Project Manager

JD GROUP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK is looking for a skilled Project Manager to oversee creative campaigns across digital, social, and print channels. The successful candidate will manage the entire project lifecycle, ensuring timely and budget-friendly delivery while coordinating with various teams. Strong organisational abilities and excellent communication skills are essential, along with a passion for creative content and retail. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-quality marketing campaigns.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a similar role.
• Must be organised and able to manage workloads.
• Excellent communicator with a strong interest in retail.

Responsibilities

• Transform approved creative concepts into fully executed campaigns.
• Manage the full project lifecycle from briefing to delivery.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and budget.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

Business acumen

Knowledge of fashion content trends

Resilience

Leadership

Tools

Project Management Tool

Job description

PROJECT MANAGER

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for transforming approved creative concepts into fully executed campaigns across multiple channels, including digital, social, and print. You will play a pivotal role in managing end-to-end projects, acting as the central point of coordination between creative teams, marketing, brand, retail, and external partners, you will ensure all projects are delivered on time, on brief, and to the highest standard.

You will manage the full project lifecycle, from initial briefing, scoping, and scheduling through to production, quality assurance, and final delivery, while maintaining clear communication, structured workflows, and exceptional organisation throughout. Working closely with the internal studio team, marketing teams and internal stakeholders, you will champion studio processes and support operational efficiency across fast-paced, multi-channel campaigns.

Success in this role means balancing creative ambition with commercial requirements, solving problems proactively, and driving projects forward with confidence and clarity. You will be expected to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, adapt quickly to shifting priorities, and ensure stakeholders remain aligned at every milestone. Ultimately, you’ll play a key part in enabling JD Sports to deliver best-in-class creative content across retail, digital, social, experiential, and brand marketing channels.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Project Ownership and Delivery

• Working within the Studio Dispatch Team, responsible for planning and delivering projects on time, on budget, with personality and flair.
• Reporting to the Senior PM, ensuring accurate upfront project preparation.
• Conducting daily production meetings to maintain information flow, project progress, and milestones.
• Generating weekly/monthly reports on live and upcoming projects.
• Presenting reports to senior leadership, highlighting budget tracking and projects at risk.
• Managing costs and budgets across projects.
• Delivering projects within budget while maintaining stakeholder satisfaction.
• Employing a methodical approach to archive management and file organization.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

• Communicating with SLT and workflow managers to allocate resources for current and future projects.
• Managing day-to-day communications on key projects with internal studio teams and the wider marketing teams, including but not limited to Campaign Marketing, Social and Paid Media.
• Assisting the Dispatch team in maintaining and growing internal and external relationships.

Team Support, Process Improvement and Professional Growth

• Supporting management in evolving and implementing studio workflow improvements.
• Acting as an advocate for the JD Studio Team.
• Maintaining awareness of production cost rules, usage, and licenses.
• Mentoring and coaching junior team members.
• Focusing on personal and professional development.

Skills, Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Proven experience within a similar role.
• Must be organised and able to manage workloads.
• Excellent communicator.
• Excellent business acumen.
• Maintain a strong and broad knowledge of fashion content trends.
• Able to work accurately, effectively, and quickly turn work around whilst maintaining a high level of quality.
• Display high levels of resilience and leadership.
• Desire to develop deep understanding of the nuances associated with individual creative disciplines.
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas to line manager and other team members.
• Must be passionate for creative and have an interest in retail.
• Desire to develop and gain a greater understanding of the business.
• Appetite to move creative forward and create exciting, on brand campaigns.
• Able to react to retail in an ever-changing environment.

Desirable

• Previous experience in a creative studio or similar.
• Previous experience using a Project Management Tool.
• Knowledge and understanding of the production process.