Job Description
About Us
EmergentX is a venture studio, accelerator and incubator in one global collective. Our experts in Singapore, Lisbon, Dubai and Tokyo focus on emerging technologies like blockchain, and build scalable and disruptive businesses that are designed to transform life as we know it. Our founders created Paidy (acquired by PayPal Inc.) and Wavecell (acquired by 8x8 Inc.). Today, we’re seeking those who are relentlessly curious and driven, to help us take new concepts to market and build a fairer and more accessible world.
The Role
We’re a small but ambitious creative team inside EmergentX: currently a Creative Director and Designer. We’re now looking for a Project Manager who can lead from day one - bringing structure, clarity and momentum by implementing process and operational excellence across both EmergentX itself and our portfolio of investment companies. Our work has already been recognised on the global stage – including a D&AD Pencil for Visual Identity (2024) – and we’re hungry to make more award-winning creative that cuts through in emerging technology sectors. You’ll be central to helping us achieve that.
With a strong collaborative approach, you bring out the best in cross-functional project teams, inspiring those around you and consistently driving toward the best outcome for the project.
What You’ll Do
- Champion process and structure: refine and roll out our Creative Framework, establish clear workflows (campaign / deliverable / task tiers).
- Project visibility: map and track every active project across EX and our investments, giving the team and leadership a clear live view of stages, milestones and blockers.
- Tools & systems: set up and manage the right stack (e.g. Teams, Notion, Streamtime, Figma, Miro).
- Resource & spend management: track time, capacity and budget against projects; highlight gaps and recommend solutions.
- Hands-on leadership: run daily stand-ups, weekly WIPs and monthly reports to keep everything on track and transparent.
- Network building: build strong relationships with teams and partners of all levels, instilling trust and confidence. Developing a bench of trusted partners (writers, strategists, designers, motion studios) who can flex in when needed.
- Ecosystem support: work across both EmergentX projects and portfolio companies, helping them go to market and scale with strong creative execution, hiring their own Project Managers as they scale.
- Financial awareness and accountability: for project commercials, including accurately active tracking and monitoring for the project’s commercial health, planning resource, managing invoicing and third party supplier costs.
What We’re Looking For
- 5–7+ years’ project management experience in a creative environment (agency, studio, or in-house).
- Proven ability to set up and enforce processes, not just follow one.
- Experience implementing project management tools and educating teams to adopt them.
- Leading creative workflows across design, web, content, and motion.
- Ability to evaluate project work and give constructive feedback, to advise and guide project teams.
- Problem-solver and lateral thinker to offer different perspectives and potential solutions to team and project
- Excellent communicator who can manage multiple stakeholders and keep them aligned.
- Organised, pragmatic, proactive, you spot problems early and get ahead of them, be highly organised and adept at multi-tasking to balance disciplines often competing priorities.
- Comfortable in a small team, but confident leading and operating independently.
- An interest in emerging tech and crypto is a bonus.
How We Work (Our Principles)
- Collaborative: embedded as part of the team, working flexibly and supportively.
- Rebellious: unafraid to challenge unclear briefs or unrealistic timelines.
- Practical: grounded, honest, progress-over-perfection mindset.
- Focussed: small team dedication, cutting through noise to deliver results.
Why Join Us
- Build the foundation of an agile creative studio within a global venture ecosystem.
- Exposure to high-growth startups and emerging technologies across multiple sectors.
- Path to shaping the future structure of the team as it scales (creative leads, copy/comms, external partners).
- Chance to help shape and deliver more award-winning creative work.
Practical Details
- Full-time, fully remote - autonomy is essential; you’ll need to operate with little direction and keep projects moving independently.
- Based in the UK, EU or UAE.
- Reports into the Creative Director.
- Equity opportunities.