Project Manager

Project Manager

Project Manager

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remote type

Hybrid

locations

London, London, United Kingdom

time type

Full time

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job requisition id

R17957

Agency: Remedy Edge

Job Function: Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction: Account Management

Job Description:

Project Manager

About Remedy Edge:

Welcome to Remedy Edge. We activate potential, amplify with creativity, and accelerate outcomes. Remedy Edge brings strategic thinking and bold communications to healthcare — cutting through the noise to move people and change results. We don't do comfortable. We do cutting edge. Join us and GET THE EDGE.

The opportunity:

As an integrated client-facing Project Manager, you are the operational day-to-day delivery lead on agency business, becoming wholly trusted and relied upon by your agency team in the running of your account and the agency internal processes.

You manage projects through initial scoping through to creative execution, studio and production. You are the glue between all departments and closely aligned to client service and clients. You understand how client departments work. You are passionate about processes that lead to efficient client-agency working relationships.

About you:

You’re a natural collaborator, an organiser at heart and a passionate problem-solver with a calm head and a sharp eye for detail. With a strong foundation in managing multichannel creative projects, you thrive in dynamic agency environments and understand how to keep things moving — smoothly and strategically. You’re confident managing timelines, budgets and resources, and you know how to work cross-functionally with creative, studio and production teams to deliver high-quality work.

You’re proactive, dependable, and solutions-oriented, with an appreciation for the processes that drive efficient and impactful client–agency relationships. You bring both rigour and flexibility, knowing when to stick to the plan and when to pivot. Your communication style is clear and concise, whether you’re running a client status meeting, briefing creatives, or rallying your internal team.

What you'll bring:

• Previous agency experience managing multiple channel projects with solid production knowledge across multiple channels
• Demonstrated experience incorporating AI technologies into project workflows, utilising digital tools to improve efficiency, support creative problem-solving, and ensure timely delivery of project objectives
• Workfront experience using the tool for internal timelines, resource and proofing
• Proven ability at managing agency resources
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to run project and status reviews and status meetings with clients
• Can demonstrate an understanding of file formats for print and digital production
• Experienced with moving and still image production briefing, deliverables management
• Dependable – a person the team looks to for help, support and guidance
• Proficiency in Microsoft project or other project management tools
• Understanding of Workfront
• Basic understanding of Zinc, or Veeva-Vaults or other client online audit/job bag tools
• Basic understanding of Adobe creative suite
• Advertising healthcare experience highly desirable

What we'll need you to do:

Overall project management

• Own the planning, communication, organisation, leadership and delivery of the programme of work
• Produce and oversee project scope, monitor and track scope creep and drive updates
• Upstream management of Agency/Client workflow including proactive creation of multichannel timing plans and maintenance of internal status reports as necessary
• Establish and maintain project and/or programme communications through project
• Proactive stakeholder management throughout project lifecycle including running internal status meetings and maintenance and approval of all project documentation
• Escalate concerns and observations to client service team and department leads to further improve our ways of working, not resting on our laurels
• Partner with production specialists as required, approve production decisions where necessary and maintain oversight of delivery and budget
• Responsible for building and nurturing new supplier relationships
• Drive maximum utilisation and recoverability of resource
• Maintenance of file repositories and DAM systems and monitor version control
• Set up post-project review meetings, and gather feedback for internal and external measurement of KPIs
• Ownership of daily internal stand-ups
• Advocate of all internal processes

Finance

• Manage estimates and timings for the whole project including production within the SOW document and create detailed estimates and timings to gain internal approvals
• Flag internal investment/budget burn as appropriate to avoid overages
• Ensure weekly project financial health reporting
• Management of estimates raise purchase orders and invoice approvals for third party costs for Client Service approval before released to third party
• Report and update Client Service on any risks
• As required attend monthly financial meeting with Client Service and Finance
• Add new suppliers to AX (fill in new supplier forms etc)
• Reconciliation of every project on completion

Administration and Process

• Create new Workfront projects, set up project and resource management to allocate creative roles
• Create timing plans and estimates to input on Workfront and manage updates
• Drive status updates to inform overall project status for new and live jobs
• Prepare production briefs and add to Workfront
• Ensure all specs, assets, signed off copy, signed off design, guidelines any other creative and digital files are available in advance of briefing design, studio or production
• Ensure documentation like NDAs and contracts are in place for new projects

Creative

• Leads creative development and production phases including leading kick-off meetings, creative reviews and production briefings diarizing where required
• Set agendas and informs on next steps to firm up agreements across the team
• Evaluate creative and production against brief, budget, requirements and brand guidelines for client service review
• Add value through finding cost effective ways to create the desired result through all stages of creative, studio and production
• Proactive research and sharing of technology and production solutions during the creative development stages to maintain the highest possible creative standards
• Ensure all concepts and project documentation is approved prior to client presentation
• Ensure all creative work is proof-read before being presented to client
• Traffic internal progress chasing and tracking

Understands our work, our Network and our clients

• Has thorough knowledge and understanding of agency processes and the time required to complete each stage and asks internally to sense check assumptions
• Supports the wider team on prospecting pitches
• Act as an advocate and supporter of Remedy Edge in all interactions with the client or external suppliers
• Ability to grasp an understanding of client team structure, client internal drivers and blockers, able to work with and around these
• Able to cultivate relationships with other Omnicom Group partners

Relationships and communication

• Has effective listening, verbal, written and presentation skills and can structure thoughts well and communicate clearly and concisely
• The lynch pin of the project
• Builds relationships with colleagues gaining their confidence and trust
• Networks appropriately and builds resources
• Builds productive relationships with 3rd party suppliers
• Practices collaboration across departments, disciplines and with team

Knowledge and Skills

• Has ability to learn and grow from successes and mistakes
• Risk centric with good knowledge of risk anticipation and mitigation, able to communicate risk status with authority
• Clearly and concisely communicates next steps and ownership of output across the project team
• Hunger for personal development and knowledge across all channels of production
• Strong negotiation skills with ability to control and report on costs and budgets

What’s next:

At Remedy Edge, people come first. Our team is made up of talented, kind, diverse individuals, each encouraged to bring their full selves to work. It’s a place where you can grow, be inspired, and build your own career pathway.

We value difference and believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone can belong and succeed. If you need any support or adjustment due to a disability during the application process, please let us know.

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