Project Manager - 12 month FTC

A Hybrid working model

What does a Creative Solutions Project Manager do at Hogarth? 
 

As a CSPM, you get to be a ‘Project Owner’ for experiential work delivered by Creative Solutions. You will be accountable for seamless, cost efficient and effective end-to-end execution of physical, virtual, and hybrid Shell brand events and experiences. You will be part of a dynamic community of creative specialists globally.

Creative Solutions is part of the Strategic Communications and Brand Team.

Strategic Communications is accountable for engaging our employees to drive performance delivery and for telling the clients story to the world, enabling the character and competency of our company to be seen and understood by priority stakeholder groups. We want them to understand our investment case, our culture, our values; to understand the things we believe, the decisions we make and the actions we take. 

Where you fit in 

The CSPM for Experiential delivers end-to-end project management of a mix of industry-led events, such as a programme of physical, virtual, or hybrid events, public festivals, business conferences, exhibitions, tradeshows, incentives and hospitality programmes. You will manage projects with an individual value of up to $5 million. This role directly reports to the CS Lead, with a dotted line to the CS Project Management Lead managing the assigned business or function.

Their Brand is an iconic, ubiquitous, and unmistakable symbol of what the Group enterprise, its businesses and its people promise to customers, stakeholders, partners, and staff. After our employees, it is our most valuable asset, independently estimated to be worth just over 50Bn USD, way ahead of our core competitors and some of the biggest brands across all sectors. It is more than a logo, as it compellingly represents why, with every touchpoint, one must Buy our products, services, and solutions but also why one must Buy Into what we stand for, especially our Purpose. This is the inspiring and energising journey that CR Brand will continue to drive, towards earning Trust and Preference.   

Against clear briefs, our Creative Solutions unit manages and produces creatively effective content, which comply with Brand Standards and deliver incredible cost savings via disintermediation of agencies (and their fees). The team manages over 500 projects a year. With award-winning work, it consistently gets high ratings from its internal clients with 100% rating CS as having ‘met or exceeded expectations’ (70% rating them ‘perfect’).   

Creative Solutions is the go-to team for integrated content creation, design, film and experiential. CS delivers work through a combination of in-house expertise and experienced project managers who deliver projects through a roster of curated agency partners.  Our in-house offer includes: 

• Content Engine (CE), an in-house film production team, making international award-winning content across all their businesses and functions


• Global Design Hub (GDH), creative design hub which specializes in a broad range of design scope such as effective presentations, event-specific design, brand and visual identities, spatial design, policies and standards creation, integrated comms campaigns, among others 


• Seasoned experiential specialists that manage end-to-end events and exhibitions (internal and external)


• A world-class roster of talent who enable excellent creative delivery through their deep subject matter expertise

What’s the role

In this role, the CSPM will primarily focus on the end-to-end delivery of one of the clients flagship global STEM and innovation programmes. The programme challenges student teams from around the world to design, build and drive ultra-energy-efficient vehicles, culminating in a series of high-profile competition events. The CSPM will be accountable for driving planning, stakeholder alignment, agency and supplier management, on-the-ground delivery and continuous improvement of the experience.

In addition, this role entails:

• End-to-end project management of multiple concurrent event deliveries ranging in complexity and scale, from brief to creative development, budget management, production delivery and post project review


• Liaising with business stakeholders and the CSPM Lead to understand a project’s objectives, translating these into clear, compliant, and inspiring briefs; working closely with internal and external teams to deliver the best-in-class experiential projects that meet or exceed business partner’s expectations across all key performance indicators (KPIs)


• Ownership of event budgets, focusing on managing project cost and delivering cost savings and avoidance to your business partners


• Managing third parties and vendors for the flawless execution of projects; utilising a carefully curated roster of agencies and suppliers


• Delivering projects in compliance with the Shell Brand standards, HSSE (health, safety, security, and environment), contracts and procurement, information risk management, data privacy, and other applicable functional standards.


• Proactively managing project’s challenges & risks and setting in place action plans to keep projects on track


• Overall accountability and coordination of onsite events


• The role may require travel of up to 20%


• Candidate must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the Shell Business Principles and HSSE Frameworks and their implementation in relation to the delivery of projects

What we seek from you 

As a CSPM for Experiential, your significant knowledge on event production excellence combined with solid experience in managing internal and external partners will enable Creative Solutions to deliver highly effective events and experiences.

You must have:

• Extensive experience in managing industry-owned and company-owned events (virtual, F2F or hybrid), ranging in complexity and scale across the globe; experience gained either from in-house, large international company and/or an agency


• Significant knowledge and experience on the requirements needed to produce large scale outdoor festivals/events, production manager experience will be essential.


• Proficiency in strategic goal setting and on-target delivery of a broad range of experiential projects and formats; a strong track record of successful end-to-end delivery from briefing and conceptualisation to onsite/ online management, execution, and evaluation


• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work as part of an integrated team effectively delivering world-class events for Shell


• Budget management skills, championing cost savings and avoidance influenced by enterprise-first behaviours


• A strong understanding of the Shell Business Principles, HSSE Frameworks, Brand and functional standards compliance, and its implementation in relation to the delivery of projects


• Ability to lead alignment, simplification, and efficiencies in project management


• Competence to solve business problems efficiently; create solid relationships with business partners, and support organic growth of the CS demand pipeline


• Flexibility to adapt and prioritise multiple project assignments in a dynamic team environment, demonstrating positive behaviours and apply Learner Mindset

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