Senior Executive - Communications and Project Management

Company Description

Nothing is Impossible

Founded in London in 1970, Saatchi & Saatchi has grown into a global creative network with 114 offices across 67 countries and more than 6,500 people. As part of Publicis Groupe, we partner with leading global brands to deliver integrated communications and unforgettable creative work.

Our belief that ‘Nothing is Impossible’ inspires us to drive positive change through creativity. With teams across the UAE and Saudi Arabia serving the wider Middle East and Africa, the agency was named #2 Network of the Year at Dubai Lynx 2024.

Our culture is what sets us apart. From collaborative ways of working to the traditions that bring our people together, we create an environment where talent can grow, ideas can thrive and outstanding work can happen.

Overview

We’re looking for a passionate, curious and organized Senior Executive - Communications & Project Management to be part of our team, delivering a multi-discipline communications scope for a game-changing brand. As a Senior Executive, Communications & Project Management, you will support the account management team in coordinating projects across a range of verticals - creative, strategy, production, content, media, SEO, CX, data science. The core responsibilities will be to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track, in addition to playing the lead role in planning campaigns, resourcing, monitoring and quality control from start to finish. This role will also be tasked with submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project plans, ensuring their effective execution throughout.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product *

• Proven experience in project management.
• Ability to co-ordinate project teams of various sizes
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
• Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Budget management experience.
• Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.
• Ability to proactively problem-solve, and indentify new opportunities for the groupe.
  
  

• Working with different stakeholders such as creative teams, production, clients etc..
• Managing stakeholders on clients projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts till the end
• Forward planning, idenitifing potential risks and proposing solutions
• Troubleshooting unforeseen issues as they arise, escalating as required
• Outsourcing and finding freelancers when needed.
• Establishing effective project communication plans (CPS) and ensuring their execution on time
• Following the project's progress and bypassing problems
• Evaluating a post-project and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements by preparing status reports
• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
• Enforcing deadlines and maintains efficiency across teams.
• Scheduling project-related meetings
• Allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members
• Encouraging communication among team members.
  
  

• Effective communication skills, able to connect with people at all levels.
• Strong leadership skills: able to motivate the team and drive maximum performance
• Good decision maker
• Technical expertise: Since project management software and other related programs are essential in accomplishing the project goals, an effective project manager needs to have the knowledge to understand the issues that are related to the technical aspect.
• Inspires a shared vision: A visionary person can lead people to the right direction as well as easily adapt to the changes that come along the way. They are good at empowering people to share responsibility for delivering on this vision
• Cool under pressure.
• Good negotiation skills: One of the qualities needed for effective project management is the ability to negotiate. In times that conflict arise due to differences in opinion, project managers need sheer negotiating skills to settle the issue and maintain harmony in the team.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Self-motivated and innovative
• Time management skills and efficient worker.
  
  

• Maintaining a positive attitude even when under pressure: Above all, attitude before aptitude.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing or other related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar role.