AccountProject Manager - German speaking

Project Manager German speaking

Salary: circa 32k plus benefits and career opportunities

Location: South London/Purley

Hybrid role: Home based 2 days a week office based 3 days a week.

The Company

A highly successful international packaging agency based in South London. With 30 years-experience of designing and producing large retail brands that win at the retail shelf.

Job Summary:

As Account/Project Manager German speaking, you will be responsible for the administration and management of your own accounts and projects which require excellent communication skills in both German and English. We are looking for someone with previous experience managing a client base in a fast-moving environment with the ability to hit deadlines whilst managing your own workload. By liaising between the client and the company s internal design, artwork and production teams, you will ensure projects are delivered smoothly and be accountable for building, developing and maintaining important client relationships.

Tasks

Overall Responsibility:

• Responsible for the administration and running of accounts/projects and for maintaining long-standing client relationships as well as building and maintaining strong internal relationships across the company.
• To own and manage entire projects from taking the initial brief from the client to obtaining approval to release the project to the client, working closely with the internal Design and Artwork teams to facilitate the production of packaging for our clients.
• Responsible for ensuring projects are completed to the highest standard and to deadline. Managing conflicting deadlines to ensure changing priorities are recognised and planned for accordingly.
• Communicate with clients professionally, building client relationships to inspire trust and confidence in the Company.
• Maintain excellent standards of spoken and written communication in German and English.
• Effectively communicate client briefs to the Design and Artwork departments to ensure work is produced to client specification first time.
• Ensure the accuracy and precision of all work by continuously checking all details against the client brief, brand guidelines and/or style guides.
• Liaise with the Studio Manager, Design and Artwork departments, giving adequate notice for jobs to be scheduled for production.
• Analyse, understand, question and challenge client briefings.
• Write briefings for internal design, photoshoot and digital artwork projects.
• Brief the design or artwork team on individual projects.
• Effectively manage the timing and execution of the internal design and artwork process.
• Organise photoshoots, get quotations, book photographers and home economists, organise/source product samples, write photo briefings etc.
• Proof-read your designs and artworks.
• Ensure that your projects comply with all current client design and artwork guidelines.
• Keep full track of all your live projects and be able to give a full account of the status of each project at any given time.
• Manage client expectations and make sure that all deadlines are met.
• To advise and assist other members of the Client Services department as required.
• Responsible and accountable for complete budgets of all projects.Ensure all projects are invoiced promptly and within company timelines

Requirements

Job Skills and Qualifications:

• 1+ years of account/project management experience
• A Level and/or professional level of writing and speaking German is required as a minimum; fluency is preferred.
• Ability to manage the commerciality of projects to make sure they are profitable and delivered to a time scale.
• Previous experience working within a creative environment is advantageous but not essential delivering to tight deadlines is essential.
• Demonstration of ability to build strong working relationships.
• Ability to manage the commerciality of projects to make sure they are profitable and delivered to time scale.
• Previous experience working within a creative environment is advantageous but not essential delivering to tight deadlines is essential.ganised.

Benefits

• Unique opportunity for career development within Project Management within the FMCG/Retail sector, managing a German client base.
• 25 days annual holiday plus 1 x Special Me Day authorised absence (after 1 year of service).
  Pension scheme; employer contribution 3%, employee contribution 5%, equating to 8% total contribution (after 3 months of service).
  Private Medical option after probation.
  Cycle to work scheme.
  Long service awards.
  Fresh fruit delivered every Wednesday/treats every Friday.
  Company sponsorship of charity events organised by the internal charity team this includes company-wide lunches and charity raffles and other charitable events.
  Company social get-togethers.
  Annual Christmas event to attend offsite

For further details please call Maria directly on