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ABOUT VAYNERX VaynerX (is the most contemporary family of companies, working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia, Eva Nosidam Productions, The Sasha Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, VaynerSpeakers, and VaynerCommerce. ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independentlyowned company was founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk, and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies. Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia APAC is strong with a worldclass combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture. In APAC, we are proudly +300, servicing a diverse client all around the region. The PITCH Were looking for a Project Director to help establish project management as a discipline within the office. The accounts are specific to the Australia market, whilst working closely with our APAC team. Applicants should have a robust understanding of social media, comfortability with digital production and a strong project management and operation skillset to help support the day to day running of the accounts in Australia. This is an alwayson role that moves daily, putting out creative content at a fast pace, while also planning larger campaign initiatives. This is a fulltime role based in Australia with a reporting role to the Country Manager. Heres where you come in Your main responsibilities as a Project Director will be to develop your designated portfolio into a wellfunctioning and profitable business unit. Your input is imperative to develop a strategic approach to the delivery process that is within the VaynerMedia ways of working, but at the same time relevant for the client needs. Manage the programme of work - financial planning, directing, and coordinating activities to ensure that all project objectives are complete within the defined period and budget. Ensure Agency, Client, Vendor, and Legal processes and requirements are being met. Responsible for the management of many variations of ATL and digital and social content (video, image, websites, TVC, print, retail etc.), ensuring quality control, and delivering/trafficking all assets to required agency partners/media teams/clients. Handson ownership of complex strategic projects, requiring senior stakeholder management and serve as the primary interface with the relevant clients. Partner with the Account, Strategy, Media and Creative leads to ensure client expectations, creative vision, and agency needs are met from briefing through final delivery on projects. Tracking financial progression, ensuring it is shared and assessed, taking the lead in suggesting and making adjustments to the project and team as needed. Identifying risks and solutions - being the problem solver in ensuring we remain agile and strategic throughout the project lifecycle. Scope development to determine goals and deliverables, time frame, budgets, working processes and resource requirements. Oversee/coordinate portfolio resources and daytoday activities to ensure projects progress on schedule and within prescribed budget. Monitor and report on project progress, manage and validate change requests as required. Provide motivation and mentorship to the PM team and be the first point of escalation for issue/conflict resolution on all projects. Support the Head of Delivery to help monitor PMs, and have line reports of your own where applicable. Support Head of Delivery to continually match and optimise skilllevel/experience and aspiration of the project managers to the needs. Overall, being solutionsfocused; the goto person to assess challenges, always identifying the opportunity for possibility. Your Experience Previous 10 years of experience in an agency, managing a portfolio of brands. Leadership, management and mentorship skills. Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Proven negotiation skills. Handson experience and ownership of complex strategic projects, requiring senior stakeholder management. Ability to recognise and solve potential problems, elevate issues or conflicts and continually evaluate project effectiveness. Manage overall quality of project delivery and documentation for the account. Strong communication skills and impressive attention to detail. A cool, calm and collected approach to problemsolving. Ability to thrive and remain agile in a fastpaced environment. Strong selfawareness and peoplemanagement skills. Understanding of relevant social media platforms and their requirement. What you should know about VaynerMedia Think lab and not agency. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun! Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a startup than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We cant wait to meet you. #J-18808-Ljbffr