative and production workflow on your account
• Work with all other Project Managers within the team to ensure you are aware of all live projects going through and work with the team to plan and prioritise
• Accurate estimating and management of client approvals
• Attend weekly financial meetings with the relevant financial controller/account team to review financial status on live projects
• The go-to person/lynch pin of the project

What we want to see:

• Have experience of assisting Project Managers to run a variety of projects across multiple channels
• Have great attention to detail applied throughout the production process
• Developing project timing plans
• Experience of successfully managing and balancing the requirements of multiple stakeholders
• Assess project risk on an ongoing basis, escalating issues as needed
• Drive projects to completion by keeping the team both on track and highly motivated
• Project quality assurance – test and review of output, checking outputted deliverables against scope
• Ability to anticipate and proactively manage projects
• Fulfill all allotted tasks quickly, efficiently and to the highest possible standards
• Listen carefully to client and creative requests and report them accurately
• Proofread meticulously before presenting creative proposals internally or externally
• Monitor all internal and external costs for assigned projects

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team, and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.

Our commitment to equal opportunities

For us, diversity is a business imperative – one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.

As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it’s vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.

Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.

McCann is a disability confident committed employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for this role, so please do let us know when you apply, via your cover letter, if you are eligible, along with any adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to enable you to perform at your best.

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McCann helps brands build the most meaningful brand platforms that drive exponential growth and leave a lasting impact on culture. Founded 100+ years ago with their own platform, “Truth Well Told”, McCann is the world’s leading advertising agency network, creating some of the most creatively and commercially impactful advertising globally. McCann is the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup marketing services company, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).