Key responsibilities & accountabilities:                                 

• Responsible for all project management work, including planning and delivering supported by, paid for by and hosted by campaigns and programmes of work across print and digital platforms.
• Taking ownership of the full delivery process, acting as key client and agency contact, managing internal stakeholders and production workflow across multiple projects.
• Support the pre-sales/pitch process, working closely with sales and editorial leads. Oversee the visualisation of pitch ideas into appropriate deliverables for presentation.
• Identify and communicate constraints and assess feasibility of delivery against deadlines.
• Produce cost estimates and schedules for delivery and work with traffic managers to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
• Develop project documentation (project schedules, kick off decks and budgets) to manage the project delivery. Facilitate project review meetings as necessary.
• Work with Commercial audience editors and Data team to collate traffic reports for clients.
• Work with Traffic management to ensure that clear milestones are set, projects are resourced appropriately, key activities and deadlines are met.
• Directly manage internal resources and production partners to ensure the scope of work is defined and a detailed delivery plan and budget are satisfactorily provided.
• Work collaboratively with commercial features desk, art department, sales team, strategy, production partners and clients to ensure progress and quality of output.
• Ensure all creative work is signed off and approved by the key decision makers at all stages of the process.
• Manage and document change calmly and effectively.
• Book digital advertising inventory with relevant production and ad ops teams.

Essential Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Behaviours:

• Solid digital and print project management experience, preferably publisher/agency based. Delivering both creative commercial campaigns and content partnerships.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining key project documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Extensive client management experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced digital environment.
• Experience of working under pressure and adapting to rapidly changing circumstances.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent planning and organising skills.
• Numerate and comfortable working with data.    
• Enthusiastic and displays passion for our work. Takes satisfaction in delivering tasks to the best of their ability.
• Seeks to understand the big picture and be part of the creative process, not just a director of tasks.
• Financially aware
• Easily builds rapport, builds trust and strives to see issues from different perspectives.

Nice To Have:

• Good knowledge of or demonstrable interest in SEO, social media and web publishing.       
• Some experience of using web analytics tools (Google analytics, DFP)
• Some knowledge and interest in web technologies.

Personality Characteristics:                           

• Confident and enthusiastic.                              
• Creative/ lateral thinker..           
• Conscientious.             
• Self-starter but also a strong team player.
• Assertive and persuasive.