Project Manager, Automotive in London

Office Location - Twickenham
Hybrid Working - 3 days a week in the office / on-location

ABOUT THE JOB

Working within Automotive Studio at Haymarket, we’re home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer motoring brands in the UK, including What Car?, Autocar, and Classic & Sports Car. Our trusted, remarkable content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events. We are also home to Automotive Studio, a specialist creative agency crafting award-winning content, digital media, and marketing campaigns for the leading automotive brands. This role sits within Automotive Studio and focuses on managing the delivery of social media content and campaigns for MG Motor UK.

The Project Manager will coordinate the end-to-end delivery of social media content and campaigns for MG Motor UK, ensuring work is delivered on time, within budget and in line with agreed briefs and brand standards. Acting as the central point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, the role will manage content calendars, project timelines, client feedback, resources and campaign deliverables. Working closely with creative, social media and production teams, the Project Manager will support the smooth delivery of always-on content, campaign activity and brand partnerships across MG Motor UK’s social media channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of social media campaigns and ongoing content across relevant platforms.
• Develop and maintain clear project plans, timelines and deliverables, ensuring activity remains on schedule and aligned with the agreed client brief.
• Ensure content and campaign assets meet MG Motor UK’s brand guidelines, quality standards and agreed objectives.
• Identify and escalate potential risks, delays or changes to scope, working with relevant stakeholders to agree appropriate solutions.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, adapting plans where briefs, timelines or business requirements change.
• Act as a primary day-to-day point of contact for MG Motor UK’s social media and production stakeholders.
• Lead regular client status meetings and provide clear updates on project progress, deliverables, risks and next steps.
• Coordinate and respond to client feedback, ensuring changes are communicated clearly to the relevant internal teams.
• Provide appropriate client updates before, during and after content shoots and campaign activity.
• Work with the Social Media Content Creator to develop and maintain the master content calendar.
• Coordinate with copywriters, videographers, graphic designers and other creative colleagues to maintain an effective pipeline of high-quality, social-first content.
• Ensure briefs, feedback, approvals and final assets are shared with the relevant stakeholders at the appropriate stage of each project.
• Support the coordination of content shoots and production activity where required.
• Coordinate social media deliverables for MG Motor UK’s brand and sponsorship partnerships.
• Work with internal teams, clients and external partners to ensure contractual deliverables and co-branded content are completed on time and to the required standard.
• Maintain appropriate oversight and quality control across partnership activity.
• Coordinate internal resources across allocated projects, ensuring workloads and delivery requirements are clearly understood.
• Monitor project expenditure and support the accurate tracking of budgets.
• Work with the Social Media Content Creator and other relevant colleagues to ensure campaigns are set up and delivered correctly.
• Monitor campaign and content performance, using available data to support reporting and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, trackers and records.

Key Relationships

The Project Manager will report to and work closely with the Social Media and Production Manager, as well as colleagues across Automotive Studio’s social media, creative and production teams. The role will act as a central point of contact for MG Motor UK’s social media and production stakeholders, building effective client relationships and ensuring communication, feedback and approvals are managed efficiently. The Project Manager will also collaborate with copywriters, videographers, graphic designers, content creators, external partners and other contributors to support the successful delivery of social media campaigns, ongoing content and partnership activity.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of digital and social media agency environments and the delivery of client accounts.
• Understanding of major social media platforms, native tools, content formats and emerging trends.
• Understanding of social-first content, including short-form video for platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
• Knowledge of project management processes and collaborative project management tools.
• Understanding of client relationship management and effective account delivery.
• Awareness of the UK automotive market, including dealership marketing and developments in electric and hybrid vehicles.
• Awareness of relevant advertising, brand and industry compliance requirements.
• Understanding of budget tracking, resource planning and campaign performance reporting.

Skills

• Strong project management and organisational skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines and changing priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to communicate clearly and build trusted working relationships.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across social media, creative and production teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to lead meetings and provide clear project updates.
• Practical understanding of social media content and platform requirements.
• Ability to interpret campaign performance information and identify useful insights.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to respond calmly to changing requirements.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to monitor resources and project expenditure.
• Confidence using project management and collaborative working tools.

Experience

• Relevant experience working in a digital, creative or social media agency environment.
• Experience managing client accounts or acting as a day-to-day contact for client stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating social media campaigns or ongoing content programmes from brief through to delivery.
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities and deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working collaboratively with social media, creative, strategy and production teams.
• Experience coordinating client feedback, approvals and project reporting.
• Experience monitoring budgets, resources or campaign expenditure.
• Experience using campaign performance information to support reporting and recommendations.
• Experience within the automotive sector or working with automotive clients would be advantageous.
• A full clean driving licence valid in the UK is required due to the on-location and production requirements of the role.

About You

You will be:

• Highly organised, accurate and attentive to detail.
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership of projects.
• Confident communicating with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborative and able to bring different teams together around shared deadlines and objectives.
• Adaptable and calm when priorities, briefs or timelines change.
• Solutions-focused and willing to raise risks or concerns at an early stage.
• Commercially aware and responsible when managing budgets and resources.
• Interested in social media, digital content and emerging platform trends.
• Professional, accountable and committed to delivering high-quality work.
• Interested in the automotive sector and the changing needs of its audiences.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will typically be demonstrated through:

• Consistent delivery of social media campaigns and content to agreed briefs, timescales and quality standards.
• Effective management of project plans, content calendars, feedback and approvals.
• Clear and timely communication with MG Motor UK and internal delivery teams.
• Positive client and stakeholder relationships and feedback.
• Effective coordination of creative, social media and production resources.
• Early identification and appropriate management of project risks, delays or changes.
• Accurate monitoring of budgets, expenditure and project documentation.
• Successful delivery of social media activity supporting brand and sponsorship partnerships.
• Appropriate use of performance information to support reporting and improve future activity.
• A proactive contribution to the continuous improvement of Automotive Studio’s project delivery processes.

Additional Information

Why work with us at Haymarket? Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. Our benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days
• Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
• Generous contributory pension scheme
• Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria. To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@haymarket.com.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability.