| Location | Remote |
| Flex Type | Remote |
| Role Basis | Permanent |
| Salary | £350 per day freelance / or employed c.£35k |
| Company | Blue Feathers Ltd |
Are you a highly driven Project Manager with experience working for a marketing agency delivering complex projects?
Are you an expert in project management methodologies with proven success in efficient project delivery?
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our existing high-calibre team.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be working as part of a senior project team at Blue Feathers, managing the successful delivery of high impact projects across customer-centric strategy, proposition development and capability building. Working in close partnership with the Project Lead, you will confidently and proactively manage medium to large scale projects, which typically run from three to six months. You’ll be part of a supportive, enthusiastic and hard working team, who care about helping others.
The type of person we’re looking for
We need you to have strong organisational skills:
1. Plan and set up a project.
At kick-off, take direction from Project Lead of what needs to be done to deliver the project, and turn it into a clear, feasible plan for the project team to follow.
2. Track and manage a project.
Have a good understanding of all project activities and interdependencies, both internal and client-based. Provide an up-to-date, clear and simple overview on a regular basis, flagging key points that affect the project and removing any ambiguity. Supporting the BF team in continued and efficient progress throughout.
3. Adapt and flex a project.
Anticipate potential issues with progress, resource, and budget, both internal and client-based. Take ownership and work to proactively mitigate issues before they arise. At times when project plans need to change, proactively plan out what’s needed and when.
5. Deliver workshop support.
For online and face-to-face workshops, plan and manage all logistics and other surrounding support e.g. online whiteboard and breakout group preparation, to ensure BF team and our partners can focus on delivery, pre-empting issues in advance to ensure smooth delivery on the day.
6. Close a project.
Upon completion of client deliverables, drive and guide the team through a thorough and efficient wrap up of the project.
And we need you to have a high level of practical skills:
– Proactive, helpful and friendly communication.
Provide proactive, useful and appropriate comms with BF team, suppliers and clients. Written and verbal. This includes status updates and ad hoc client comms.
– Efficient and proactive delivery.
Timely delivery of tasks, whilst understanding the dependencies and joining the dots between different things that need to happen to move forward proactively, Pre-emptive management of own PM tasks, those that need input from the Project lead and tasks involving the client.
– Project and team administration.
Smooth and proactive management of meeting bookings, agendas, notes and meeting actions, travel bookings, management of expenses, technical set up and files. Plus liaison with business ops on team hours and invoice milestones.
– Supplier management.
Smooth coordination of all suppliers to ensure they are aligned to project needs and are equipped with all they need to deliver what’s needed, and have a positive experience with Blue Feathers.
– High quality standards.
Deliver to an extremely high standard and holds everyone to the same. High attention to detail across all aspects of work.
We’re looking for someone who has experience in:
Project management
Must have 5+ years managing complex marketing projects. Strong understanding of project management methodologies. PM qualifications not essential but preferred.
Marketing agency environment
Must have solid understanding of marketing principles, strategy, brand and proposition development and experience working in a marketing agency.
Working at pace
Successful and proactive delivery of multiple simultaneous projects. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
The type of person who will suit this role is:
• Warm and easy to get on with
• Positive and ‘can do’ attitude
• Bias to action
• Inspires trust from others through leadership style
• Takes responsibility
• Cares about doing the right thing for others
• Holds everyone to extremely high standards
• Independent thinker, able to form and explain clear rationales
• Can think on their feet and respond confidently to challenge
• Sees feedback as a positive input
• Able to flex and adapt
• Able to work ‘in the grey’, finding and giving direction to achieve results
• Passionate about strategic marketing and brand management
• Likes to learn themselves, and support others in their development
• Organised and 100% reliable
Practicalities and perks
Employed circa £35,000 FTE or freelance £350 per day (8 hours) dependent on experience
Flexible, minimum 24 hours / 3 days available per week; exact hours to be discussed
Working from home with occasional face-to-face meetings, dependent on project need – will include travel to clients’ offices, some of which are based outside UK
Pension, bonus and training allowance for employees
Home office set up needed, inc high spec IT for employees
Monthly team meetings online
Two in person team social events each year
Supportive and strong team camaraderie
About Blue Feathers
What we do:
We help build better brands, develop powerful propositions and build skills to grow brilliant teams and been the thinking power behind market-leading activity from Tesco, Primark, Aviva, Booking.com and Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
We’re a team of marketers of the highest calibre, with a depth of experience gained from leading some of the biggest and best brands in the UK and worldwide.
Our projects span across:
Brand strategy: strategy development; brand vision, positioning and architecture definition; strategic marketing planning
Proposition development: idea generation; concept development; proposition planning
Marketing skills development: marketing processes and tools creation; training and coaching in marketing skills; team development
Our values:
Rigorous. We are hard-working, solution focused, committed and enthusiastic. We pride ourselves on delivering work of exceptional quality – always. This means we are well-prepared and meticulous on detail. We are trusted and we are 100% reliable.
Helpful. We place importance on being personable and supportive. We care about making our clients’ and each other’s lives easier – we are always thinking about how to do things better, how to run things more smoothly, all with the aim of helping them.
Stretching. We challenge ourselves and our clients to explore new ideas, perspectives and approaches that might not have considered before. We go beyond our comfort zone to unlock our potential and help client’s do the same for themselves and their team.
How to apply
What we need from you:
Please apply with your CV and covering letter by 5pm Friday 24th January 2025. Our Business Operations Manager, Kim, will get back to you.
