Production Project Manager Professional Services - London, UK

Due to rapid UK expansion, our Professional Services Team is looking for Project Managers to work with leading organisations such as Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Airways, Boots, HP and Dell  to achieve strong business results through e-mail marketing. 

Our Professional Services Team work directly with our clients and who also liaise internally with our Creative, Production, Analytics and Engineering Teams on behalf of our clients.

If you are interested please send your CV to ukjobs@e-dialog.com

Responsibilities will include:

Project Management.

• Work across Account Teams to effectively assess projects and determine appropriate management and roles and responsibilities, given project complexity and resource availability.
• For assigned tasks, manage projects through implementation resources, ensuring appropriate standards of quality and timeliness. Management tasks include:
• Gather business requirements from different sources and conceptualize into working technical requirements
• Scope and identify project schedules, resources and stakeholders. 
• Undertake final QA on assigned projects.
• Schedule development, approval and proofing of projects and ensuring these schedules are communicated and adhered to.
• Maintain work in progress against project plans, budget and scope.
• Provide technical recommendations and best practices around email marketing workflow/operations
• Maintain and build on current knowledge on emerging internet and email technologies and deliverability/ISP issues.  Proactively grow knowledge of e-Dialog tools
• Communication:
• Build a wealth of knowledge on the technical requirements for e-mail and be able to communicate requirements effectively to clients and e-Dialog staff.
• Internally progress requirements to data, engineering, analysts, creative and production specialists.
• Report and advise the Account Team on project progress, identifying in advance any potential issues and recommended solutions.
• Manage relevant project status meetings. Document meetings as required, distributing notes to client and e-Dialog Account Team.
• When necessary, train clients on e-Dialog tools.

• Degree qualified, preferably with IT experience and project management qualifications.
• 1-3 years experience in an agency, email and/or direct marketing environment.
• Must have had responsibility and ownership of technical projects and be able to articulate reasons for success/failure and strategies to improve future results.
• Understands results driven marketing
• A strong team player
• Good problem-solving skills, highly effective at task management and a willingness to get the job done. 
• Exhibits an excitement about the present and future of e-commerce
• Proactive and inquisitive nature.
• An expert communicator.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities

• Great clients to work with.
• A great working environment in central London – hardworking, highly collaborative, educational and fun.
• A track record of recognising and rewarding hard work.
• A culture that supports the pursuit of both corporate and personal goals.
• An excellent package of benefits including health insurance, competitive pension scheme and stock options.

Note: This is not a manager of staff position.  Production Project Managers at e-Dialog are responsible for managing web, data, analytic and creative projects through our organisation.

About e-Dialog
e-Dialog is the innovator in precision e-mail marketing strategy, services and technology that help market-leading companies establish powerful, two-way relationships with their customers and prospects. From offices in London and Lexington – Massachusetts, New York and Seattle, e-Dialog's team of experienced direct marketers manages every phase of an e-mail marketing programme, including strategic planning and creative design, list acquisition, campaign execution, inbound response management, data analysis and custom application development. The company's precision-based approach combines award-winning e-mail marketing expertise with responsible use of proprietary personalization and custom publishing technologies to deliver highly targeted, permission-based communications.  Our prestigious client list includes Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Airways, Boots, HP and Dell. For more information, visit www.e-dialog.com

To apply, please send your CV to ukjobs@e-dialog.com