Project Manager (Advertising/Creative)

Location: Madrid, Spain (Hybrid)
Type: permanent

About the role:

Working in partnership with our client, the Project Manager will work with one of the world's largest drinks companies across many brands and their social and digital projects. We are looking for a social-native Project Manager who will ensure smooth running of our ongoing projects end to end. In this role, you'll work together with a cross-discipline team to deliver projects on time and to a high quality, working directly with client stakeholders who represent Southern Europe (Spain, France, Greece, Italy and Portugal) markets.
At IIG, we build agency teams to work in-house in partnership with brands. This role will be sitting within the team we've created, working with a range of local market Clients. We work within a hybrid set-up, which includes working on-site at our Clients offices up to two days a week and from home the others.

What you will be doing:

• Working alongside internal and external teams both in market and across the Global team.
• Managing projects from beginning to end with clear communication on a regular basis on milestones, deliverables, deadlines, resources.
• Planning projects from the initial stages through to final delivery, being owner of timings and deadlines.
• Partnering with Resource Management to plan resources for project delivery.
• Continuously assessing working methods and processes and making recommendations for improvement.
• Reviewing project resources and providing an analysis on whether they meet the demands of the project.
• Ensuring key Service Level Agreements are met by all parties involved.
• Overseeing the project's financial budget, notifying account team of key cost implications, changes to budget, spending and cost changes.
• Maintain close work relationship with Account Team and clients.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Fluency in English language
• Exceptional project management skills to be the product owner working with creative team and account team and Operation team.
• Overall responsibility for the successful initiation of the project plan and execution with stakeholders, monitoring progress, controlling deadlines and closure of the project.
• The ability to develop and put forward the best process in tackling data gathering and storing.
• The ability to host clear, efficient and productive project meetings for differing stages of the project from kick off, discovery and so on, using a project methodology.
• Great communication skills that are tailored for the recipients.
• The ability to manage and mentor junior team members.
• A clear understanding of all IIG group products and how to utilise this knowledge to the accounts advantage.
• Understanding of how to integrate with a client-side team whilst maintaining a top tier agency service.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other related software.
• Experience in Alcohol sectors or working with E-Commerce deliverables.

Req ID: 10613
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