Senior Project Manager
Department: Client Services / Project
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: London
Reporting To: Rosalind Green
Description
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager. Please note this is a FTC for around 9 months.
As a Senior Project Manager you will provide outstanding levels of client servicing to both new and established clients. You will get to work across delivering a variety of B2B and B2C experiential projects as well as other communications initiatives, campaigns, digital interactives and design projects.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management- Write effective and compelling project briefs and brief internal teams
- Developing timelines, project proposals and running projects
- Create concise and well presented proposals
- Ensuring schedules are adhered to and project documentation is complete
- Maintain a close management of all aspects of your projects and escalate issues as needed
- Work with team to plan wider resources effectively
- Demonstrate understanding of services and be able to sell these effectively
- Demonstrate successful onsite management and delivery ensuring projects reflect briefs and meet objectives
- Support pitches working collaboratively with other disciplines and partners to create brave and inspiring agency proposals underpinned by a rigorous delivery plan, budget and schedule
- Liaise with our in-house legal team and the client as needed
- Work with internal HSSE Lead to ensure that all aspects of the production of the core events meet HSSE standards and guidelines
- Adhere to Imagination and ISO processes
- Ensure that all projects over £50K fees are issued with an Imagination Client Survey
- Should be able to travel internationally a number of times a year for extended periods of time
Financial / Commercial Management - Demonstrate financial responsibility through effective proposal costing, budget development and timely reconciliation
- Hone commercial skills such as revenue maximisation and cost management
- Asses project spend to maximise value and ROI for clients
Market Knowledge - Understanding clients, competitors, market, suppliers, products and strategy
Leadership & Mentoring - Delegate to, manage and oversee team
- Mentor and develop junior team members
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Solid experience delivering projects within events, exhibitions or brand experience within an agency environment
- Good interpersonal, presentation, relationship building and negotiation skills
- You take a hands-on, proactive approach to managing projects, anticipating needs and challenges.
- You are skilled at identifying potential issues before they arise and can develop contingency plans to address them.
- You are adept at building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal teams and external vendors, ensuring smooth collaboration
- Experience and ability to manage mid to large scale budgets
- People management experience
- Capable of devising and implementing revenue-generating ideas.
Job Benefits
What we can offer you:
- Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
- Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
Wellness
- Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options)
- Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan
- Help at hand EAP
- In-Office Gym (London office only)
- Life Insurance 4 x salary
- Dedicated DE&I Board
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Birthday day off and gift
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support
- Various learning & development platforms for e-learning
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Cyclescheme
- Discounted Private Dental
- Income Protection (Employee)
- Subsidised Electric Car Scheme
- Home technology tax free loan
Perks
- Hybrid Working (3 office days)
- Company socials
- Pet friendly office
- Lunch & Learns
- Wellness webinars
- Educational webinars
- Subsidised Cafe (London office only)
