Executive - Communications and Project Management

Overview

A communications & project management executive is a junior project manager responsible for handling a company's ongoing projects. They report to the communications and Project manager and director and work closely with the communication consultants and the creative services manager. They're the core team for all 4 pillars (strategy, creative, content hub, production...). They work for the PMs to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track in addition to playing the lead role in planning the campaigns, resources , monitoring, and quality control until a project is closed.

Responsibilities include submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project communication plans as well as the proper execution until the end product.

• Proven experience in project management.
• Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
• Experience with project management tools (such as Asana, , Trello , Basecamp ...)
• Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Budget management experience.
• Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.
• Ability to oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.
• Ability to address problems and opportunities for the company.

• Working with the creative services manager and aligning on projects timelines
• Managing the PMs and communications consultants on clients projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts till the end.
• Troubleshooting issues that could slow down the process efficiencies and cut costs
• 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 PMs, traffic
• Encouraging communication among team members

A successful candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in business, management, advertising, marketing, or related field

6 months to 1 year experience with project management theory and best practices

Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills.

Strong analytical skills.

Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Fluent in English and Arabic.