Project Manager

Description

Job Summary: Responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing advertising projects, ensuring strategic alignment, deadlines, quality, and profitability. Key Highlights: 1. Manage the full project lifecycle from briefing to final delivery 2. Coordinate internal multidisciplinary teams and external vendors 3. Promote continuous improvements in project management **About EnergyBBDO** WHO WE ARE! We are BBDO’s integrated agency model in Brazil, serving and adapting to each client’s needs by combining the expertise of the world’s most awarded agency network with agile and flexible operations. Our methodology was built from the ground up with integrated data, metrics, and monitoring—but always focused on one thing: authentic, human insights that move people and transform brands. At EnergyBBDO, we foster an increasingly plural environment that encourages exchange and learning. We invite Black people, LGBTQIAPN\+, people with disabilities, women, and individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, regions, and universities across the country to join our team. This is our definitive horizon—seen by all teams across our agency. And this is how, day after day, we build a diverse environment. Join our team! **Responsibilities and Duties** Responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the execution of advertising and communications projects, ensuring alignment among clients, internal agency departments, and external vendors. Acts as the strategic link between Account Management and other teams, guaranteeing deadlines, quality, efficiency, and profitability of deliverables. * Manage the full project lifecycle—from briefing to final delivery—ensuring strategic alignment with client objectives. * Develop schedules, work plans, and budgets, ensuring adherence to approved timelines and resources. * Maintain ongoing client contact—understanding needs, presenting solutions, and tracking approvals. * Coordinate internal multidisciplinary teams (Creative, Media, Production, Data, PR, and other involved areas), directing requests and ensuring integrated deliverables. * Oversee external vendors—from requesting quotes to supervising production. * Monitor and report project progress to leadership and clients, flagging risks, proposing adjustments, and ensuring transparent management. * Supervise assistants/account executives or project executives, promoting technical development and sound project management practices. * Review and approve final materials, ensuring quality, adherence to the brief, and alignment with brand positioning. * Safeguard project financial health by monitoring costs, approved budgets, and billing. * Promote continuous improvements in project management processes to enhance efficiency and excellence in client service. * Perform other related duties as requested, instructed, or supervised by the immediate supervisor—to contribute to the team and professional development. **Requirements and Qualifications** Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related fields. * Proven experience in project management within the advertising industry or communications agencies. * Knowledge of project management methodologies (traditional and/or agile) is considered a plus. * Critical analytical ability, strategic vision, and decision-making skills. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, collaborative mindset, and results orientation. * Organizational skills, leadership ability, and capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously. * Intermediate/advanced English is a plus. **Additional Information** We are BBDO’s integrated agency model in Brazil, serving and adapting to each client’s needs by combining the expertise of the world’s most awarded agency network with agile and flexible operations. Our methodology was built from the ground up with integrated data, metrics, and monitoring—but always focused on one thing: authentic, human insights that move people and transform brands. At EnergyBBDO, we foster an increasingly plural environment that encourages exchange and learning. We invite Black people, LGBTQIAPN\+, people with disabilities, women, and individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, regions, and universities across the country to join our team. This is our definitive horizon—seen by all teams across our agency. And this is how, day after day, we build a diverse environment and a great idea called EnergyBBDO. Join our team!