Executive - Communications and Project Management
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About the Role
Leo Burnett MEA is seeking a junior project manager to handle ongoing projects, working closely with communications consultants and creative services. The role involves planning campaigns, managing resources, monitoring progress, and ensuring quality control until project close.
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Responsibilities
- Submit project deliverables and ensure they adhere to quality standards
- Prepare status reports and identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
- Establish effective project communication plans and ensure execution on time
- Manage PMs and communications consultants on client projects from concept approval to completion
- Troubleshoot issues that could slow down process efficiencies and cut costs
- Outsource and find freelancers when needed
- Facilitate change requests to inform all parties of impacts on schedule and budget
- Enforce deadlines and maintain efficiency across teams
- Schedule project related meetings
- Allocate tasks and responsibilities to PMs and traffic
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, advertising, marketing, or related field
- 6 months to 1 year experience with project management theory and best practices
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision making skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Fluent in English and Arabic
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Company Description
- Creativity has the power to transform human behavior. Leo Burnett is part of Publicis Groupe, one of the world's largest agency networks with 96 offices and nearly 10,000 employees.
Overview
- A communications & project management executive is a junior project manager responsible for handling ongoing projects. They report to the communications and project manager and director and work closely with communication consultants and the creative services manager.
Technical & Product
- Proven experience in project management.
- Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.
- Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
- Experience with project management tools (such as Asana, Monday.com, Trello, Basecamp).
- Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
- Budget management experience.
- Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.
- Ability to oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.
- Ability to address problems and opportunities for the company.
Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency
- Working with the creative services manager and aligning on project timelines.
- Managing the PMs and communications consultants on client projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts till the end.
- Troubleshooting issues that could slow down process efficiencies and cut costs.
- Outsourcing and finding freelancers when needed.
- Establishing effective project communication plans (CPS) and ensuring their execution on time.
- Following the project's progress and bypassing problems.
- Evaluating post project and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements by preparing status reports.
- Submitting project deliverables and ensuring they adhere to quality standards.
- Facilitating change requests to ensure all parties are informed of impacts on schedule and budget.
- Enforcing deadlines and maintaining efficiency across teams.
- Scheduling project related meetings.
- Allocating tasks and responsibilities to PMs, traffic.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, advertising, marketing, or related field.
- 6 months to 1 year experience with project management theory and best practices.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision making skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Fluent in English and Arabic.
Additional Information
- R 4527 / P 5130
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