Project Manager HOPM003 Fixed Term

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager to join our enthusiastic team to work with one of our major clients, delivering a variety of best-in-class events and experiential activations. Someone who loves energetic teams, high profile brands and having the opportunity to shape and evolve activity. Someone who is confident presenting to and managing clients, likes working across a variety of activities often simultaneously and is a real team player but equally on occasion happy to work alone

Ideal location: Thame, United Kingdom, OX9

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivery and enjoys leading Account Execs, Event Managers and Brand Ambassadors as part of that process. Someone who loves a challenge, likes to think outside traditional channels, is creative in their solution finding and is comfortable working with a team and client to do the same.

Our clients are our partners. The work is a collaboration of effort from both sides to drive success. Their role is as important as ours to drive the output and we encourage blended way of workings. We are looking for someone who is comfortable and confident working openly with clients on the day-to-day operation and upholds very high levels of client servicing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Servicing - you will be the main point of contact for client’s responding to briefs and overseeing the wider team to deliver on time, on budget and with flair.
• Creative Management – from collaborating and briefing in concepts, to building your own ideas and supporting with brainstorming, you will also be expected to manage all creative requirements on an event, including briefing designers and artworkers.
• Event & Activation Delivery – you will be responsible for ensuring the events and activations run smoothly from the initial set up through to the close, overseeing the planning, production/build and logistics process.
• People Management – be that a line reportee, brand ambassador team, suppliers or colleagues within other areas of Hyphen / CPM group such as other client handlers, Creative Services, Production and Logistics.
• Finance Management – you will be creating cost estimates, negotiating best rates, protecting margins and reconciling projects
  
  

Key Skills & Experience

• Typically, a minimum 5 years+ experience.
• Proven experience of managing end-to-end projects in a similar environment at a similar level, including responding to briefs.
• Experience working on pitches and RFP’s
• Can do attitude and oodles of passion for live events and experiential marketing
• Must be a self-motivated, proactive, flexible, adaptable, resourceful and accountable personality
• Detail-oriented, organised, and efficient with an ability to simplify the complex into clear plans
• Ability to adjust and set priorities to meet deadlines
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Complete IT literacy in PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Office 365 and general digital awareness and skills including social media channels
  
  

The Package:

37.5 hours a week Mon-Fri

£35.69 per hour +holiday pay

Robust benefits package including 26 days leave per year (increasing by 1 day per year up to 31 day), private health care, up to 10% employer pension contribution, life insurance plus other opt in benefits.

Location

Hyphen promotes a culture of flexible working and is open to conversations around location and working hours.