Design Account Manager

• Reporting to your Senior PM you will be responsible for the day to day project management and support for specific programmes of work.
• Support Senior PM to create Scope of Works for all programmes.
• Support Design Lead and Senior PM to plan and manage project timelines, track budgets and cross charges (if applicable), schedule reviews/feedback and milestone meetings.
• Manage day to day resourcing and manage the resource tracker for projects, freelancers and artwork/production.
• Support Senior PM to generate monthly contractor forecast based on agreed project priorities. Track and report weekly.
• Ensure contractors are at full capacity. Ensure tracker is up to date and anticipate any capacity issues.
• Flag overspend or additional budget requirements to Design Leads and marketing partners promptly.
• Keep full track of all your live projects and be able to give a full account of the status of each project at any given time.
• Be flexible and able to co-ordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, be self-motivated, efficient, and highly organised.

• Attending weekly budget reconciliation meetings.
• Manage project budgets, cross charges and reconciliations.
• Updatecom AOP figures/ratecard for reporting.
• Track Yuno Juno Invoices and spend and report monthly.

• Build relationships with key contacts across the business and be consistent point of contact for your projects/brands.
• Responsible for regular communication between internal and cross functional teams.
• Participate in monthly Global Ops meetings and grow understanding of Global Project Management ways of workings, tools and capabilities.
• Support Production by creating clear productions briefs, including SKU’S lists, master artwork templates and release timings.
• Partner with Production to manage the artwork process, including proofreading and artworks checks prior to artwork release.

• Manage and maintain projects oncom, complete budget figures for monthly & quarterly reporting and coordinate design share outs when required.
• Set up/train freelancers oncom for timekeeping.
• Create freelancer bookings on YunoJuno including IR35 assessments, manage and approve YunoJuno timesheets for freelancers.

• To be an effective project manager in the Design and Innovation centre, you need to be a specialist in the following areas:
• In depth understanding of the design process, and experience managing brand design projects for FMCG clients. ( L 6 - 2-4 Years)
• Strong technical knowledge of the print production process for packaging and point of sale.
• Ability to manage multiple large scale projects; managing priorities, showing agile and flexible thinking in response to complex project demands.
• Natural, empathetic and timely communicator, managing the flow of information both upward and downward internally and to outside agencies.
• Anticipating potential challenges to projects and proposing solutions in advance of an issue becoming a crisis.
• A strong desire to control every aspect of project planning; from design objectives and outcomes, timeplans and milestones, to financial forecasting and budget control.
• Meticulous attention to detail when writing briefs, meeting reports, project updates and presentations.

• Flexibility; able manage complexity and ambiguity.
• Muti tasker and adept in working in a fast paced environment.
• In depth knowledge of design process supported by excellent technical knowledge.

PepsiCo