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Company description

Move people. Change the world.

Founded in Chicago in 1935, Leo Burnett Worldwide is one of the largest agency networks with 96 offices and nearly 10,000 employees.

In the Middle East, we’re consistently making an impact in KSA, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt, and Jordan thanks to our teams of go-getters.

In a historic achievement, our agency was voted #1 Creative Agency for Effectiveness in the World, while Leo Burnett UAE has claimed the top spot in the WARC Effective 100, earning the title of the most effective creative agency in the world. Additionally, Leo Burnett enjoys the title of ‘Most Innovative Company’ for driving brand purpose, as recognised by Fast Company. In 2024, Leo Burnett UAE was ranked #1 most Effective Agency.

At our core lies the Humankind philosophy, a belief that creativity has the power to transform human behaviour. We focus on people and purpose, not just advertising.

Join us and be part of a team that inspires change through creativity.

Overview

Responsibility and Focus

We’re looking for a passionate, curious and organized Senior Executive to be part of our team, delivering a multi-discipline communications scope for a game-changing brand. As a Senior Executive, Communications & Project Management, you will support the account management team in co-ordinating projects across a range of verticals - creative, strategy, production, content, media, SEO, CX, data science. The core responsibilities will be to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track, in addition to playing the lead role in planning campaigns, resourcing, monitoring and quality control from start to finish. This role will also be tasked with submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project plans, ensuring their effective execution throughout.

Responsibilities

Main Tasks

Technical & Product

• Proven experience in project management.

• Ability to co-ordinate project teams of various sizes

• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.

• Experience with project management tools (such as Asana, Monday.com, Trello , Basecamp)

• Ability to complete projects in a timely manner.

• Budget management experience.

• Ability to develop, implement, and review policies and procedures.

• Ability to oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing.

• Ability to proactively problem-solve, and indentify new opportunities for the groupe

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

• Working with the creative services manager and aligning on project timelines

• Managing stakeholders on clients projects and organizing their projects from approval of concepts till the end

• Forward planning, idenitifing potential risks and proposing solutions

• Troubleshooting unforeseen issues as they arise, escalating as required

• Outsourcing and finding freelancers when needed.

• Establishing effective project communication plans (CPS) and ensuring their execution on time

• Following the project's progress and bypassing problems

• Evaluating a post-project and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements by preparing status reports

• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards

• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.

• Enforcing deadlines and maintains efficiency across teams.

• Scheduling project-related meetings

• Allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members

• Encouraging communication among team members

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

• Effective communication skills, able to connect with people at all levels.

• Strong leadership skills: able to motivate the team and drive maximum performance

• Good decision maker

• Technical expertise: Since project management software and other related programs are essential in accomplishing the project goals, an effective project manager needs to have the knowledge to understand the issues that are related to the technical aspect.

• Inspires a shared vision: A visionary person can lead people to the right direction as well as easily adapt to the changes that come along the way. They are good at empowering people to share responsibility for delivering on this vision

• Cool under pressure.

• Good negotiation skills: One of the qualities needed for effective project management is the ability to negotiate. In times that conflict arise due to differences in opinion, project managers need sheer negotiating skills to settle the issue and maintain harmony in the team.

• Problem-solving mindset.

• Self-motivated and innovative

• Time management skills and efficient worker

Qualifications

Maintaining a positive attitude even when under pressure: Above all, attitude before aptitude.

• Bachelor's degree in marketing or other related field

• 2-4 years’ experience in related field (some degree of comms agency experience is necessary as the job requires a high level of understanding of communication principles and agency functions).

• 1-2 years’ experience with project management theory and best practices

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Evidence of being solution driven and innovative with how they drive performance and delivery

• Comms Planning experience in a digital (service) environment or with QSR’s (a plus but not essential)

Additional information

R-2189P-2471