Project Manager (Maternity Cover)
Location: Fuzzy Duck Creative, MediaCity
Reporting to: Studio Manager
Contract: Fixed-term, 12 month maternity cover
Start date: Mid May
Working pattern: Hybrid, minimum 2 days in the office with additional days as needed
Role Overview
Fuzzy Duck is a vibrant, friendly and highly productive creative studio and we’re on the lookout for a Project Manager to join the team at MediaCity.
This is a central role. You’ll be right in the mix, working across film, animation, digital and interactive projects for both corporate and heritage clients, including The National Trust, Science Museum, United Utilities, Sodexo and Cadent Gas.
You’ll be part of the core studio team, working alongside one other full-time Project Manager and reporting into the Studio Manager. You will be involved from the early ideas of a project through to final delivery, keeping things moving, shaping the work and making sure it is delivered efficiently.
We’re after someone curious. Someone who challenges a brief, asks the right questions and helps make the work better. Just as comfortable with clients as you are with designers, developers and creatives.
Production experience is a big plus. We’re looking for someone who understands how things are actually made and knows how to keep everything running smoothly.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead projects from brief through to final delivery
- Manage timelines, budgets, resources and billing plans
- Run project meetings, check-ins and wash-ups
- Focus on the profitability of the jobs you are running
Client Management
- Act as the main point of contact for clients
- Interpret briefs and translate them into clear internal direction
- Build and maintain strong client relationships
- Ensure client expectations are managed throughout
Creative & Production Oversight
- Brief internal teams and ensure clarity on scope and deliverables
- Sense-check creative output against the brief and budget before client review
- Coordinate filming schedules and production logistics
- Manage asset flow between client and internal teams
Team & Resource Management
- Schedule workloads across the creative team for your projects
- Work closely with department leads to allocate resources effectively
- Keep projects moving and unblock issues quickly
Business Development Support
- Support with proposals, quotes and budgets
- Assist with new business conversations where required
Systems & Process
- Maintain project management tools and platforms
- Experience using Synergist would be an advantage, but is not essential
- Contribute to improving internal processes and efficiencies
What We’re Looking For
- Strong project management experience, ideally within a creative or production environment
- Confident communicator with both clients and internal teams
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Comfortable managing multiple projects at once
- Commercially aware, with experience managing budgets and scope
- Calm under pressure and able to keep things moving
- Production experience would be an advantage