DEPT®
Creative & Media
SeniorProjectManager
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“Senior Project Manager at DEPT®. Skills: Project management, Client management, Delivery oversight. Lead project management across assigned accounts. Ensure smooth delivery”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver on time; Deliver on budget; Deliver highest quality
Industry & Context.
Decision making; Issue resolution; Risk surfacing
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven experience creative & production frameworks, Experience digital and social first campaigns, Significant senior-level agency project management experience, Track record leading complex multi-discipline accounts, Experience managing scopes, budgets, and forecasts, Proficient project management and workflow tools, Ability to quickly learn new systems
Nice to Have
Experience in media settings, Experience in production settings, Experience in creative settings, Experience managing complex projects planning to delivery
What You'll Do.
Lead project management across assigned accounts
Ensure smooth delivery
Ensure clear priorities
Ensure alignment client goals and internal workflows
Provide strategic input account ways of working
Provide strategic input resource prioritisation
Provide strategic input overrun management
Bring understanding creative & production frameworks
Optimise how team works across campaign activity
Build relationships Client Services
Build relationships Creative
Build relationships Design
Build relationships Production
Ensure smooth handovers
Take ownership escalation paths
Convene right stakeholders
Maintain delivery momentum
Operate as senior peer
Jointly own account health
Resolve issues before impact delivery
Own project governance across accounts
Set standard delivery tracking
Set standard delivery communication
Hold senior account-wide view pacing
Hold senior account-wide view resource
Hold senior account-wide view risk
Make proactive calls prioritisation
Make proactive calls escalation
Champion best practice project management
Ensure tools consistent
Ensure documentation consistent
Ensure workflows consistent
Identify operational friction points
Identify WoW friction points
Lead changes improve efficiency
Lead changes improve clarity
Lead changes improve team workflow
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Client Services team; Creative teams; Production teams; Design teams
Communication Scope
Client-facing; Stakeholder communication; Constructive conversations
Process & Methodology
Project management, Scope management, Timeline management, Documentation, Governance, Prioritisation, Risk management, Workflow optimisation
Full Job Description
Senior Project Manager (3m FTC) Location: London (Hybrid) This position sits in our Creative & Media service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions. Our clients include eBay, Just Eat Takeaway, EasyJet, and PepsiCo. JOB PURPOSE As a Senior Project Manager at DEPT®, you’ll oversee key client accounts from a project management perspective, ensuring work is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality. Alongside our Client Services team, you’ll join key client-facing touchpoints to help balance external expectations with internal delivery needs. You’ll balance client priorities with internal delivery needs, while providing leadership, oversight, and guidance to PMs in the team. We’re looking for someone proactive and confident in shaping ways of working, who takes full ownership of how the account runs day-to-day. Crucially, you will bring a calm, grounded seniority - someone who earns trust quickly, holds the line with clients when needed, and gives creative and production teams the clarity and confidence to do their best work. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead project management across assigned accounts, ensuring smooth delivery, clear priorities, and alignment between client goals and internal workflows. Provide strategic input into account ways of working, resource prioritisation, and overrun management. Bring strong understanding of creative & production frameworks with experience in digital and social first campaigns and projects. From planning and intake to approvals, and being able to optimise how the team works across campaign activity. Build strong relationships with Client Services, Creative, Design, and Production to ensure smooth handovers and collaboration. Take ownership of escalation paths — proactively convening the right stakeholders to unblock work, drive decisions, and maintain delivery momentum without wait
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