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Onsite Artwork Project Manager

  • Marketing and PR, Advertising and Creative Media Jobs
  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

  • Work alongside key stakeholders in Marketing, Activity Managers, Design, Packaging Development and Print Partners to create and agree the critical path timeline
  • Facilitate open and regular communication between key stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of project objectives
  • Attend meetings with cross functional teams
  • Full accountability for the packaging project timeline from the point of project inception to print file delivery
  • Ensure milestones are kept on task escalating any blocks for resolution to the Activity Manager.
  • Police the projects within the sphere of control to ensure adherence to process
  • Help and support the local marketing to build the artwork guide
  • Open projects within an online workflow system
  • Ensure all briefing inputs are suitable to initiate a project
  • Manage the artwork approval process; quality check of brief
  • Help ensure colour is managed from design to Epson proof to printed materials
  • Attend first print run if needed
  • Create and maintain the category activity plan to ensure early visibility of peak volumes and potential clashed
  • Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the business so challenges and opportunities may be anticipated or avoided, and solutions can be offered quickly
  • Initiate, foster and maintain positive working relationships with both external and internal clients
  • 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
  • Lead and participate in Post Implementation Reviews, providing project data to highlight areas of learning or improvement for future
  • Provide agreed KPI data for category on monthly/quarterly basis
  • Manage liaison and process improvements
  • Provide a thorough and comprehensive handshake to the Internal Project Manager at the production milestone.
  • Identify and develop opportunities to deliver additional services for your client

Responsibilities

  • Degree within an appropriate discipline such as Business, Graphic Arts, Marketing, etc or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Multi-lingual required: French & English
  • Robust previous experience of critical path management and cradle to grave packaging graphics development
  • Strong knowledge of consumer product packaging, production artwork, repro and print services
  • Demonstrates excellent communication ability both written and verbal, and strong listening skills
  • Outstanding presentation and customer relationship development skills
  • Highly adaptable and flexible with the ability to multi-task and prioritise. Demonstrates good attention to detail
  • Idea generator with strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking and innovative solution capabilities
  • Motivated, autonomous and self-directed attitude requiring negligible supervision
  • Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work with multiple partners and peers across organisation to achieve project and operational results
  • Preferably the candidate is from either an FMCG market or print / packaging industry
  • PC literate – Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat
  • 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