Senior Project Manager

We’re on the lookout for a brilliant Senior Project Manager. If you have some serious digital agency experience and you’re quick, communicative and organised then this could be the role for you. We are looking for a strong Senior PM to come in and run a large digital campaign for one of our biggest clients. The campaign spans deliverables from banners, web updates and SEO/content development.

You will need to set up projects, task plan with a team, establish project costs, track, monitor and report on project progress, as well as managing the overall delivery of challenging projects with lots of moving parts. You’ll need to be confident in fast paced delivery, delivering high volumes of assets, working with creative teams, designers and developers.

You’ll need to have fantastic communication skills, hold a high degree of responsibility, with the diplomacy to build relationships and manage external and internal stakeholders whilst keeping projects on track. You will ensure our internal processes are translated into working practices and be responsible for ensuring these are adhered to at all times.

Requirements

• Managing a fast-paced project with lots of different campaign deliverables.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders throughout delivery of the campaign.
• Managing high volumes of deliverables across different channels.
• Ensuring quality of campaign assets being delivered to the client against agreed specs and briefs.
• Produce all necessary documentation on your account; ensuring correct templates are used where necessary
• Monitor financial tracking on a per project basis and work with your department and account leads to mitigate any issues that arise
• Represent your client’s brand within MRM and vice versa
• Communicating progress and appropriate escalation to your department leader
• Work with your Account lead to forecast resource requirements for your projects
• Work proactively with your department leader to manage your own workload and prevent over or under-utilisation

A Senior Project Manager must have the following essential skills, knowledge or abilities:

• Extensive experience of delivering projects within top digital agency or client environment, including complex projects across a breadth of technologies and channels
• Experience of delivering big campaigns across multiple channels and deliverable types
• Experience working with Figma, this is key.
• Experience working with Google Studio/Double Click
• Ability to quickly understand project briefs or the status of in-flight projects that are assigned to you
• Ability to quickly absorb agency processes and understand how to apply them to manage projects effectively from the outset
• A proven track record of managing complex projects and implementing innovative, interactive and consumer focused solutions
• Knowledge of current industry standard delivery methodologies, including Agile and waterfall, to allow selection of the appropriate approach for a specific client or project
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with peers and clients, and the ability to achieve results under challenging circumstances
• Ability to make sound commercial and financial decisions, quickly grasp an understanding of complex problems and propose solutions to facilitate fast resolutions
• Ability to work well under pressure, whilst remaining objective and retaining a positive approach
• Be self-motivated, self-driven and independent, requiring little day-to-day oversight
• Demonstrated commitment to high standards of excellence and integrity, showing solid business acumen and sound judgement
• Outstanding communication skills at all levels, (presentation, written, verbal)
• Exceptional skills in MS Excel, Word and Project, Jira and Confluence/Azure DevOps/TFS/VSTS, with a very high degree of overall computer literacy
• Highly organised and tenacious, with exceptional attention to detail
• PRINCE2 Practitioner/Scrum Master/Product Owner accreditation is desired, but not essential

About Hugo & Cat

We create digital products and experiences that give businesses a competitive edge. By putting customers at the heart of decision making, we move fast, unlock value and fuel sustainable growth. We're a team of 120 people in London, New York and Manila, and we’re part of the IPG network.

Our culture

It’s not our agency that delivers deeply impactful work. It's our people. We’re an ambitious, diverse and sociable group of humans working together to create better experiences for our clients and their customers. So, we’d rather our new joiners stand out than simply fit in.

Flexible working

We’ve made the shift to a flexible working model where employees can split their time between the office and working remotely. We can discuss the details during the interview process.

Equal opportunities

We’re an equal opportunities employer and are committed to a fair and unbiased assessment of job applications. Once you join the team, we support you to realise your potential, regardless of age, origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities or beliefs.