Senior Creative Project Manager (Contract)

ABOUT VAYNERX

VaynerX () is the most contemporary family of companies working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia Eva Nosidam Productions The Sasha Group Gallery Media Group Tingley Lane Trading VaynerSpeakers and VaynerCommerce.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned company was founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk and has offices in New York Los Angeles Toronto Mexico City London Amsterdam Singapore Delhi Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Tokyo and Sydney. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and APAC we are proudly 300 servicing a diverse client all around the region.

The PITCH

Were lucky that everyone within our walls thinks creatively shares a passion for building communities and understands the world of both big campaigns and social micro-content.

Our Project Managers enjoy working in a fast paced environment and love the challenge of discovering what drives and moves consumers. Our team is hunting for a passionate and driven PM that will lead a global brand account and continually review and optimize the work team produces and collaborate with the project management team to establish effective ways to lead teams and processes.

This is a full-time contract role based in Philippines with a reporting role to the Head of Delivery based in Singapore.

Heres where you come in.

• Life Cycle Management
• Plans mobilizes and manages projects holistically keeping them organized and moving smoothly from start to finish to ensure successful completion.
• Demonstrates ability to build accurate project plans with budget schedules resources and processes in mind.
• Write and execute statement of work scope cost estimate tasks timeline budget and development based on project requirements and plans.
• Organization
• Keeps information clear accessible and accurate.
• Ensures assets and materials are tracked organized categorized and delivered consistently efficiently and effectively.
• Framework Process & Requirement
• Understands and uses agency tools e.g Workfront and processes to streamline project planning mobilization and management.
• Operationalize peoples time and their work optimize teams availability through effective resources management
• Plan key touch points such as kick-offs brainstorms and deliverable reviews.
• Ensures teams and work follow agency client advertising frameworks/best practices and legal requirements.
• Drive Operations Excellence - Provide suggestions on ways to optimize through close collaboration with finance client service operations and legal on project and client requirements.
• Strategic Understanding
• Understands the purpose context and implications of key parts of their role as it relates to the larger organization.
• Focuses on big picture thinking and analyzing information that demonstrates an understanding of the why for clients the team and the work.
• Problem Solving
• Ability to think critically about a problem and proactively find effective and sustainable solutions to help resolve.
• Applies learnings from prior projects/experiences to the current work.
• People Management
• Build and cultivate strong and collaborative partnerships with team members cross-departmentally in order to successfully drive the work forward for the team business and client.
• Communication
• Ability to apply active listening in order to gather deeper context & insights to fully understand the needs of the team.
• Using appropriate transparent and accurate details & context when communicating.
• Being clear and effective to specific audiences (whether its written or verbal).
• Proactivity
• Self-starter in daily tasks; works well independently and as part of the team.
• Ability to adapt to different situations and make proactive adjustments where necessary.
• Intrinsically motivated to continuously grow and learn in role.
• Drive quality in end product.
• Demonstrate pride in the process and product and take accountability for the work

Your Experience

• 5 years of experience managing projects coordinating teams and other planning-related duties preferably in the digital ad or media space.
• Time management is your cup of tea.
• Experience in budget development and contract (SOW) writing.
• Thrives in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.
• Out of the box lead and practical hands-on experience in project management.
• You make and lead stuff to happen.
• Hungry for great work (and good food)
• Must have a life outside work.
• And did we mention project scoping

What you should know about VaynerMedia

Think lab and 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 and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew work with big brands excites you as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.