Junior Project Coordinator

Ready to take your first step into the world of digital marketing? We’re offering an exciting opportunity for ambitious graduates to join our Client Services Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is your chance to gain hands-on experience working with real clients, real campaigns and real results, all while learning from industry experts in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll build practical skills, develop your confidence, and lay the foundations for a long-term career in marketing.

What’s on offer:

• Exposure to the world of digital marketing and client management
• Support, training and development from day one

Key dates:

• Start date: Early Feb

If you’re curious, motivated and ready to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role:

We’re looking for a Graduate Junior Project Manager to join our delivery team and support the successful planning and execution of creative and marketing projects. This is a client-facing, entry-level role designed for a recent graduate who is organised, communicative and keen to learn how work is delivered in a fast-paced agency environment. You’ll work closely with Project Managers, Account Teams and cross-functional specialists, gaining hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle, from briefing through to delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of creative and marketing projects across multiple channels
• Assist with creating and maintaining project timelines, task lists and status updates
• Track deliverables and deadlines, helping ensure projects are delivered on time
• Coordinate with internal teams including Creative, Strategy and Digital
• Help identify potential risks or delays and flag them to senior team members
• Maintain accurate project documentation and trackers
• Support day-to-day client communications, including status updates and follow-ups
• Attend client meetings, take notes and circulate actions
• Help manage client feedback and ensure it is clearly communicated to internal teams
• Build positive relationships by being reliable, responsive and detail-oriented
• Assist with basic project admin, including estimates, purchase orders and invoicing support
• Support time tracking and cost tracking across projects
• Help ensure work is delivered within agreed scope and budget

Skills & Experience:

• A recent graduate (or equivalent experience) with a strong interest in project management
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities
• A proactive, positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Comfortable working collaboratively with different teams
• Understanding of basic project management principles
• Familiarity with tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Jira or similar
• Interest in advertising, creative, digital or integrated marketing

What We’re Looking For:

• Someone at the very start of their career who wants to learn how work is delivered in an agency environment
• A natural organiser who enjoys problem-solving
• Confident communicating with both clients and internal stakeholders
• Curious, enthusiastic and eager to develop

What We Offer:

• Structured onboarding, training and mentoring
• Exposure to high-profile global brands
• Clear development and progression opportunities within Project Management or Production
• Competitive graduate salary and benefits

About Cheil:

Welcome to Cheil, based in London and Chertsey - a group of thinkers and doers who make things that move. We build campaigns, shops, robots, one-of-a-kind experiences, anything that transports people, brands and products rooted in digital innovation. It’s an approach that’s seen us partnering with the likes of Absolut, Coca-Cola, Samsung and Jaguar Land Rover, creating enduring ideas for any marker – and within any medium. As a full service agency we’ve got plenty of experience in shopper marketing, experiential, traditional advertising, social, retail design and sponsorship – awards to show for it, too. In the past few years we’ve earned our share of Cannes Lions, Clios, POPAI s and Kinsale Sharks. As part of Cheil Worldwide, Cheil UK plays its part in one of the world’s biggest agency networks – comprising 53 offices and eight affiliates in 42 countries globally.

The perks you can take advantage of in return:

• 25 days holiday
• 1 extra day off for moving house
• 3 extra days off for wedding or Civil Partnership
• Discretionary company bonus scheme, subject to bonus scheme rules