Project Director (12 Month Maternity cover)

ABOUT RAPP

We stand up for individuality. We actively foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual difference are valued and leveraged to achieve the agency’s vision. And most importantly we value every individual’s wellbeing.  

As a diversity champion, equal opportunities and disability confident employer and an ardent advocate of flexible working we understand that everyone has unique requirements and needs.

 

We are a global creative agency, but the individual really is at the heart of everything we do. We use data to find out what makes them tick. We use technology to talk to them one-to-one – but to one million at a time. And we use creativity to encourage them to engage, click, buy and bond, again and again.  

 

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Us

We are true advocates of Flexible Working. We ask you to work where and when you work best. We’ll be honest though, we do love seeing people in the office, because it delivers on our Culture, Collaboration and Connection. For Concentration, work where you’ll work best. We call it the 4 Cs.

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Whatever stage of life you are at, we make sure you have the tools you need to have a healthy work life balance.

Role Headline

We are looking for a Project Director with strong demonstrable experience in end-to-end delivery including creative services, technology, data, and change management. You will be acting as a focal point in a cross-functional team collaborating with subject matter experts, Client Partnership and strategy leads, to shape and implement solutions that deliver measurable outcomes for our clients. You will be comfortable managing other operating companies and wider Omnicom Group, off-shore teams, external suppliers and business stakeholders.

As a senior figurehead, you will bring a breadth of knowledge and experience in digital transformation, providing direction to others, and working autonomously. You will be well versed in leading globally distributed teams and confident in managing risk and change. You are a natural and confident leader, providing mentorship and career development to your team of project managers.

The role, on the Virgin Media O2 account, will be working in partnership with the Senior Client Leadership team you will work on a mixture of large seasonal campaigns (i.e. Christmas, Black Friday, RPI), award worthy Golden Briefs and BAU work that includes our Welcome Journey for new customers, other monthly communications and email campaigns that are contextually relevant to the changing market place.

The position will report to the VP of Project Management and is responsible for delivery of output across the whole account – structuring processes, commercial accountability, planning/managing the retainer and transitioning transformation projects into BAU. The role is client-facing and requires  delicate yet firm project leadership.

Opportunity

• The role provides the opportunity to work across multi-channel campaigns. 
• Being part of the VMO2 team is being part of a team that is leading the way in transformation and efficiencies, within digital advertising, broadening your skills and knowledge.
• As the senior operational lead this role would give you the opportunity to develop the careers of future stars
• You will be working with some of the smartest minds in the industry, at an award-winning agency on a forward thinking client.
• No day will be the same – you will be constantly challenged to understand new technologies and find ways to harness them for the client and your teams.

 

Recruitment process

We’re not a 9 stage interview process agency. We like to keep recruitment swift, lean and individual and find that 2 or 3 stages gives all parties the opportunity to get to know each other. Plus we have a team on hand to answer questions throughout the process.

We are RAPP. And we can’t wait to meet you.