Senior Executive - Communications & Project Management

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6500 employees. Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications group We are a full service, integrated communications network and we work with 6 of the top 10 and over half of the top 50 global advertisers. We’re in the business of getting people to fall in love with our clients’ products and services. We have an unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude that Nothing is Impossible, a concept we apply to all our clients and work. We believe in effecting positive change through creativity, always. While we seek out the most brilliant minds to help us on our quest, we’re also passionate about nurturing the best talent from within. Which is why when you join us, your journey can be one of continuous evolution.

Overview

We’re looking for a passionate, curious and organized Senior Executive to be part of our team, delivering a multi-discipline communications scope for a game-changing brand. As a Senior Executive, Communications & Project Management, you will support the account management team in co-ordinating projects across a range of verticals - creative, strategy, production, content, media, SEO, CX, data science. The core responsibilities will be to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track, in addition to playing the lead role in planning campaigns, resourcing, monitoring and quality control from start to finish. This role will also be tasked with submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project plans, ensuring their effective execution throughout.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product

• Proven experience in project management.
• Ability to co-ordinate project teams of various sizes
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
• Experience with project management tools (such as Asana, Monday.com, Trello , Basecamp)
• Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Budget management experience.
• Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.
• Ability to oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.
• Ability to proactively problem-solve, and indentify new opportunities for the groupe
  
  

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

• Working with the creative services manager and aligning on project timelines
• Managing stakeholders on clients projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts till the end
• Forward planning, idenitifing potential risks and proposing solutions
• Troubleshooting unforeseen issues as they arise, escalating as required
• Outsourcing and finding freelancers when needed.
• Establishing effective project communication plans (CPS) and ensuring their execution on time
• Following the project's progress and bypassing problems
• Evaluating a post-project and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements by preparing status reports
• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
• Enforcing deadlines and maintains efficiency across teams.
• Scheduling project-related meetings
• Allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members
• Encouraging communication among team members
  
  

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

• Effective communication skills, able to connect with people at all levels.
• Strong leadership skills: able to motivate the team and drive maximum performance
• Good decision maker
• Technical expertise: Since project management software and other related programs are essential in accomplishing the project goals, an effective project manager needs to have the knowledge to understand the issues that are related to the technical aspect.
• Inspires a shared vision: A visionary person can lead people to the right direction as well as easily adapt to the changes that come along the way. They are good at empowering people to share responsibility for delivering on this vision
• Cool under pressure.
• Good negotiation skills: One of the qualities needed for effective project management is the ability to negotiate. In times that conflict arise due to differences in opinion, project managers need sheer negotiating skills to settle the issue and maintain harmony in the team.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Self-motivated and innovative
• Time management skills and efficient worker
  
  

Qualifications

• Maintaining a positive attitude even when under pressure: Above all, attitude before aptitude.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing or other related field
• 2-4 years’ experience in related field (some degree of comms agency experience is necessary as the job requires a high level of understanding of communication principles and agency functions).
• 1-2 years’ experience with project management theory and best practices
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Evidence of being solution driven and innovative with how they drive performance and delivery
• Comms Planning experience in a digital (service) environment or with QSR’s (a plus but not essential)
  
  

Additional Information

R-1890P-2138