Social-First Project Manager

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Location: Salford Quays, Manchester

Company Overview:

Campfire is an award winning Social first digital agency, founded on values of Honesty & Integrity, Exceeding Expectations and First Principle Thinking. Holding some of the world's leading brands on our client roster, we pride ourselves on innovating and creating performance driving firsts for our clients.

Position Overview:

As Project Manager, you'll be the glue that holds our projects together. You'll oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of influencer campaigns, organic social projects, and content production-keeping work streams on track, ensuring smooth collaboration between teams, and proactively identifying risks before they become problems.

This is a fast-paced, high-energy role that requires exceptional organisation, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple moving parts at once. You'll work closely with our internal teams, clients, and external partners to ensure every project is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standard.

What are the key responsibilities for the role?

Project & Workflow Management

• Own the end-to-end project management of influencer campaigns, organic social retainers, and content production projects.
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery from brief to completion, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met.
• Build and manage project timelines so all teams know what's due and when.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Track project progress, identifying risks early and resolving roadblocks quickly.
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to a high standard.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner with Account Directors, Social, Strategy, and Creative teams to ensure smooth alignment and delivery.
• Facilitate clear communication across teams so expectations are understood.
• Keep clients and internal stakeholders updated on progress, changes, and potential challenges.

Process & Resource Planning

• Implement structured project management processes, embedding best practices for planning, execution, and reporting.
• Manage team capacity and resource allocation, ensuring the right people are on the right projects at the right time.
• Optimise and continuously improve workflows to boost delivery efficiency.
• Proactively jump in, roll up your sleeves, and help us build effective, automated processes to reduce time spent on manual tasks.
• Take a forward-thinking approach to problem-solving, thriving on challenges and driving solutions that push the team forward.

Budget, Costing & Scope Management

• Ensure projects stay within agreed budgets, monitoring costs and flagging risks early.
• Own the costing process for all projects, ensuring accurate scoping, estimating, and cost control.
• Manage scope creep by aligning client expectations with agreed deliverables.

Required Skills

• Costing expertise (essential) - Proven experience in project costing, including scoping, estimating, and managing budgets.
• Analytical skills - Ability to analyse data, assess resource needs, and make informed decisions.
• Organisational skills - Manage multiple projects simultaneously and track resource utilisation.
• Communication skills - Convey expectations effectively to project managers, stakeholders, and team members.
• Problem-solving skills - Identify and resolve resource conflicts and project challenges.
• Negotiation skills - Confidently negotiate priorities and resource allocation with stakeholders.
• Leadership skills - Lead, motivate, and guide teams to achieve high performance.
• Adaptability - Stay flexible and responsive to changing project needs and priorities.
• Proactive mindset - Comfortable rolling up your sleeves to support the team and help implement automation that drives efficiency.
• Forward-thinking & resilient - Not afraid of challenges; instead, thrives on overcoming them and finding new ways to improve delivery.

What do we expect from our campers?

At Campfire we are committed to providing all our campers with a healthy, safe and supported work environment, where everyone is able to be themselves, work freely and express their creative passion. We do ask that in order for us to do so, you comply with our behaviour expectations.

Our values?

Campfire share their values, not as words on a wall but as something we naturally live and breathe every single day, and as part of our recruitment process we will ask specific questions around culture to ensure all new campers are aligned with our three core values: Clarity, Honesty & Integrity | Exceeding Expectations | First-Principle Thinking

What do we offer our campers?..

• 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, christmas shutdown, the day for your birthday
• Loyalty Holidays (accrue 1 extra day per anniversary year up to 5 extra days)
• X2 wellness days or £100 allowance
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office, three days from home)
• Flexi-hours, our full hours are 9-5:30, but core hours are 10-4:00, the remaining hours outside of this (if you're an early bird or night owl) are up to you to decide when to work
• Discretionary Bonus (this will be part fixed salary % and part flexi % based on performance metrics - all bonuses are subject to business performance)
• Monthly Campfire value awards
• Free fruit, snacks and plenty of beverages to keep you full for the day
• Regular social events including the big summer and christmas parties
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave, shared parental and fertility journey support policies
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Employee assistance programme - with access 24hrs a day on an array of topics that you may benefit from seeking additional support.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Campfire believes that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, and that's why we embrace equity as part of our values. We strive to prevent discrimination in all aspects of the employee cycle, in particular in the recruitment process. We understand that no "one size fits all" and we are committed to ensuring everyone feels welcome, at ease and supported.