Job Vacancy - Digital Project Manager (Knutsford)

Digital Project Manager – Knutsford, Cheshire. Our client based in Knutsford, Cheshire is currently looking for an experienced Digital Project Manager to ensure that a wide range of digital projects are delivered effectively, on time and within budget for our clients. The Digital Project Manager will be based in our clients Knutsford office and provide support to their business development activities led by the Digital Services Manager and the technical delivery of digital projects led by the IT Technical Director.
 
 

General:
• At least 2 years demonstrable experience agency or client side
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to act as the main point of contact between account teams, digital development team and client for project delivery

Project management:
• Project management experience in a digital environment/agency
• Production of project plans, management of workload and ensuring project development stays on-track
• Budget management experience
• Plan, schedule and track project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Able to handle multiple projects
• Sourcing of and liaison with third party providers
• Planning team workload and resourcing
• Development of best practices and tools for digital project execution and management
• Conduct project ‘post mortems’ and creation of recommendations reports to identify needs for changes in delivery practices
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans

Technical:
•Excellent working knowledge of a range of digital project types, web technologies and the appropriate pathways from initiation to completion
• Understanding of online, offline and mobile platform implementation
• Ability to scope potential digital projects alongside the Digital Services Manager, IT Technical Director and the account teams
• Ensuring quality of digital deliverables
• Creation of detailed sitemaps and wireframes
• Translation of client requirements in to project specifications, technical briefs, sitemaps and wireframes
• Lead development of internal technical guidelines
• Ensure that technical guidelines from clients are understood and followed by the development team
• Keep up to date with technical and industry sector developments, as well as research and identify technical options for project solutions and assess them for both technical and business suitability
• Assess project feasibility for in-house delivery and determination of third-party provider involvement
• Ensure projects are technically compatible with client-side systems
• Understanding of ‘user experience’ and the ability to work with developers and test/end users to ensure user needs are identified and met
• Assessment of end user training requirements
• Client-facing experience
• Technical awareness of digital software and frameworks

Desirable but not essential:
• Familiarity with/qualified to project management standards e.g. PRINCE2, MSP
• Technical troubleshooting ability
• Basic understanding of database architecture
• Programming experience
• Web design experience

Digital Project Manager – Knutsford, Cheshire

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