Project Director
Lead, innovate, deliver
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What you will do
- Develop and implement project management strategies and processes to ensure efficient project delivery
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of project managers, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to succeed
- Foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the project management team
- Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of all projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives and agency standards
- Allocate resources effectively, balancing the demands of multiple projects and ensuring optimal team performance
- Monitor project progress, identify potential risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies
- Serve as the primary point of contact for key clients, building and maintaining strong relationships
- Communicate project status, updates, and changes to clients and stakeholders in a clear and timely manner
- Ensure client satisfaction by delivering high-quality projects that meet or exceed expectations
- Conduct regular project reviews and audits to ensure adherence to processes and identify areas for improvement
- Implement best practices and innovative solutions to enhance project quality and efficiency
- Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring projects are delivered within financial constraints
- Monitor and report on project financials, including budget forecasts, actuals, and variances
- Optimise resource allocation and project expenditures to maximise profitability
- Recruit, train, and develop project management staff, fostering their professional growth and development
- Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback and coaching to team members
- Create a positive and motivating work environment that encourages teamwork and high performance
Requirements
- A Professional Certification in either Agile PM Foundation or Practitioner, PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner or PMP (Project Management Professional) is essential
- You have a minimum of 6 years experience in Project Management, with at least 3 years experience in a leadership role within marketing or a related industry
- You have proficient experience with industry-standard Project/Agency Management systems (e.g. Mavenlink, Synergist, Screendragon, Paprika etc.)
- You’re experienced in managing £2m fee projects + accounts, global integrated accounts
- You have a strong understanding of the HubSpot CRM platform
- You have a proven track record of successfully managing large, complex marketing projects from inception to completion
- You have regulatory and compliance knowledge as well as media production knowledge
Diversity & Inclusion
Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment.
We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else.
We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals.
If something is important to you, it's important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- Leeds, Manchester
- Yearly salary
- £60,000 - £80,000
Perks & Benefits
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Flexibility
We understand that everyone works differently, so we provide them the freedom to work how they want, when they want and where they want. No role is ever fully remote as we want people to be spending time with one another in person – however, we will support you in making sure you are supported in what ways of working suit you best.
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Experience
Work alongside one of the most experienced digital teams in the industry, and collaborate directly with clients at some of the world’s largest brands and high-growth startups, including Virgin, Sky and Oddbox.
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Trust
We believe in giving ambitious people incredible autonomy in their work. You’ll have the freedom to tackle complex problems and the support of some of the talented people in the industry to do so.
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Wellbeing
We actively care for our team’s physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
We run various company initiatives to help promote physical wellbeing – yoga, running club, 5-a-side football to name a few.
We believe in taking a proactive approach when it comes to all our people’s mental wellbeing. As such we have partnered with experts (Vitality and Chakra Corporate) that our people can turn to.
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Learning
Through our Learn Together sessions, Book Club and Podcast, we learn from the best minds in the world and apply the most valuable insight to the work we do and how we run the business.
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CSR
CSR is a key priority for the business. We’re currently working on how we can make a lasting, positive impact on the world around us. Recent initiatives we are proud of include our cycling challenge for Breast Cancer Now, our donation to PhysCap and Jon’s campaign to support local food banks.
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Benefits
Our benefits package is constantly evolving. In the UK it currently includes:
- Pension matched up to 4%
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Private medical insurance
- Personal health fund
- Home working allowance
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Unlimited unpaid holiday
In the US it currently includes:
- 401k matching
- Subsidized Medical, Dental & Vision
Company Life Insurance - Enhanced Maternity & Paternity cover
- Flexible and Remote working
- 25 days paid time off plus all federal holidays & office closure between Christmas and New Year
- Unlimited unpaid time off
About Journey Further
Journey Further is a performance marketing agency working with the world's leading brands and fast-growth start-ups. We blend strategic thinking, creativity, digital channels and experimentation to create the performance brands of tomorrow.
Project Director
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