Senior Digital Project Manager (Maternity Cover)

We are a creative design and web build agency based in London looking for an energetic and proactive senior digital project manager to cover 12 months of maternity leave from mid-July 2024. This role is perfect for a natural organiser with great problem-solving skills. We are looking for someone who can work at our London studio 2 days per week between Tue - Thu.

As part of the digital project management team, you will work on interesting digital projects alongside our strategists, digital designers, and developers to coordinate projects. You’ll work with your colleagues and our clients to draw up project plans and budgets, monitor project progress, and report internally and externally to ensure that deadlines and financial targets are achieved.

As a senior team member, you will also assist the Head of Digital Delivery and other project managers in ensuring the effective running of the wider team, so that web projects are effectively planned resourced, and executed on time and budget.

It is a dynamic, fast-paced role and you must have experience working in an agency environment, juggling multiple projects and resources.

About you

• You have at least 4 years of digital project management experience in a relevant role.
• A proven track record of managing complex web build projects.
• You can communicate clearly with clients and colleagues in person, on 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 have strong commercial awareness and keep the bottom line in mind.
• Be self-motivated, self-driven, and independent, requiring little day-to-day oversight
• You’re comfortable working across several projects and prioritising changing tasks.
• Problem-solving, client management, and negotiation should come naturally to you.
• Comfortable and capable of attending new business pitches where required

Ideally

• You have experience working within a similar agency offering web design and development services.
• You have some experience working with non-commercial clients such as NGOs, think tanks, or educational institutions.
• We work in Google Suite, Productive.io, Basecamp, ClickUp, and Slack. You’ll need experience in these tools or similar – or be a fast learner.

What we offer

Annual salary of £40,000 to £45,000 and company pension

Benefits and Perks:

• 25 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays, Christmas shutdown, and your birthday)
• Flexible, hybrid working – we ask that you attend one of our studios a minimum of two days per week. We believe this produces the best work, development opportunities and culture.
• Work from anywhere four weeks a year
• Annual profit share scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Health Cash Plan
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme providing access to counselling and other support services
• Personal development and progression plans
• Tech set-up, including company laptop and other equipment to facilitate your role
• Quarterly company get-togethers including our annual summer and winter socials
• Learning & development budget
• Regular employee well-being perks such as bring your dog to the office, store and online discounts, barista-quality coffee, and free fruit and snacks.

Here’s a bit about us

At Soapbox, we believe that our clients’ work drives progress toward a fairer, more peaceful, and more sustainable society. Helping them communicate in clearer, more imaginative ways helps inspire better policy decisions, fuels social action, and leads to a more balanced and inclusive public debate, improving outcomes for all of us.

We’re a friendly and supportive team of designers, developers, strategists, editors, and project managers. We aim to create a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone can flourish. We seek to bring together talented people who are interested in working on challenging, impactful projects and share a genuine curiosity about the sector we work in.

When we’re not working from home, most of us work from our studio in Whitechapel, East London. We also have a studio in Bath, as well as team members across the world. We work as one global team, collaborating across borders and time zones.