Senior Project Manager

3 months ago

Solihull, United Kingdom McCann Full time

McCann Birmingham is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.

We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.


The Role

As a Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for a selection of the agency's accounts of various sizes, handling multiple projects to ensure consistency and quality of delivery. Managing the campaigns from start to finish, you will umbrella the whole project working closely with all disciplines and agency partners. You will be client facing when appropriate, with ownership and responsibility for timings, scope of work, staffing plans, budgets, and logistics, becoming the trusted face of delivery. You will refine process, become the backbone of every project and be the client operations expert on every account.

Through line management, you will mentor and support Project Managers You will be a creative advocate, have passion for creative and technology, process strong interpersonal skills, be operational minded and exude excellent communication skills. Your Key Responsibilities Here are your key responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager at McCann Central. They should be used in conjunction with the Project Management Career Map which details the knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience which should have been gained prior to taking this role.

The day-to-day stuff

• Analyse critical data points to identify and quickly highlight key issues, problems and opportunities.

• Gain insight into the client's statement of work and propose solutions to help manage the account more effectively.

• Ensure you and your team are scoping, resourcing and managing projects correctly including tracking burn rates.
• Understand our Financial and Project Management tools.

• Provide the team with an informed point of view, context and business implications

• Engage in meaningful and constructive debate.

• Review/feed back on the timing plans and scopes created by the team.

• Own process, and take a birdseye view across the entire project to anticipate what comes next.

• Distil large amounts of communication into key actions or takeaways for your team.

• Provide big-picture thinking in tangible ways relevant to role (i.e., re-engineer a process).

• Manage client budgets for effective financial management and strong relationships with appropriate clients/vendors.

• Ability to involve Brand Guardians in the continuous improvement of work to improve effectiveness of creative input.

• Partner with creative teams to evaluate work based on strategic direction and client needs.

• Support your team to develop an understanding of the creative process and take on commercial project ownership.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.

Our commitment to equal opportunities

For us, diversity is a business imperative – one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.

As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it’s vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.

Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.


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