Project Manager

We are a global brand publishing agency with offices in London, Sao Paulo, Singapore and Jakarta. We create relevant, engaging and purpose-led digital content for premium brands. To date, we’ve published more than 50,000 articles and generated 100 million unique visitors to global client sites around the world. Our clients include Unilever, PepsiCo, Danone, Nestle and Jaguar.

We are looking for a great PM who can run multiple projects within our Global SEO Driven Content Agency. The right candidate will work in a small cross-functional team typically including sales and account management, content strategists, writers, SEO specialists, photographers and videographers.

Responsibilities:

1. Planning, Analysing, Evaluating:

• Develop workable budgets, work plans and realistic timetables
• Collaborates with the Account Team on preparation of marketing recommendations, strategies and actions for the client
• Reviews, analyses and evaluates all assigned creative projects, internal agency projects and assigned new business projects
• Provide client platform / business updates on a regular basis to demonstrate upcoming opportunities and threats to their business
• Defining project scope, estimate and writing scope of works and technical specifications, works with account team in the creation of project specifications and time plans
• Educates account team and clients and manages their needs and expectations
• Determines project risk on an ongoing basis, escalates issues as needed
• Evaluate best team makeup for assigned projects
• Monitors out of scope requests, initiates additional estimates and approvals

1. Team Leading, Coordinating, Managing:

• Provides leadership within the agency and monitors work scope against all variables
• Monitors all budget and production activity on assigned projects and communicates status of each project to appropriate agency and client personnel in order to meet project deadlines
• Act as the team leader on all assigned projects
• Maintains communications with appropriate agency and client personnel to ensure positive workflow. Escalating exceptions and issues to Director level as required
• Educating clients and managing their needs and expectations
• Keeping project status reports up to date
• Monitoring and enforcing project constraints (schedule / scope / resources)
• Champion internal systems for higher productivity working
• Drive projects to final stages of completion by keeping the team both on track and highly motivated

1. Project & Product Management:

• Manage assigned projects, involved with client projects from start to finish, ensuring successful project completion against deadlines
• Provide and maintain projects status – liaising with development teams, designers and commercial staff to provide accurate updates of project statuses
• Project quality assurance – testing and review of output, reviewing outputted deliverables against scope
• Asset Management, sourcing through final delivery
• Initiates and leads all appropriate project meetings

1. Financial & Administrative:

• Monitor all internal and external costs for assigned projects
• Creates and maintains all project backup, status reports, PO’s, estimates, schedules, change orders, technical and production specs, preproduction books and any other associated backup
• Manage vendors and talent on assigned projects – create purchase orders, monitor actual vs. budgeted costs
• Manage the production of new business presentations and materials as assigned
• Manage agency internal projects and assist in preparing materials for creative presentations and meetings
• Works with account executive to insure proper billing and invoicing
• Reviews WIPs and final billing reports

Requirements:

• A results-driven individual with proven experience of working with cross-functional teams (SEO, editorial, production and studio) in the successful delivery of projects within agencies
• Experience in delivering content-based projects from brief, through scoping to launch and evaluation
• Good experience of developing and managing the project, timelines, costings, scopes of work;
• Familiar with a range of project management tools such as Monday.com
• Ability to influence and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Strong client facing experience and confidence to present to key stakeholders
• Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail
• Hardworking and a strong initiative to pro-actively solve problems
• Able to deal with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Strong communication skills

What is it like working at Green Park Content?

We are the tech and talk operating at the core of content marketing, digital strategy, and technological expertise. Our dedicated team of content and SEO experts, editors, journalists, designers, photographers and videographers are with clients every step of the way when it comes to ensuring that their brands connect with the right audience. We create original and inspiring content that is relevant, innovative, and easily searchable.

Our results-oriented team helps clients to foster growth and thrive in the global digital landscape, through data discovery, editorial planning, sharp content, and innovative distribution—all underpinned by our SEO m