Tech Project Manager

JOB PURPOSE

We are looking for a Mid-Level Tech Project Manager to join our innovative Creative Automation team at DEPT®. In this role, you'll be instrumental in steering projects that use technology to produce assets on a large scale. This role presents an exciting opportunity to blend creativity with technology, data, and generative AI. 

Your ability to manage and coordinate projects will ensure they meet client expectations and deliver high-quality outcomes. Adaptability in a fast-paced environment and composure under pressure are essential.

We seek a process-driven individual with strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities. Effective communication will facilitate teamwork across departments. Proficiency in managing data feeds and spreadsheets is essential. While experience in creative automation is nice-to-have, strong project management and collaboration skills are paramount.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage Creative Automation projects through all phases, ensuring alignment with automation potential during creative stages and overseeing asset templatisation, production, QC (quality control), and delivery in technical phases.
• Provide technical guidance during creative phases to ensure technical viability and effective project planning for smooth transitions into the tech phase.
• Collaborate closely with designers, account managers, project managers, and developers to maintain seamless communication.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure accurate and timely delivery of multiple projects, adhering to timelines.
• Support project managers in developing, verifying and monitoring precise project timelines and budgets.
• Collaborate with project managers to own resource allocation across projects to maximise efficiency.
• Create, manage, and debug data feeds, including media feeds. Basic proficiency in spreadsheets and familiarity with Google Formulas is essential.
• Oversee virtual asset rendering via AWS and resolve any rendering-related issues.
• For smaller campaigns: review assets for QC, ensure design adherence, and document bugs. Oversee bug fixes.
• For larger campaigns: brief and manage external QC agency.
• Support account managers in liaising with external stakeholders.
• Support fellow tech project managers to create and maintain project documentation, ensuring knowledge sharing and consistency in project execution.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Essential:

• 3-5 years of hands-on technical project management experience.
• Strong organisational skills, capable of managing and prioritising multiple projects effectively.
• High attention to detail, ensuring the production of high-quality deliverables.
• Basic proficiency in spreadsheets and a familiarity with Google formulas.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, promoting effective collaboration.
• Ability to explain technical concepts in simple terms for non-technical team members.
• Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment to address challenges and ensure timely project delivery.
• Adapt to changing circumstances, reprioritise tasks, and develop solutions to meet evolving project requirements while staying composed under pressure.
• Embrace learning by doing, take initiative, and work independently, being open to learning from mistakes with our support.
• Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

Nice to have:

• Previous experience working in creative automation.

WE OFFER

• A flexible, hybrid working policy
• The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash) 
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year
• Company pension scheme 
• EAP scheme
• Ride to work scheme 
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHO ARE WE? 

We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating. 

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world.

DEPT® is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

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