Junior Integrated Project Manager

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

Overview

You will support in leading our creative process across all stages of development from briefing to concept, execution to delivery. Taking an end-to-end strategic approach to managing projects with new responsibilities for optimising the efficiency of the internal process from a commercial and delivery perspective. 

This role is central role to the success of the Marketing and Creative Image departments, and overall creative output. It will act as the linchpin between brief and delivery where creative ideas and commercial opportunities are brought to life through exceptional creative work and delivered with agile and diverse solutions, working closely with internal and external stakeholders. You will keep everyone on track and be the all-seeing eye across your projects to ensure smooth and professional delivery of all content output, on time and to budget.

Your Mission:

• Alongside the Senior Manager for Marketing & Creative Ops, plan, manage and oversee all briefs and end to end delivery, partnering with creative Producers to bring to life campaign & content.

• Manage the interpretation of briefs and ensure the creative developed meets the agreed delivery requirements, technical specifications, budget and timings.

• Support in forecasting annual plans, working closely Senior Manager for Marketing & Creative Ops, VD and wider CID operational team, aligning priorities to business and product strategies, agreed budget and resource.

• Work closely with the Senior Manager for Marketing & Creative Ops on CID team project planning, resource allocation scoping the right level of hours on Pre and postproduction are assigned.

• Support with the management of key operational docs +tools) inc CPA key calendars + time management tools (once live)

• Development of planning, resource management and budgeting with internal key stakeholders. Delivering high levels of communication at all times.

• Work closely with the Senior Manager for Marketing & Creative Ops to oversee end to end production of all campaigns, and asset production and misc marketing initiatives.

• Tightly manage all projects from brief through to delivery, ensuring high levels of communication to key stakeholders and agreed timings and budget are adhered to.

• Oversee pre and postproduction schedules, ensuring communication across all key stakeholders with agreed deliverables being met.

• Project manage various creative activities with ability to change direction of narratives on a reactive basis, aligning to the demands of internal & external factors.

• Work closely with Creative producers on project feasibility, ensuring the desired concept meets the project strategy, deliverables, budgets and timings.

• Develop key relationships with marketing and business stakeholders, acting as the key lynch pin on projects.

• Liaise closely with key stakeholders within the wider Marketing function, Social PR, Ecom and licensing. Plus, design & Merchandising teams where required.

• Support with the management of annual budget forecasting and daily management with the Senior Manager for Marketing & Creative Ops.

• Ensure project budgets are aligned to the production strategy, and that changes are agreed and shared with all key parties, leading the discussion to resolve any challenges.

• Work with the wider teams to ensure the strategic creative vision is reflected throughout the business, both internally and externally.

• Brand Guardian, ensuring projects follow and adhere to the SMC brand look and feel.

Your Talent:

• A broad knowledge of all aspects of creative development, spanning print and digital design, social and the creation of style and campaign guides and toolkits. 

• Demonstrate how you have thrived in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple projects, changing priorities in an organised and flexible manner, prioritising as required. 

• Experience in the creation and (on time) delivery of all types of assets across all channels.

• Understanding of the Creative Production process and ability to “produce” projects where required is desired.

• Negotiation experience, leading complex projects including third party clients would be beneficial.

• Experience in budget management, with ability to strategically plan out key campaigns and activities to a clearly defined budget.

• Ideally experience within luxury fashion, beauty or creative agency setting.

• Excellent communication skills and relationship management, with senior leaders plus multiple stakeholders internally and externally.

• Excellent organisation, time management and negotiations skills.

• A proactive, solution focused individual who is flexible, decisive and calm under pressure

• Strong operational and business acumen within a creative environment.

• Excellent commercial awareness.

• Problem-solving skills, analytical skills and attention to detail

• Strong understanding of design for both online and offline channels, you will be digitally savvy and understand design across the board from end to end.

• Good cultural awareness, abreast of new and emerging trends.

Reward

Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products

• Matched pension contribution up to 6%

• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance

• Annual Health Screening

• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave

• Flexible working/core hours

• Enhanced Maternity/paternity packages

• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme

• Fitness membership (Classpass credits)

• Volunteer and Birthday leave

• Health cash plan

• Financial wellbeing program

• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services

• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits

Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more.

We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments please let us know within 48 hours of your interview.

At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to put diversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influence and disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.