Project Manager – Retail and Experiential

We’re on the hunt for driven and organised Project Managers for a TOP global marketing agency based in London, who are owned by a global tech company. This will be working in their Retail and Experiential team who provide an end to end service to their clients from strategic planning, design, production and operations of retail stores.

The Role

Reporting to the RX Account Director covering their primary clients direct retail channel, The RX PM will independently manage small to medium sized retail delivery projects, or specific work-streams in larger such projects ensuring that the client needs are met and exceeded. The role will blend the requirements of being appropriately client facing with a need for strong end to end project management.

Key responsibilities:

· End to end responsibility for the planning, management and delivery of allocated projects

· Ensure projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and to agreed specification

· Manage project status reporting with stakeholders

· Create, deliver and manage briefs into the business for delivery

· Participate in the development of integrated solutions that leverage agency offerings and are mutually beneficial for the client and the agency

· Manage and coordinate project deliverables with various stakeholders, including Account, Production, external sub-contractors and the clients

· Identify appropriate project resource requirement, work with the senior team to recruit necessary contractors / specialists where required

· Assist reconciling costs against budget and evaluate the success of the project against project planning

· Maintain and build key relationships with existing managers

Skills:

· Strong IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office

· Ability to manage workloads effectively and multi-task

· Manage budgets, control costs and ability to meet tight deadlines

· Able to take independent, proactive action to resolve challenges

· Solution driven (problem solving skills), provide alternative plans when required

· Organisational and communication skills

· Strong presentation skills – clear, concise, effective skills for briefing clients, team members and externals

· Experience in technology retail or Telco advantageous

Requirements:

· Degree educated (desirable)

· 3-5 years of experience in either Retail or Experiential Project Management