Project Manager

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.
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**What would a**_ Localisation_**_Project Manager_** (Freelance On-site) do at Hogarth?**

As a Localisation Project Manager (Freelance On-site), you'd be responsible for project managing localisation work for our client's Marketing Communication materials across different platforms. Working closely with our client's Marcom Project Managers and a network of creative talents from various markets across South East Asia (SEA), you'll also engage with other cross-functional teams of producers and project managers to ensure work is delivered on time, on quality and within budget. You'll constantly need to communicate and negotiate priorities and deadlines with internal and external teams to ensure expectations are well managed. Your primary tasks include organising and coordinating schedules, distributing workload, tracking progress of projects.

This is a freelance position that at times, would require you to work **on-site** at Hogarth/client's office at One North for 3-5 week per campaign. There will be at least 4 on-site campaigns and we will also engage freelancer on ad-hoc basis outside of campaign period. You will need to start by May and commit on intermittent basis.

**Responsibilities**

Validator Network Management
- Organize teamwork, create a balanced work schedule and ensure work is of high standards and delivered on time
- Flag any potential team issues to the line manager and be actively involved in finding a solution
- Highlight and resolve quality control issues with the network

Project & Account Management
- Coordinate and ensure all parties follow the agreed workflows and manage them through the process
- Ensure that there is clear division and allocation of workload among team members
- Ensure that trackers are updated at all times
- Monitor timelines and manage client expectations
- Advise line manager on resource gaps and flag potential issues
- Ensure account delivers consistently against all contractual obligations including SLAs and KPIs
- Identify bottle necks/pain points for the validation network, suggest resolution and advise

**Requirements**:

- A minimum of 5+ years Project Management/Traffic background in an ad agency or in-house creative department or language service agency
- Experience managing multi-market projects
- Experience working on global brands, ideally across all media, including print, interactive and film
- Experience working on localisation or linguistic projects will be a bonus
- Demonstrable experience managing total creative workflow, i.e, internal briefing, briefing to vendors/studios, managing key milestones/deadlines, presentations/internal approvals, executions, delivery
- Proven project management skills
- Self-driven, organised and have an eye for detail
- Proficient with technology and tools
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in high-pressure situations and tight time frames
- A hands-on, can do approach to solving problems
- Must be able to work full days on-site at the clients office at One North

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**Impact and Inclusion**
- WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong