Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media – both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.
WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We’re committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
A Hybrid working model
We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
About Hogarth
Hogarth Worldwide is the world’s leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world’s most famous brands.
We are offering a 12 month FTC, onsite at our clients site in Amsterdam.
What does a Project Manager do at Hogarth?
This is a role for a client-focused Project Manager to manage all aspects of the Central Eastern European markets asset design, localisation, and production projects. The Project Manager will be based on-site at the client so needs to be able to build strong client relationships, ensure all work adheres to client guidelines and meets brand requirements, timelines and deadlines, working directly with the client to interpret requests and traffic work into Hogarth teams, taking into account resource, timelines and guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a primary point of contact.
- Manage client expectations and ensure agreed workflows are followed.
- Project Management of end-to-end delivery of all projects, including:
- Receiving and interrogating client briefs to ensure clarity and completeness.
- Creating project briefs, timing plans and cost estimates.
- Communicating and negotiating priorities and deadlines with internal and external teams.
- Organizing and coordinating schedules, distributing workload, and tracking project progress and allocated budget.
- Managing the localization of master artworks into multiple market languages.
- Proactively identifying and resolving issues, escalating as needed.
- Act as a brand QC/Guardian. Ensure brand guidelines, QC checklists, and procedures are consistently followed.
- Brief designers and production teams, ensuring correct creative direction. Work collaboratively with all stakeholders.
- Manage work using relevant Hogarth technologies and adhere to agreed processes, ensuring best practices are applied at all times.
Reporting lines and key stakeholders
This role reports to the Senior Account Director
You will work closely with the wider Global account management team and onsite designers
Requirements
- Agency experience gained working on global Marketing accounts, ideally with a localisation background
- Demonstrate expertise in the delivery of projects through management of client expectations, internal processes and department involvement
- Demonstrable experience in managing large scale, complex and multi-market projects
- Proficient with technology and tools
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in high-pressure situations and tight time frames
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability and passion for the work are essential
- A hands-on, can-do approach to solving problems
- The ability to prioritize and work quickly and efficiently within very tight timeframes
- Demonstrate clear thinking under pressure.
Diversity and Inclusion
Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.
Hogarth Values
Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.
Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.
Find out more at www.hogarthww.com/culture
Inclusion and Impact
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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