Senior Project Manager

Crackwits; Gouvernement Hawalli; On-site; KWD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

CRACKWITS in Kuwait is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead branding and advertising projects for global clients. You will plan, execute and oversee milestones from briefs to delivery, coordinating with directors, talents and third parties to ensure on-time results.

The role requires strong leadership, English fluency (Arabic a plus) and a creative, digital mindset. You will manage multiple campaigns across digital, social media, campaigns, websites and platforms, guiding teams to maintain

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, project management, communications, or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in digital marketing, advertising, branding, or creative agency.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic fluency is a plus.
• Creative, multimedia and digital background; proactive and solution-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Managing Director on overarching deliverables.
• Scope projects with clients (mainly digital).
• Brief stakeholders and coordinate with directors, talents and third parties.
• Direct and supervise Account Executives, delegate tasks and provide inputs.
• Plan project milestones and ensure timely responses to requirements.
• Monitor progress and flag setbacks clearly and proactively.
• Deliver qualitative and impressive projects on brief, time and budget.
• Provide end-to-end hands-on project management for varied project sizes.
• Manage TTL campaigns from digital to social media and PR in alignment with agencies.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Digital marketing

Branding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing

Tools

Keynote

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Company Description

With a reputed 25 years in the market, The Meaza Group [TMG] is made of multi-divisional entities and subsidiaries; specializing in contracting, events and digital industries; in Kuwait and across the MENA region. The aforementioned occupation is at CRACKWITS, the boutique creative agency for branding, advertising, social media and platforms design, development and support.

Role Description

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing brands in various industries from around the world. This multi-tasking role requires communicative, precise and proactive skills to plan and execute projects; from clients’ briefs to completion, and with the Project Managers’ support. The required management entails directive interactions with a range of internal and external stakeholders, and most often highly effective handling of several ongoing projects’ milestones simultaneously, for advertising and marketing purposes. Catering to mediums, but not limited to; such as presentations, social media channels, campaigns, websites, mobile apps, blogs, SEO, branding decks and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Managing Director on overarching deliverables.
• Scopeprojects with clients [mainly digital].
• Brief respective stakeholders and coordinate with directors, talents and third parties.
• Direct and supervise Account Executives confidently, delegatetasks and have constructive inputs.
• Plan projects’ milestones and answer all requirements in a timely manner.
• Manage, follow-up, update and flag projects progress and set-backs clearly and proactively.
• Execute qualitative andimpressive projects on brief, time and budget.
• Ensure clients receives high individual attention and care.
• Respond to requests in a timely manner and strictly meet deadlines.
• Provide end-to-end hands-on projectmanagement for both large-to-small scale projects.
• Manage TTLcampaigns, from digital to social media and PR, in alignment with appointed agencies.
• Develop strategiesfor tactical campaigns, and implement them upon approval, with involved parties.
• Oversee the day-to-day management & smooth running of agency’s projects for clients and partners.
• Align, update and report to the Managing Director on the work progress frequently.
• Pitch in, optimize and improve processes and approaches when deemed to be fruitful.
• Stay tuned with recent trends and eventful happenings.
• Present growth opportunities and initiate new projects internally and therefore to clients.
• Attend weekly meetings for the scope of work’s orientation, and highlight necessary pointers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Project Management, Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in a digital marketing, advertising, branding, or creative agency.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills in English, Arabic fluency is a plus.
• Creative, multimedia and digital background is a must.
• Proactive, flexible, positive and solution-oriented thinker.
• Strong team player with great interpersonal skills.
• Ability to observe, learn, listen and take initiatives.
• Ability to multi-task and manage various projects’ deliverables simultaneously.
• Capacity to manage stressful workload situations and abrupt requests.
• Attention to details.
• Knowledge in utilizing Apple devices & software such as Keynote and Microsoft’s MS Word, Excel, etc.
• Ability to adapt to newly incorporated digital tools and platforms by the company and/ or clients.
• Abide by agency guidelines, regulations, protocols and manners.
• Ability to optimize digital content in terms of SEO is a plus.
• Written and verbal communication skills [fluency in English/ Arabic is a plus].
• Strong understanding of AI tools and their practical applications