Project Manager

As our Project Manager, you’ll be serving as the vibrant face of our company, you’ll deftly balance client relations with adept project management, while seizing the exciting opportunity to shape and fortify our department as we transition into our employee-owned era. Your role will be pivotal in efficiently translating creative visions into reality, collaborating closely with our Lead Creative Motion Designers and Senior Creatives, to ensure seamless execution.

What you’ll do:

• Client Management – Work closely with our great roster of clients and there internal agencies, understanding their challenges and coming up with solutions. Ideally you will be working from the client offices 2-4 times a month – being on site in preparation for briefs, quick solutions, and queries.
• New Business – Build, create and maintain strong relations with clients, advising them on their journey with us.
• Project Management communication – Effectively and accurately communicate relevant project information to client and project teams.
• Project Management – Challenge all decisions and drive projects from brief through to delivery, working with all departments with robust confidence. Including setting up all projects on slack/ server
• Manage Amends – Manage client and internal amends, challenging where required and offering solutions. Manage via google sheets attached to each slack channel.
• Juggle – Manage multiple projects at one time (of all different sizes and needs)
• Be Agile – Accommodate short turnaround jobs and lead the team by example by showing the best ways of doing this.
• Live Action – Manage and organise film shoots and various cost sizes, including organising shoots without a Production Manager or agency.
• PNL – Prepare, create and report on the profit and loss, as well as forecasting for the projects you are producing.
• Negotiating – the best rates for music and VO BSF/Usage for our clients

What you’ll have:

• Experience working in an agency environment as a Midweight Producer for at least 3 years, showing executions across a range of projects and outputs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Superb knowledge of Clearcast (essential).
• Superb knowledge of CG production
• Ideally knowledgeable about live action too
• Good knowledge of creative packages and what they are used for within production (and lead times).
• Ability to work well in a team, demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the organisation and its team members.
• High energy and the desire to succeed.