PROJECT MANAGER

Company Description

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world’s third largest communications group in the world. With more than 80,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

Since 2014 and the acquisition of Sapient, Publicis Groupe has undergone a profound transformation by scaling a new model connecting data, creativity and technology. We have continued on that journey with the 2019 acquisition of Epsilon to further scale our data led offering and provide true momentum to our clients own transformation.

This model, with a country led approach, is called the “Power of One” and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.

It breaks down the silos between Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis Sapient, and Publicis Health making them work seamlessly and efficiently to help clients transform marketing and business at scale.

Never has our vision and drive for Power of One been as demonstrable as in the role of the Global and Regional Client lead. The Publicis Groupe is a brand led organisation powered by data driven global Practices and has our clients at the absolute core of our business. The role of a RCL is essential for driving growth, for understanding and leading our clients own transformation through delivering the true scale our agencies capabilities. A RCL sets the vision, builds a culture of collaboration and curates a team of experts from our whole Groupe to deliver on that promise. They are true leaders with responsibility for revenue, profitability and leading the relationship with our clients. We could not be more committed to delivering excellence and we articulate our approach to that as the following;

Clients Come First; The entire Publicis Groupe transformation was designed to put clients at the center of all we do. Their needs and objectives drive the solutions we provide in order to help them win and grow.

We are Seamless; We have created the powerful role of the Regional Client Leader. One person who acts as one point of access and one point of accountability to tap an 80,000-deep pool of talent - free from silos, legacy, and convention.

We are Frictionless; We have unified P&Ls and removed all operational barriers that enable true collaboration.

We are Modular; The core benefit of our new organization is not only in the depth and range of capability but, more importantly, in our ability to configure situationally; the ability to configure around individual client needs and an open architecture to plug & play world class partners when needed. Modularity is critical as it enables a future proof way for this organization support innovation now and keep pace the changes that show no sign of stopping.

We are United; By fusing together our creative, intelligence, and technology expertise, we are able to provide clients with transformative ideas and consumer experiences, unlike any other agency or holding company in the marketplace.

Job Description

Robust operations and built by good Project Managers. They coordinate people and processes to deliver projects on time, within budget and with the desired outcomes aligned to objectives.

As a Project Manager

• Work closely with the account management and production teams to define briefs and learn about status of new and existing projects
• Take full ownership of a project lifecycle – plan, execute and monitor the project whilst considering triple constraints of time, scope/cost and quality
• Manage creative resources
• Create a schedule for all jobs with reviews of timelines and job statuses with relevant departments, and reschedule projects based on new or changing priorities
• Meet with the relevant departments within the agency (sometimes external vendors) to distribute a brief and delegate tasks
• Manage any change requests in any specifications required during the project delivery phase
• Draft quotations, cost estimates and pitch rate cards following the company’s finance process
• Manage the overall client relationship along with the account management team in accordance to the strategy and goals of the company
• Work with freelancers and external vendors, getting them up to speed on jobs they will assist with
• Able to anticipate and propose solutions to problems and knows when to escalate issues upwards 
• Understands targets, and always on a look out for opportunities to cross-sell within the Groupe
• Committed to getting the best work done

As a member of our community

• You believe passionately in the power of creativity to bring change to the world. But you're realistic and have a clear-eyed view of what it will take to get there: not a path you walk alone, but with a group of people putting a diverse range of skills and perspectives to work, towards a common goal
• Your ideas and your voice will be heard, respected and protected with passion. Ideas are not disposable commodities here, they are our most precious assets
• You will be tested, you will be challenged and you will be pushed beyond your comfort zone, but you will equally be supported, encouraged and celebrated. Because the true value of a community is that we bring out the best in each other

As a team member

• Manage and respect internal processes to ensure smooth delivery of the project
• Contribute at all times to the ethos and spirit of the team, facilitating mutual respect and partnership
• Highly organised and works well under pressure
• Flawless project planning and project management skills
• Reliable and a team player
• Strong interest and knowledge in creative solutions
• You have a positive attitude and a passion to make a difference

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years project management experience in an advertising agency environment
• Able to multi-task under tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills