Account/Project Manager

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At TMP you’ll develop an excellent understanding of your clients’ objectives, ensuring campaigns with a wow factor are delivered consistently to brief. You’ll manage projects, working closely with a director to deliver on budget, on time, guiding the team and our clients through the delivery.

What you will do:

• Regular communication to provide real-time updates on day-to-day activities.
• Co-ordinating status meetings, providing reporting including updates on the work, timelines, and budgets, and highlighting any blockers or risks.
• Participate in briefings, capturing client requirements and reporting needs.
• Capture feedback, distribute and follow up on action points.
• Supporting your account director, building your relationships with clients through responsiveness, clear communication and by managing expectations.

Program management , working with your project team you will:

• Liaise with team members to understand roles and responsibilities, processes, and delivery tasks.
• Create supporting project plans and resource plans.
• Work with our traffic manager to resource and schedule team members.
• Write production briefs and facilitate kick off meetings.
• Drive teams through the delivery of the work, co-ordinating schedules, organising meetings and providing clear actions and deadlines.
• Find solutions to resolve blockers or challenges to the successful delivery of the work.
• Review and critically appraise work to ensure that it meets the brief and is ready to share with the client.

Commercial management :

• Create project estimates, quotes and statements of work, with support from your director.
• Responsible for managing project finance admin – such as raising purchase orders and invoices and updating and maintaining accurate forecast data.
• Tracking and reporting on time, cost and overall budget spend and profitability of your projects.
• Escalating commercial risks to your director.

Marketing strategy :

• Take an interest in your client’s business, industry and the work, sharing relevant information across your team.
• Understand programme/ campaign performance and liaise with your team to provide recommendations to optimise activity and/or improve the quality of outcomes.
• Develop an understanding of the services TMP offers and how we add value to our clients.

Business development:

• Identify opportunities for TMP to extend its scope of work within your existing projects and work with your Account Director on how to move these forward.

Requirements

Who you are:

• A project manager with a strong desire to advance in a marketing career.
• Easy to approach.
• Have a positive and resilient mindset, taking proactive steps in all aspects.
• Effective in communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Pragmatic, approaching work with a logical mindset.
• Actively listens, curious, and willing to ask questions to gain necessary information.
• Ready to contribute unique ideas and perspectives.
• Excellent at time management, able to prioritize workload and handle multiple projects/clients simultaneously.

What you will need:

• Previous experience in marketing or ideally working in an agency.
• Knowledge of various types of marketing campaigns.
• Ability to manage cross-discipline teams, such as asset production, strategy, creative, technology, and media.
• Proficiency in IT, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Familiarity with project management tools and processes.
• Experience in commercial management, including estimating costs and tracking and managing budgets.

• Generous holiday allowance (Plentiful PTO)
• Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• Private healthcare and dental insurance
• Group income protection
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Access to well-being coaching or counselling sessions once a week
• Financial health support
• Parental leave - 12 Weeks Full Pay for Primary Carers and an additional 50% pay for 12 more weeks.
• Social committee events. We have monthly social events including everything from game nights and bowling to kayaking, and pumpkin carving.
• Use our portal to access discounts and cashback at plenty of retailers. You can also sign up for our cycle-to-work scheme.
• Sustainable Future Giving. We want to help create a positive impact on our planet by donating to plant trees, tacking our impact, and helping to reduce emissions.

So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.