Project Manager

Overview / About us

We’re The Leith Agency - Scotland’s leading creative agency. We’re a bunch of creative, digitally-minded, content-loving people. We have offices in Edinburgh and Manchester. Established in 1984 on the docks of Edinburgh, Leith has come a long way from its ad agency roots. Ranked the most successful regional creative agency in the UK last year and the 22nd biggest overall, the business now delivers its trademark bold ideas through digital, experiences, social and health, alongside advertising and design working with a bunch of incredible clients, including IRN-BRU, Nando’s, The Scottish Government, The Famous Grouse to name but a few. Leith has ambitious growth plans and our Digital function is key in making this happen. We’re looking for a Digital Project Manager who is ideally based in or within commuting distance of Edinburgh who will work within the Client Services team to deliver projects spanning both web and digital marketing. Leith is part of Lumanity, a global 1200 strong consultancy group that delivers its services from an office network in the UK, Europe, USA, and Asia, with hub offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, London, Edinburgh, and Utrecht.

Responsibilities / Position overview

As a Digital Project Manager within Leith’s Client Services team, you’ll be confi dent in managing all aspects of a project life cycle, with at least 2 years of experience under your belt either agency or client side.You’ll thrive on working with talented people to deliver great results for our clients, bringing teams on the journey with you - and be adept at staying on top of the detail and project commercials - with a keen eye for spotting risks and getting the right people around solutions.  Key responsibilities  Developing strong working relationships● Act as the main point of contact for your projects and build trust, confi dence and develop strong relationships with your clients.● Facilitate status meetings/stand-ups with the team and support their needs and help remove any blockers to getting work through the agency.● Keep clients and the internal team fully informed of the progress of all work and any changes that may occur to the scope of work.  Project Management● Owning the scoping and estimation of projects.● Managing change when it arises through re-scoping, change control and prioritisation to ensure projects are successful and profi table.● Write project Statement of Works and key project documentation which defi ne scope, budget, schedules, dependencies and assumptions.● Work with cross-functional teams to defi ne and communicate requirements.● Identify resources needed for each project and assign individual responsibilities, e.g. UX, Design, Development, Testing, Strategy.● Proactively review budgets and timings and establish action plans as required.● Manage risk, create contingency plans and be a guardian of project quality.● Communicate directly with fellow Client Services team and other project stakeholders.● Eff ectively apply project management methodology and enforce project standards and share best practice.  Financial management● You will be responsible for estimating and invoicing for all of your projects.● We would expect you to monitor time spent on your projects on a weekly basis.● Report on percentages completed on a monthly basis to determine appropriate project profi tability and revenue recognition.● Produce reconciliation reports delivered to senior management when requested.  People & leadership● The ability to work in an open, collaborative and respectful manner with colleagues and clients.● The ability to develop good relationships across the agency and our wider group of companies and share knowledge. learnings and insights to support continuous improvement.

Qualifications

The skills and experience you’ll need: ● Excellent verbal and written communication skills and number crunching.● Good knowledge of project management processes and documentation.● Experience creating dependency-driven project schedules and ensuring project documents are complete, current and updated on a regular basis.● Ideally be based in Edinburgh or within commuting distance.● A Project Management qualifi cation such as SCRUM Master, Agile or Prince2 would be an advantage

Benefits

What’s in it for you? ● Not to blow our own trumpet, but you’ll get to work at an award-winning agency with smart people who have a huge variety of skills.● Lovely offi ces in The Shore, Edinburgh and Canal Street, Manchester.● Flexible hours and opportunity to work from home.● Regular, company-wide learning sessions, meetups and talks.● Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and shared parental leave.● Pension plan with employer contributions.● Private Healthcare Plan.● Childcare Voucher Scheme.● Charitable giving and volunteering days● Employee Assistance Programme - Counselling