Project Manager

Prospex Recruitment; Witham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospex Recruitment is recruiting a Packaging Artwork Project Manager to support a high-volume code of packaging artwork changes. The role focuses on organisation, communication, and project management rather than artwork creation, coordinating with clients and internal teams to ensure timely delivery.

Candidates should have packaging artwork experience, packaging agency background, and strong ability to manage deadlines and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience within packaging artwork.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Experience managing deadlines.
• Comfortable working closely with clients and cross-functional teams.
• People-oriented and relationship-driven.
• Confident, clear communicator.
• Sociable and approachable.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Proactive and solutions-focused.
• Calm under pressure and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage and track artwork projects
• Work closely with clients and internal teams
• Support project delivery from briefing through implementation
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Ensure deadlines and artwork approval processes are followed
• Manage and process cutter guides, preflighting checks, workflows, linking existing artwork, complete pre-artwork process
• Act as the primary point of contact for artwork studio queries

Skills

Packaging artwork

Agency experience

Stakeholder coordination

Deadline management

Client communication

Detail oriented

Problem solving

Independent worker

Job description

Project Manager - Packaging Artwork

Location: Hybrid (Witham / Hemel Hempstead & Working From Home)

Salary: DOE

Role: Our leading client is looking for a Packaging Artwork Project Manager to support the project team in delivering a very high volume of packaging artwork changes.

The production team handles much of the technical artwork execution, meaning the Project Manager's role is focused on organisation, communication and project management rather than artwork creation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and track artwork projects
• Work closely with clients and internal teams
• Support project delivery from briefing through implementation
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Ensure deadlines and artwork approval processes are followed
• Manage and process cutter guides, preflighting checks, workflows, linking existing artwork, complete pre-artwork process
• Act as the primary point of contact for artwork studio queries

Requirements

• Experience within packaging artwork
• Worked within a packaging agency, ideally working on FMCG branded and retail accounts
• Experience coordinating multiple projects and stakeholders
• Experience managing deadlines
• Comfortable working closely with clients and cross-functional teams
• People-oriented and relationship-driven
• A confident, clear communicator
• Sociable and approachable
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Proactive and solutions-focused
• Calm under pressure and comfortable working independently

Key words

Project Manager / Account Manager / Creative Account Manager / Creative Project Manager / Onsite Account Manager / Onsite Project Manager / Senior Account Manager / Packaging / Print / Creative / Design / CAM / Client Delight / Client Senior Account Manager / Junior Project Manager / Junior Account Manager