Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world’s third largest communications group in the world. With more than 100,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

Since 2014 and the acquisition of Sapient, Publicis Groupe has undergone a profound transformation by scaling a new model connecting data, creativity and technology. We have continued on that journey with the 2019 acquisition of Epsilon to further scale our data led offering and provide true momentum to our clients’ own transformation.

This model, with a country led approach, is called the “Power of One” and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.

It breaks down the silos between Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis.Sapient, and Publicis Health making them work seamlessly and efficiently to help clients transform marketing and business at scale.

About the client....

Publicis Imagine is a custom-built team for Disney created with one purpose in mind – to be Disney’s most valuable partner in creating the next era of entertainment. The newly built team falls under the umbrella of Publicis Media and is dedicated to Disney’s four lines of business:

• Disney+
• Studios
• Parks
• Consumer and Gaming Products
• Media networks

The Publicis Imagine team has been designed to be simple, agile and connected, with access to the latest innovations in media to accelerate Disney’s growth around the world, Data is at the core of Publicis Imagine’s offering. Our data ecosystem, will be the end-to-end platform focused on driving growth. We create the digital foundations necessary to harness data-driven insights, frictionless automation and predictive AI to power our media and creative decisions.

We too believe that if you can dream it, you can do it.

We are Publicis Imagine

About the role....

This role will be a Digital Operations Project Associate Director reporting to the Digital Operations Director. You will need to ensure the smooth delivery of all digital projects across Digital Services, Data & Technology, and Digital Platform Leads.

As a Mid-Level Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning, executing, and finalising projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and stakeholders to deliver projects according to plan.

Project Planning and Execution:

• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents.
• Effectively manage project scope through change control processes.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.

Resource Management:

• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.

Team Leadership:

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.

Communication:

• Communicating to a large amount of EMEA stakeholders
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.

Risk Management:

• Identify and manage project risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

What you need to succeed....

We are looking for an ambitious, proactive, curious and experienced digital project manager. You will need to be highly strategic, organised, able to work independently on projects where needed but also enjoy working within a team that has a strong, collaborative working ethos.  Having solid experience within the digital landscape, you will be an expert overseeing the delivery of digital projects allowing you to deliver the best quality of work and results for both Publicis Imagine and Disney stakeholders. We work at a fast pace and alongside multiple stakeholders. 

Most importantly, you must possess a strong inner desire to drive projects, enjoy working with some of the finest minds in the industry, and truly be a part of something unique that will have a lasting impact.

• Solid experience delivering digital projects within a media environment or previous media agency experience
• Self-driven, results-oriented, solutions-focused with a positive outlook
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; working under pressure and prioritise workload on a busy account
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Advanced communication and writing skills – working across the team, within the wider agency, with clients and media owners
• Strong familiarity with project management software, such as MS Project, Basecamp, or equivalent
• Strong presentation skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Consistently over-delivering on client objectives
• Be confident working with numbers and large amounts of data
• Be able to adhere to processes and best practices
• Highly organized and capable of working independently

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with employees being office-based on Mondays and two other days during the working week.

If you have any adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

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