Posted 05 August, 2026
Project Director 5 Month FTC
Saatchi & Saatchi
London, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
We are hiring a Project Director to lead the successful delivery of complex integrated marketing programmes and campaigns across a portfolio of high-profile accounts. This is a pivotal role that brings together people, process and creativity, ensuring ambitious work is delivered seamlessly from brief through to launch. Combining hands-on project leadership with broader programme management responsibilities, you'll create the clarity, structure and operational excellence that enable teams to produce their very best work. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, helping to shape how integrated campaigns are delivered while continually improving ways of working.
\nWhat you'll be doing
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- Lead the planning and delivery of complex integrated campaigns, ensuring projects are delivered successfully against agreed objectives, timelines and budgets. \n
- Establish governance frameworks, delivery plans, milestones and reporting structures across multiple interconnected workstreams. \n
- Partner with strategy, creative, media, production, technology and client teams to drive alignment and collaboration throughout campaign lifecycles. \n
- Manage project risks, dependencies, resources and scope changes, ensuring challenges are addressed proactively and effectively. \n
- Provide programme-level oversight across multiple projects, maintaining visibility of priorities, commercial performance and delivery progress. \n
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, creating confidence through clear communication, transparency and reliable delivery. \n
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and operational efficiency, helping teams collaborate more effectively and deliver exceptional work. \n
Skills we're looking for
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- Experience leading complex projects within an integrated agency, marketing, communications or related environment. \n
- Strong programme management capability, with experience managing multiple interconnected workstreams and delivery priorities. \n
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across diverse teams and functions. \n
- Strong planning, organisational and prioritisation skills, with confidence managing competing demands. \n
- Experience overseeing budgets, resourcing, forecasting and commercial performance. \n
- Ability to identify and manage risks, dependencies and programme challenges while maintaining delivery momentum. \n
- A collaborative and adaptable approach, with a passion for creating environments where people and great work can thrive. \n
