Associate Project Leader

  • Full-time

Company Description

We partner with our clients to create ideas rooted in shopper psychology.  Together, we help our clients deliver results while setting them up for success in the future. It’s simply what happens when you have strategy, creative, and execution working to reach shoppers when and where it matters most.

Our approach isn’t actual rocket science, but there’s a reason no other agency can execute ideas like we do.

Talent is at the heart of everything we do. 

We’ve put together a team of talented and passionate individuals from around the globe.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities and Job Duties

  • Understand and support team’s financial management, demonstrating complete understanding internal and client billing processes (including varying client billing requirements and implications) 
  • Support the PG Walmart business client billing, across all of the P&G brands. 
  • Master the PG Billing Process and stewardship requirements. 
  • Provide holistic project support across multiple projects and/or books of business with varying timelines and budgets 
  • Demonstrate clear understanding of steps within Saatchi & Saatchi X work flow & accurately take next steps in process
  • Provide back-up support for Project Leadership team members as needed  
  • Understand, implement, and adapt to process changes agency processes and tools
  • Build an understanding and knowledge base of Saatchi and Saatchi X capabilities and standard omni-channel marketing projects
  • Understand how to utilize Saatchi & Saatchi X resources, ensuring that proper representation is brought together for work/projects
  • Develop collaborative internal relationships across all functions and departments
  • Respond quickly to team needs, potential problems or issues, partnering with PL team and/or appropriate cross-functional team members to proactively solve
  • Elevate problems or issues to Senior Project Leader, Project Leadership Associate Director, or Project Leadership & Operations Senior Director as needed for leadership awareness and support 
  • Partner with PL team to support facilitating the creation of internal budgets and estimates including agency fees and outside costs (may be provided by cross functional team) for Account Leadership review and approval prior to client review
  • Understand the Saatchi & Saatchi X workflow and timing to better implement process and create project workplans
  • Create unique, stem to stern job schedules based on scope of work outlined, building detailed schedule in Webvantage, assigning cross-functional team as relevant, ensuring all required steps are accounted for 
  • Assist in acquisition of client assets, equity files, stock photography, translations, and similar needs for projects and provide to team to facilitate the work
  • Aid PL team in management of deliverables and processes for photo shoots, video shoots, voiceover recording, editing, etc. (requires limited guidance from Senior Project Leader and/or Project Leadership Associate Director)
  • Support management of all areas of timelines and deliverables with Project Leadership-owned vendors including Master Service Agreements and Statements of Work (requires limited Senior Project Leader and/or Project Leadership Director)
  • Provide support to PL team during internal status meetings 
  • Engage appropriate cross-functional team members across jobs throughout the life of the project as relevant to the work
  • Maintain a thorough documentation of communication, timing, and attachments for all projects in proper Saatchi & Saatchi X systems throughout the life of the job (Webvantage & Smartsheets)
  • Support the PL’s in ensuring Smartsheets are up to date with timelines and assignments to necessary cross functional team members

Qualifications

  • Demonstrate excellent organization and communication skills
  • Demonstrates mastery in entire Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Word, etc.)
  • Possess strong process and operational attributes
  • Be detail-oriented
  • Ability to prioritize and multi-task
  • Ability to positively influence your team 
  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills  
  • Demonstrate problem-solving skills 
  • Ability to operate in self-sufficient manner with minimal supervision
  • Demonstrate personal accountability 

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people!  To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.  Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • Matching Gifts programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
  • Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

 

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Saatchi & Saatchi X is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

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