Junior Project Manager London, England
Job description
Who is Weber Shandwick?
We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team build brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world's leading brands and businesses e.g. HSBC, Unilever, Ebay, Tinder and Pinterest to name a few.
We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:
- Developing data driven insights and strategy to drive measurable impact
- Creating impactful creative campaigns that taps into culture
- Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
- Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned
What's happening?
We are looking for a for a Junior Project Manager to join our EMEA Data and Analytics hub; involved in delivering projects for the likes of Nespresso, Unilever, Tinder, eBay, Novartis, Sanofi, Roche, IBM and Microsoft to name a few.
A key to the success of the team is its diversity. We have diverse backgrounds and expertise, speak many languages and bring this variety together in the work we do as a team. There is a huge opportunity to grow professionally whilst learning from some brilliant thinkers.
What will you be doing?
- Ensure the foundations are maintained when it comes to department best practice such as templates, resources and documentation
- Draft SOWs, project budgets and timelines independently for review with SPMs
- Regularly track scope, budget and timeline on live work
- Prepare and present regular status updates of projects leading on for review
- Support the SPMs in implementing and maintaining financial / operational best practice with the department such as regular reporting and forecasting
- Proactively flag risks with project lead and/or client lead with suggested solutions as relevant
- Build and maintain client team relationships across practices
Who are you?
- Experience in reconciling time spent on a project
- Experience in managing various stakeholders and their workload through prioritisation
- Skilled on basic Excel formulas
- Work well within a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary number of teams
- Have excellent organisation and time management skills
- Be comfortable in ensuring the right processes are followed
- Interested in our analytical products and approaches
- Solutions-focused, able to drive a positive attitude within the team
- Outstanding attention to detail
Core Benefits:
- Private medical insurance
- Group life assurance
- Group income protection
- Personal pension plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible Benefits:
- Buy or sell holiday
- Additional life assurance cover
- Critical illness insurance
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Dental insurance
- Travel insurance
- Health screening
- Gym discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health cash plan
Soft Benefits:
- Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
- 4pm Friday finish
- Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6 month + contract to support home working setup
- 25 days' annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off work and Christmas period off
- Flexible public holidays (from 2023)
- Sweets and snacks in the office
- Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
- Headspace membership
- Annual eyecare voucher
- Season ticket loan
- Referral bonus scheme
- Long service bonus
- Enhanced family leave
- Inclusive and invisible health policies
Note from the Talent Team:
We appreciate the time take to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.
At IPG DXTRA we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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