Projects Director

We are looking for an energetic and proactive Project Director to lead our project management team. With responsibility for project and resource management across the agency, this role is perfect for a natural organiser with great problem-solving skills.

You’ll be working on a range of interesting digital and brand projects with a great bunch of strategists, designers and developers across the world. Managing some projects yourself and overseeing the work of three project managers, you’ll be picking up on potential challenges and opportunities in ongoing projects and resolving scheduling crunches.

You’ll work with colleagues to shape incoming opportunities, scope and plan projects, manage the resource schedule and deliver top-notch projects on time and within budget.

You’ll use your expertise to spot potential opportunities for improving our processes and project delivery.

About you

• You have solid experience working in a digital agency, managing project resource and workflow.
• You understand the design and development process and can scope and cost projects accordingly.
• You can communicate clearly with clients and colleagues in person, over calls and via email, demonstrating diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• You remain calm under pressure and maintain a patient and positive approach when dealing with multiple requests.
• You’re comfortable working across several projects and prioritising changing tasks.
• Problem solving, client management and client negotiation should come easily to you.
• Ideally you have some experience managing or mentoring a team.

We work in Google Suite, Slack, Adobe, Paymo and some other tools. You’ll need to have some experience of these or be a fast learner.

Here’s a bit about us

Soapbox is a creative studio for ideas that matter. We partner with forward-thinking organisations to turn knowledge and evidence into social progress. We are designers, web developers, writers, thinkers, storytellers and problem-solvers. We are passionate about the power of ideas and evidence to build a better world.

We are a flexible and fair employer and our values run through everything we do, from the clients we work with to the way we treat our staff. This has helped us to build a close-knit, hard-working and ambitious team. Many of our colleagues have worked with us for a large part of their career, advancing professionally over their years with us.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday, plus public holidays and Christmas closure. You’ll get your birthday off too.
• Cycle-to-work scheme, tech loans and season ticket loans.
• Flexible working around core hours and hybrid working.
• Generous parental leave and other family-friendly policies.
• Matched pension contributions.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and know that including employees with a diverse range of perspectives and experiences will improve the quality and creativity of the services we provide. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are members of groups that are currently under-represented at Soapbox, including LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and people from minority ethnic and religious communities.