Senior Project Manager

Our Media; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative media company in Bristol is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee multichannel food content for a major retail client. This role requires strong experience in project management and client services, serving as the key liaison between clients and internal teams. Responsibilities include managing content creation across various platforms, ensuring engaging outcomes. The company promotes a hybrid work environment with flexibility, alongside generous benefits such as matched pension contributions and additional annual leave.

Benefits

Pension contribution matched to 5%

Season ticket loan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexi start / finish time

Social committee events

4x life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience managing full lifecycle of content projects.
• Proven ability in managing complex client accounts.
• Experience in creating engaging content.

Responsibilities

• Manage a major retail client and create multichannel food content.
• Serve as the link between clients and internal teams.
• Ensure outstanding content across various platforms.

Skills

Project management

Client services

Stakeholder management

Content creation expertise

Strategic balance

Job description

Company Description

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We're home to market‑leading brands in craft, cycling, science and nature, homes and music.

We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content - in print, video and online. Our much‑loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Your Home, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

Alongside our consumer brands, our award‑winning content agency works with major clients and membership organisations to bring their stories to life through expert editorial, design, and digital think.

Position

We're looking for a Senior Project Manager to help us manage a major retail client and create multichannel food content (Web, Social, CRM, Print) to engage and inspire hard‑working families. You need experience working in a fast‑changing environment with excellent organisational and client management skills. You'll be the linchpin between clients and our internal creative, editorial, and production teams, ensuring outstanding content across Social, CRM, Digital, and Print.

For a full list of job responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Essential Requirements

• Experience in project management : Managing the full lifecycle of content projects from initial kick‑off and briefing to final QA and delivery.
• Experience in client services (or equivalent) managing complex, fast‑moving client accounts.
• Stakeholder Management : Proven ability to manage projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Content Creation Expertise : Essential experience and a clear understanding of the process of creating content that people actively engage with.
• Strategic Balance : Ability to effectively manage and balance business and customer requirements to ensure content is both effective and engaging.

Desirable Requirements

• Platform Experience : Demonstrable experience of driving engagement and business results with content on social media (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and via CRM).
• Data Utilisation : Experience using data and analytics to improve, develop, and optimise content streams and strategies.
• Industry Knowledge : Previous experience working within the food and / or retail sectors.
• Content production : Experience of the video development pathway and how to shape the process and inputs to drive optimal results.

Other information

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We're striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established six internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at [email protected].

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi‑time policy, and a flexi‑location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company benefits include

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start / finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy / sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in‑house learning events
• 4x life assurance

Our values

• Be kind
• Always curious
• Be the best we can be

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media – click the apply button below to submit your CV.

Please note, we review CVs on an ongoing basis and may close the role early due to high interest. If you're interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!