Editorial Project Manager in City of London

Overview

The Communications Project Manager works closely with the Global Communications team to plan, execute, and evaluate communications initiatives. This role strengthens collaboration, improves operational efficiency, and supports the delivery of high-quality projects through clear processes and data-informed insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve project standards, tools, and workflows.
• Partner with team leaders to encourage consistent project management practices.
• Support project leads with scoping, timelines, resourcing, and day-to-day execution.
• Identify risks and guide mitigation planning.
• Lead project evaluations using qualitative and quantitative data, including effectiveness and ROI assessment.
• Streamline planning, communication, and operational practices.
• Help teams prioritize work, manage dependencies, and monitor progress.
• Build productive partnerships, remove obstacles, and support constructive conflict resolution.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity.
• Develops standards and tools that improve consistency and transparency.
• Aligns stakeholders and manages cross-team dependencies.
• Coordinates resources and supports basic financial tracking.
• Communicates project status, risks, and outcomes clearly.
• Uses data to evaluate performance and support continuous improvement.
• Experience with monday.com (setup, workflows, reporting).
• Experience managing communications or marketing projects with on-time, in-scope delivery.
• Strong project management, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and with stakeholders.
• Proficiency with monday.com or similar project/workflow management tools.
• Ability to apply qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions.
• Experience using AI tools to support project efficiency and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\’s degree in Communications, Marketing, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing communications or marketing projects with on-time, in-scope delivery.
• Working knowledge of project management methods and tools.

Work Environment & Benefits

Work in a way that works for you. Elsevier is a global information analytics company that helps institutions and professionals progress science, advance healthcare and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. We serve the research, academic and clinical communities through the application of technology and analytics to content, empowering those communities to contribute to social progress, to enhance human well-being and to share and expand the breadth of human knowledge. We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization with wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals to help you meet immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.