We are OLIVER+, part of OLIVER, the Inside Ideas Group and The Brandtech Group.
We’re a global collective of creatives, technologists and production experts who create and maintain world-class content in film, CGI, motion design, digital, print and tech. We connect opportunities for clients by providing high quality solutions and capabilities to ambitious businesses all over the world. We're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work.
Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.
Role: Senior Integrated Project Manager
Job Level: SNR (8+years)
Department: Project Management
Industry: Various
Location: Remote until further notice
Time Zone Required: SAST
Type of Contract: FTC
Start Date: Immediate
Language: Proficiency in English is required as we are a global business
A Little Bit About the Role:
Awareness of GenAI technology has exploded over the last 12 months - and with it a whole new world has opened up for creators in advertising.
The Senior Integrated Project Manager is responsible for running creative and production processes and working alongside our existing talented Project Management team to drive a project from brief to delivery. Leading on projects while working with our dynamic teams across the business, our project managers successfully deliver projects following OLIVER+' ways of working.
What we want is a passionate, talented individual who can showcase their skills of managing multiple mid to high complexity projects. You should have meticulous attention to detail, understand the importance of the profitability of your projects for the agency and you will have proven yourself as a safe pair of hands on the day-to-day running of multiple prestigious projects.
You will require deep experience with GenAI tools and what they can do for creators, the advertising industry and for marketing clients - as well as the positivity, energy and lateral problem solving to explore and expand techniques to push beyond any perceived creative limitations. One key measure of your success will be your ability to inspire a team with creative solutions day-to-day. Doing this successfully will deliver impact for our clients and fame for your work, as well as make you one of the leading voices of the GenAI revolution.
What You'll be Doing:
GENERAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Have integrated experience across various disciplines which can include one or more of the following: AI, Automation Digital, video, CGI, Motion Design and/or Print projects across different sized accounts and across different time zones; from initial brief to final delivery (based on experience)
- Manage your team to deliver a wide range of deliverables.
- Strive to follow and implement the defined project management and production processes within OLIVER+ and with partners
- Handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Face adversity, setbacks and negativity with a resilient mindset and attitude
- Embody the company values, instil these behaviours within all team members
- Drive continuous improvement through each step of the process and consult on process improvements
- Close off projects to set standards/requirements
INITIATE & PLAN THE PROJECT:
- Serve as the point of contact to receive new briefs and manage the process of transforming unclear briefs into well prepared briefs where applicable
- Manage the scoping, costing and planning of projects across different briefs
- Work to the OLIVER+ Project Management Way of Working while executing projects
- Identify stakeholders and create a communication plan to ensure each of them has access to the right level of information
- Set deadlines with partners and challenge unrealistic timelines to ensure workload is managed based on creative processes
- Create project plan and identify key milestones for each of the projects you are assigned
- Work closely with the Delivery Lead and Resource/Studio Manager to staff the project correctly based on the required deliverables and deadlines
- Identify risks and possible issues and create risk registers
- Work closely with the creative team to define a cost, scope and timeplan for the projects
- Prepare and run effective and structured client and team kick-off meetings
- Create and manage the delivery of project documentation
MANAGE PROJECT EXECUTION, MONITORING AND CONTROL:
- Coordinate development and delivery among various project participants and stakeholders
- Prioritize and manage workload of the project team
- Partner liaison when required, presenting project scopes, cost estimates and timing plans
- Build partner relationship and ensure their needs and requirements are addressed, while following the OLIVER+ ways of working
- Monitor the progress of the project delivery within scope and budget with the planned resources
- Prepare status reports for the stakeholders and actively manage the control of project progress using weekly action points
- Follow the project management change control process for any changes needed in the scope, budget, timelines or resource requirement
- Create and keep up to date all related project documentation and ensure compliance in the project management system
- Proactively problem-solve, mitigate risks and plan for future issues
- Be accountable for the financial profitability of the project and actively manage cost overburn and time logged daily
- Ensure final deliverables are quality driven and comply to the design and production requirements and expectations
- Monitor utilization and output of team
What You'll Need:
- Willingness to accept feedback and iterate over processes in a highly-collaborative, low-ego team environment.
- Process driven and continuous improvement mindset.
- Curiosity, creativity, and ambition.
- Attention to detail.
- The ability to take a project from brief to completion, good communication, organizational, and time management skills are essential.
- Impeccable problem-solving skills and a love for client satisfaction.
- 7+ years of experience and proven track record of successfully managed projects from start to end
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills – able to multi-task and manage multiple projects with different deadlines at one time.
- Good eye for detail and quality control experience.
- Software competency – Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Zoom, Teams and OMG (Oliver Marketing Gateway internal approval system training will be provided).
You'll Have:
- Relevant degree
- Fluency in English
- Proficiency in Microsoft tools such as Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, Teams
- Experienced user of project management tools
- Experience or basic understanding and genuine interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, showcasing a curiosity for exploring its applications and potential impact.
- Not essential but an advantage:
- Experience on global FMCG brands
- Multi-market experience
- International and multicultural exposure
Good to have:
- Agency/communication/production industry experience.
- Basic understanding and genuine interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, showcasing a curiosity for exploring its applications and potential impact.
- Experience in Automation
- Experience in high volume/adaptation deliverables
A little bit about us:
We are OLIVER+ (previously known as MORE), part of OLIVER and the Inside Ideas Group.
We’re a global collective of creatives, technologists and production experts who create and maintain world-class content in film, CGI, motion design, digital, print and tech. We connect opportunities for clients by providing high quality solutions and capabilities to ambitious businesses all over the world.
You can find us here:
Our values shape everything we do:
Be Ambitious to succeed
Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work
Be always learning and listening to understand
Be Results-focused to exceed expectations
Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations
OLIVER is committed to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We actively work to create equal opportunities for everyone, and our DEI initiatives are woven into the fabric of our company. We've set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, and have committed to be net zero by 2030. We expect everyone to contribute to our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.
Inside Ideas Group and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All [suitable] applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.
