Whats up? Were VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative & media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients & delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 & has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Japan & Mexico City. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards & The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Culture is our key & Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative & strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in & day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention & culture. In APAC, we are proudly +200, servicing a diverse client all around the region.

The PITCH

Were looking for an Associate Project Director to help establish project management as a discipline within the office. The accounts are specific to the Australia market, whilst working closely with our APAC team. Applicants should have a robust understanding of social media, comfortability with digital production & a strong project management & operation skillset to help support the day to day running of the accounts in Australia. This is an always-on role that moves daily, putting out creative content at a fast pace, while also planning larger campaign initiatives.

This is a full-time role based in Australia with a reporting role to the Country Manager, & a dotted reporting line to the Head of Delivery APAC.

Heres where you come in.

• Your main responsibilities as an Associate Project Director will be to develop your designated portfolio into a well-functioning & profitable business unit. Your input is imperative to develop a strategic approach to the delivery process that is within the VaynerMedia ways of working, but at the same time relevant for the client needs.
• Manage the programme of work - financial planning, directing, & coordinating activities to ensure that all project objectives are complete within the defined period & budget.
• Ensure Agency, Client, Vendor, & Legal processes & requirements are being met
• Responsible for the management of many variations of ATL & digital & social content (video, image, websites, TVC, print, retail etc.), ensuring quality control, & delivering/trafficking all assets to required agency partners/media teams/clients
• Hands-on ownership of complex strategic projects, requiring senior stakeholder management & serve as the primary interface with the relevant clients
• Partner with the Account, Strategy, Media & Creative leads to ensure client expectations, creative vision, & agency needs are met from briefing through final delivery on projects
• Tracking financial progression, ensuring it is shared & assessed, taking the lead in suggesting & making adjustments to the project & team as needed
• Identifying risks & solutions - being the problem solver in ensuring we remain agile & strategic throughout the project lifecycle
• Scope development to determine goals & deliverables, time frame, budgets, working processes & resource requirements
• Oversee/coordinate portfolio resources & day-to-day activities to ensure projects progress on schedule & within prescribed budget
• Monitor & report on project progress, manage & validate change requests as required 
• Provide motivation & mentorship to the PM team & be the first point of escalation for issue/conflict resolution on all projects
• Support the Head of Delivery to help monitor PMs, & have line reports of your own where applicable
• Support Head of Delivery to continually match & optimise skill-level/experience & aspiration of the project managers to the needs 
• Overall, being solutions-focused; the go-to person to assess challenges, always identifying the opportunity for possibility

Your Experience

• Previous 10 years of experience in an agency, managing a portfolio of brands
• Leadership, management & mentorship skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication & presentation skills
• Proven negotiation skills
• Hands-on experience & ownership of complex strategic projects, requiring senior stakeholder management 
• Ability to recognise & solve potential problems, escalate issues or conflicts & continually evaluate project effectiveness
• Manage overall quality of project delivery & documentation for the account
• Strong communication skills & impressive attention to detail
• A cool, calm & collected approach to problem-solving
• Ability to thrive & remain agile in a fast-paced environment
• Strong self-awareness & people-management skills
• Understanding of relevant social media platforms & their requirement

What you should know about VaynerMedia

Think lab & not agency. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules, try new things, & test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, & the opportunity to collaborate with the talented & enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.