Senior Production Project Manager

Hogarth is the Global Content Production 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.

The Role

The Senior Production Project Manager is responsible for ensuring a smooth operation across project intake, execution, profitability and overall satisfaction, including quality, on-time delivery, and on budget completion of projects for the dedicated Client(s) in their assigned portfolio. Responsibilities include client relationship management, delivery management, financial management, and supporting the health of the client/brands in their portfolio. The Senior Production Project Manager is required to have a thorough understanding of all areas of the Hogarth/production services business and be able to partner with clients and all discipline leads to work in a flexible, fast-paced environment. They work with and report to the Production Lead. They partner with clients, creative and discipline leads to set up clients, projects and execute on our production strategy.

In addition to the above, the Senior Production Project Manager is accountable for their client’s profitability and resource utilization. They will work across discipline, as well as with our regional and global teams. The successful candidate will use their superior problem-solving skills, judgment, and excellent relationship building skills to be a leader and mentor for the team and the agency overall.

Client Project Management

• Responsible for managing key client relationships with a focus on intake, delivery and production strategy across business(es)
• Acts as the primary contact on Key Clients defining scope and approach, setting and managing expectations and deliverables, troubleshooting issues as they arise structuring regular status and communications.
• Works with Client (brands) and partners (agencies, vendors, etc.) to ensure a clear understanding of the production brief, deliverables and timeline for each project and relays those details to other members of the team as necessary
• Accurately identifies types of work and scopes, timing, difficulty of work and defining the processes necessary to get things done, simplifying complex processes
• Oversees delivery and execution of briefs/projects as lead partner to client
• Develops and maintains high levels of team effectiveness (trust, communication, collaboration, productivity, diversity, engagement)
• Influences the efficiency and quality of work and advocating for the agency/client relationship
• Demonstrates strong collaboration skills with internal agency team and key external partners to ensure quality and adherence to production guidelines for key deliverables
• Owns integrated delivery roadmaps and timelines on engagements
• Liaise with offshore hubs to ensure collaboration and clarity of commercial strategy and ways of working.

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