At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting projects in print, digital, and media from start to finish.
- Company: Join a mission-driven organisation with a focus on quality and collaboration.
- Benefits: Full-time role with competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on teamwork and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by managing diverse projects that support the Church's mission.
- Qualifications: Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience; strong project management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
Description
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering communication and publishing projects across print, digital, video, photography, and other media.
Working closely with Product Managers, the Production Manager, and external vendors, this role ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards, while supporting the mission of the Church.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple projects from initiation through final delivery, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, milestones, and status reporting.
- Coordinate production activities, reviews, and approval processes, workflows, and delivery requirements in partnership with the Production Manager.
- Serve as the primary point of communication between stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.
- Identify and manage risks, resolve issues, and remove barriers to successful project completion.
- Coordinate and oversee external vendors, including designers, printers, videographers, photographers, translators, and other production partners, ensuring quality, budget, timeline, and delivery expectations are met.
- Monitor project expenditures, support budget planning, and ensure appropriate financial approvals and documentation.
- Ensure compliance with Church policies, quality standards, intellectual property, copyright, licensing, and approval processes.
- Contribute to process improvements, workflow optimization, and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Role Requirements
- Excellent project management, organisational and planning skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
- Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills with a service-oriented mindset.
- Effective problem-solving, decision-making, and risk management skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across diverse teams and departments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and project management platforms.
- Experience with project management systems such as Monday. com, Adobe Workfront, or similar is advantageous.
- Knowledge of publishing, print production, digital media, creative services, or communications workflows is desirable.
- Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, initiative, adaptability, and a commitment to high-quality work.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Communications, Marketing, Publishing, Media Production, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience managing projects within a publishing, communications, creative, production, or marketing environment.
- Experience coordinating external vendors and suppliers.
- Experience managing project schedules, budgets, and production timelines.
- Experience using project management software and collaboration tools.
- Proven ability to deliver projects successfully while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and operational excellence.
Contact Details:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Recruitment Team
We think you need these skills to ace Project Manager | High Wycombe (United Kingdom) | Full Time (40 Hours) | Permanent
Project Management
Organisational Skills
Planning Skills
Communication Skills
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Management
Problem-Solving Skills
