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            Onsite Artwork Project Manager
- Marketing and PR, Advertising and Creative Media Jobs
- Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)
Description
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Work alongside key stakeholders in Marketing, Activity Managers, Design, Packaging Development and Print Partners to create and agree the critical path timeline
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Facilitate open and regular communication between key stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of project objectives
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Attend meetings with cross functional teams
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Full accountability for the packaging project timeline from the point of project inception to print file delivery
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Ensure milestones are kept on task escalating any blocks for resolution to the Activity Manager.
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Police the projects within the sphere of control to ensure adherence to process
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Help and support the local marketing to build the artwork guide
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Open projects within an online workflow system
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Ensure all briefing inputs are suitable to initiate a project
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Manage the artwork approval process; quality check of brief
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Help ensure colour is managed from design to Epson proof to printed materials
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Attend first print run if needed
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Create and maintain the category activity plan to ensure early visibility of peak volumes and potential clashed
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Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the business so challenges and opportunities may be anticipated or avoided, and solutions can be offered quickly
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Initiate, foster and maintain positive working relationships with both external and internal clients
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Identify opportunities to drive continuous improvement of the process with the aim of always providing the quickest and most efficient journey to the end goal
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Lead and participate in Post Implementation Reviews, providing project data to highlight areas of learning or improvement for future
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Provide agreed KPI data for category on monthly/quarterly basis
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Manage liaison and process improvements
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Provide a thorough and comprehensive handshake to the Internal Project Manager at the production milestone.
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Identify and develop opportunities to deliver additional services for your client
Responsibilities
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Degree within an appropriate discipline such as Business, Graphic Arts, Marketing, etc or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Multi-lingual required: French & English
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Robust previous experience of critical path management and cradle to grave packaging graphics development
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Strong knowledge of consumer product packaging, production artwork, repro and print services
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Demonstrates excellent communication ability both written and verbal, and strong listening skills
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Outstanding presentation and customer relationship development skills
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Highly adaptable and flexible with the ability to multi-task and prioritise. Demonstrates good attention to detail
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Idea generator with strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking and innovative solution capabilities
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Motivated, autonomous and self-directed attitude requiring negligible supervision
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Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work with multiple partners and peers across organisation to achieve project and operational results
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Preferably the candidate is from either an FMCG market or print / packaging industry
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PC literate – Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat
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Experience of industry web-based briefing and approval systems
Hard Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Customer relations
- Relationship building
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Business analysis
- Timelines
- Deliverable management
- Scheduling
- Accountability
- Meeting minutes
- Executive updates
- Ability to use project management software
- Advanced language knowledge
- Advanced writing skills
Soft Skills
- Communication
- Listening
- Skilled Collaborator
- Multitasker
- Flexible
