Project Director presso Imagination

Ready for your next challenge? A fantastic opportunity awaits a motivated and enthusiastic Project Director.

As a Project Director you will provide outstanding levels of client servicing to both new and established clients.  You will get to work across delivering a variety of B2B and B2C experiential projects as well as other communications initiatives, campaigns, digital interactives and design projects.

Client Relationship / Account Management:
- Lead the day-to-day management and delivery of key client accounts at Imagination
- Lead meetings and provide clear updates to all parties on project / programme updates
- Provide outstanding client servicing, ensuring timely communications to build trusted partnerships with clients

Project Management:
- Write highly effective and compelling project briefs and brief internal teams
- Running larger more complex projects                                                               
- Lead responsibility for project delivery, managing a multi-discipline team (including strategy, creative, production and digital specialists) as well as management of third party suppliers 
- Responsible for the management of the account and client contact
- Oversee efficient resource planning across the team
- Demonstrate understanding of services and be able to sell these effectively
- Demonstrate successful onsite management and delivery ensuring projects reflect briefs and meet objectives
- Manage creative development process and demonstrate ability to assess proposals against creative brief and objectives
- Present budgets, documents and creative concepts to clients with confidence and finesse       
- Lead pitches working collaboratively with other disciplines and partners to create brave and inspiring agency proposals underpinned by a rigorous delivery plan, budget and schedule
- Drive new business iniatives, seek out new projects, clients and opportunities   
- Maintain a close management of all aspects of your projects and escalate issues as needed
- Liaise with our in-house legal team and the client as needed
- Work with internal HSSE Lead to ensure that all aspects of the production of the core events meet HSSE standards and guidelines 
- Ensure that all projects over £50K fees are issued with an Imagination Client Survey
- Should be able to travel internationally a number of times a year for extended periods of time                                                                                     
Financial / Commercial Management:
- Demonstrate financial responsibility through effective proposal costing, budget development and timely reconciliation                                       
- Assess/measure and communicate the value and ROI of services
- Spot opportunities to develop revenue-generating ideas                                                                                   

Market Knowledge:
- Understanding clients, competitors, market, suppliers and strategy

Leadership & Mentoring:             
- Delegate to, manage and oversee team
- Mentor and develop junior team members
- Work with Creative Director & Strategy Director to lead creative brainstorming          

- Significant experience delivering projects globally within events, exhibitions or brand experience within an agency environment                                                                           
- Good interpersonal, presentation, relationship building and negotiation skills
- Thorough understanding of budgets 
- Experienced in leading / directing a team   
- Capable of devising and implementing revenue-generating ideas
- Ability to approach opportunities from a commercial, creative and multidisciplinary perspective
- Strategic thinker with the ability to generate and implement ideas
- Strong understanding of multi channel communications
- Strong sector brand experience