Were VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative & media agency built for the now. Born in social, our work is now full service, simply loving big ideas that connect & create real change for our clients business. We are independently owned, founded in 2009 with offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur & Mexico City. We are recognized for our work in Cannes Lions, the Clios, D&AD & The Webbies to name a few. 

Culture is our key & Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia EMEA 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 EMEA, we are proudly 250+, servicing multi-brands across the region.

The PITCH.

Were looking for a strong Project Director with a robust understanding of social media, comfortability with production & exceptional project management & operations skills to help support the day to day running of one of the agency's accounts. 

Your account will see you helping to deliver insights-driven work on a daily basis whilst strengthening client & partner agency relationships both here in the UK & across EMEA.

Please note we plan to offer this role as a fixed term contract (FTC).

Heres where you come in

• Your main responsibilities as a 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
• 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.
• Constantly monitor & report on project progress, manage & validate change requests as required 
• Overall, being solutions-focused; the go-to person to assess challenges, always identifying the opportunity for possibility

Lead by example

• Taking the drivers seat & pushing the work forward, with a relentless focus on the details
• 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
• Constantly identifying risks & solutions - being the problem solver in ensuring we remain agile & strategic throughout the project lifecycle
• Be heavily client-facing to speak to budget, timing, resource & process considerations

Motivate & support

• 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 were applicable
• Support Head of Delivery to continually match & optimise skill-level/experience & aspiration of the project managers to the needs 

We treasure Personality & Experience yet we do know that these qualifications lead to what WE KNOW as a success:

• Previous experience managing a portfolio of brands
• Advanced 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 & an impressive attention to detail
• A cool, calm & collected approach to problem-solving
• Ability to thrive & remain agile in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Strong self-awareness & people-management skills
• Understanding of relevant social media platforms & their requirement

Heres how We Support You

We regularly review our benefits & are committed to providing a comprehensive programme for our people.

• 27 Days Paid Leave + 1 Day Birthday Leave
• Cash Plan with Medicash - Level 2 cover, option to add partner. 
• Virtual GP, Skinvision, 24/7 Health & Stress Helplines, Discounted Gym, Medicash Extras
• Life Assurance, Income Protection, Group Personal Pension.
• Cycle to work scheme & PerkBox (online discount platform with 250 perks available).
• Employee Assistance Program (Financial, Mental & Physical Wellbeing)
• Unum Help@Hand (Remote GP, Second Opinion, Mental Health Support, Physiotherapy Support, Life, Money & Wellbeing Support).
• Coaching sessions, Journey private & team class sessions.
• NABS UK access in events, classes, coaching & mentoring sessions.

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!

We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms & part of our model is built bottom up, flipping the traditional advertising model & process on its head. We dont play to agency/industry norms & our culture & energy reflects that.

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.

VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members & job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class. 

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.K.