Senior Project Manager (VIDEO DEPARTMENT)

The Senior Project Manager (video department) is responsible of working with the Account Services team to translate client direction into successful executions. The SPM is the primary client delivery contact, ensures that the project scope is defined, creates, and manages the project plan, and provides direction to all members of the project team and is ultimately responsible for planning and coordinating activities of individual projects to ensure that the project goals are accomplished, and client needs are met.

Responsibilities

• Proficiency in reporting project progress/status on a regular basis and delivery to stakeholders.
• Capable of leading all production meetings and activities of the production team.
• Capable of maintaining and communicating project plans and timelines to production team and Account Services.
• Capable perform risk management and communicating all issues facing the project and at the same time, work with appropriate personnel to develop solutions.
• Responsible of circulating client assets to the appropriate resources upon receipt from the Account Service team.
• Provides and coordinates quality controls to ensure that all work is done to the highest possible standards, remains consistent and meets all customer needs.
• Assist in developing schedules and diligently follow up with teams to meet deadlines.
• Responsible of asset versioning and storage maintenance.
• Capable of managing all aspects of projects production including kickoff, requirements analysis, development, testing and launch. This includes the scheduling and review of deliverables for each of these steps.
• Provides accurate tech team staffing forecasts for onshore and offshore teams and actively participates in staffing process, including representation at the staffing meetings.
• Capable of developing a purchase order, including circulation to Account Services and Finance, purchase images and/or equipment and maintain a central file of all stock purchase orders and their associated project numbers.
• Independently creates and manages project plans.
• Manages client change requests and updates all related documentation.
• Familiarity with the task of leading the creative concept and technical development of a project from start to finish.
• Ability to propose techniques to maximize additional income opportunities,
• Mastery of post-project reviews to identify areas for future improvement,
• Ability to provide and manage customer feedback and satisfaction.
• Monitor the progress of production and guide the teams in their work.
• Maintain permanent communication on the development of projects with production teams and the customer.
• You will have to qualify a brief, cost it, coordinate the work with experts team, follow the reviews, deliver, supported by a process, a rate card and tools.

Originally posted on Himalayas