Grey London, part of WPP, is on a mission to create the most influential brands of the next decade, through the power of Famously Effective ideas.
Famously Effective ideas extend far beyond the confines of advertising or marketing channels. They stretch our potential influence into wider culture – by breaking norms, smashing stereotypes, saving lives, changing minds, writing history, shifting conversations, and transforming perspectives.
More than just our tagline, Famously Effective is a shared global philosophy that has guided everything Grey has done since our founding more than 100 years ago. Today, more than 150 people work in our London office, with nearly 3,000 more throughout our global network.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team of change-makers on an initial short-term contract of 12 months, with the possibility to extend. ** In this role, you will lead projects of varying scale, budget, and discipline. Using your expertise, you will scope and plan with internal stakeholders and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing multiple teams, project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. We will look to you to help identify future opportunities, improve processes and drive the direction of the client’s needs.
THE ACCOUNTS** **At Grey, we have an exciting client portfolio, working with brands across the health & wellness sector, tourism, FMCG, telecomms, energy, sports & active wear, alongside probono projects for charity groups. This variety will keep you challenged and engaged, allowing you to broaden your experience and have an impact on culture.
Within this role, the majority of your remit will be focused on a restricted category brand. Your key challenge will be juggling multiple workstreams for a complex, global, and highly regulated business while ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES **
In this role, you’ll be involved in managing a range of projects, with a primary focus on operations and commercials, varying in sizes and complexity. You’ll work closely with clients to drive best ways of working for teams, collaborating across the agency and with teams in WPP to keep everyone on track and working towards the same shared goal.
You’ll have the opportunity to deliver multiple projects under various programmes, taking them through from client brief to final output, The projects and workstreams you’ll sit across will involve delivering on campaign toolkits covering TVC, social, digital, shopper, 360 brand experience/strategy development programmes, website content, app design and content creation.
Day-to-day, you’ll focus on:
Managing complex schedules that involve both internal and external teams
Tracking projects and tasks, communicating schedule and considerations to senior leadership
Prioritising activities for quick execution of critical path work items.
Taking responsibility for the projects you own; driving them to delivery, working closely with the external production partner(s)
Coordinating with stakeholders to manage, track and control project issues to ensure timely delivery of products
Developing reports to track planning, scheduling, issues, risks, and overall status
Overseeing input to support with the creation of new processes and tools as necessary, to support additional needs and requirements of a fast-growing business
Monitoring overall progress, including resolving issues, managing budget, and initiating corrective action as appropriate
Managing third party vendors contributing to the projects
Working closely with the Heads of Department and Resourcing teams to monitor overall resource allocations for the projects
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
In this role, as you scope for projects and deliver on workstreams, you will work closely and collaborate with all disciplines and departments within the agency, **
To succeed in this role, you will need to:
Work well and exert influence as a member of a highly integrated team, with prior experience as a Senior PM in a Creative agency (or similar) environment
Leverage your project management skills: risk management, status reporting, change management, defining budgets & scopes, write estimations and proposals, draft legal documents and SOWs
Demonstrate strong communication (both written and verbal), interpersonal and organisational skills
Implement robust analytical skills to identify issues and apply effective problem-solving techniques
Communicate honestly and openly and always being open to feedback
Have experience managing a team, with the natural ability motivate & lead
Manage up to senior stakeholders and day-to-day peers as a central point of information
Adopt strong client-facing and negotiation skills
Be comfortable and confident working directly with clients
What can you expect from us?** **At Grey, you’ll have the opportunity to work at an incredible studio, with some of the most creative and inspired people in the industry, all whilst getting to grow & shape your career with us. We offer a competitive salary, lots of training, plenty of benefits and wellbeing perks too.
Inclusion & Belonging** At Grey, we know that the more diverse the input, the more famous and effective the output. Different perspectives spark bigger ideas, braver creativity and better work - and that starts with how we welcome new talent. We embrace applications from people underrepresented in our industry and value the unique skills, experiences and viewpoints everyone brings. Our goal is simple: create a place where everyone can belong, and no one feels the need to hide any part of who they are.
That spirit runs through our application process too. If there’s anything - from neurodivergence, to a health condition, or any other circumstance - that might shape your experience, just let our People team know. We’ll work with you to make the adjustments you need to show your best, and we’ll treat whatever you share with respect.