Senior Creative Project Manager

Salary: Up to £55K depending on experience, plus company benefits

Location: London, E14

Contract: Permanent, full time

Shift details: 37.5 hours per week; 8-hour shifts Mon-Fri between 8am-6pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch. Work outside these core hours may be required.

Work model: Hybrid; two days in the office, three days at home. This role may require a full 5 day/week onsite requirement in the future. Please only apply if this would be possible.

Williams Lea seeks a Senior Creative Services Project Manager to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.

Sound good so far? Then this is the perfect job opportunity for you and you are just the individual that we are looking for!

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking a Senior Creative Project Manager to play a pivotal role within a high-performing, in-house global creative studio operating in the financial services/investment banking sector.

This is a senior, hands-on delivery role for an experienced Creative PM who thrives in fast-moving, regulated environments and is confident leading multiple complex projects concurrently; particularly across video production, print, motion, and digital channels.

You will lead by example: shaping project management best practice while personally owning the delivery of high-value, high-visibility creative work from brief through to final delivery.

What You'll Be Responsible For
Leadership of Creative Project Delivery

• Lead the delivery of integrated creative campaigns across video, print, motion, digital, presentations, photography, audio and web assets
• Act as a senior operational partner to Designers, Editors, Producers, Workflow, Studio Manager and the Global Creative Director
• Champion calm, confident delivery in a high-pressure, multi-stakeholder environment
• Set and uphold standards for organisation, accountability, quality and creative excellence

Hands-On Project & Video Production Management

• Own a portfolio of multiple concurrent projects (typically 3-4+ at any time), confidently balancing priorities and deadlines
• Lead end-to-end video production, including:
• Pre-production (briefing, scripting, storyboards, schedules)
• Shoots (crew, suppliers, logistics, locations)
• Post-production (edit, motion graphics, sound, delivery formats)
• Manage print production, including technical specifications, artwork sign-off and supplier coordination

Planning, Budgeting & Resourcing

• Develop clear scopes, timelines, estimates, and resourcing plans
• Manage budgets tightly, forecasting risk and adapting plans proactively
• Work closely with Workflow and Studio Management to ensure realistic capacity planning

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Build trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders across marketing, brand, compliance and leadership
• Translate complex briefs into actionable delivery plans, challenging assumptions where required
• Confidently manage expectations, risk, and change in a regulated environment

Quality, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure all outputs are brand compliant, technically accurate, and delivery-ready
• Enforce consistent QA processes across video, print and digital assets
• Identify risks early and resolve issues decisively before they escalate

The 10 Critical Hard Skills We're Looking For

This role is not suitable for mid-level PMs. We are specifically looking for proven senior capability in the following areas:

• Senior-level creative project management (owning delivery, not just coordinating)
• Hands-on video production management across pre-production, shoots and post
• Integrated multi-channel delivery (video, print, motion, digital, presentations)
• Financial services / regulated environment experience (or equivalent complexity)
• Process design and workflow optimisation within a creative studio
• Budgeting, estimating and commercial control
• Resource planning and capacity management across multiple simultaneous projects
• Quality assurance and risk management
• Senior stakeholder management with confidence and authority
• Technical understanding of print and digital delivery, including specs and formats

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Senior Creative Project Manager within an agency or in-house creative studio
• Strong, demonstrable on-the-ground video production experience
• Experience managing multiple complex projects concurrently without loss of quality or control
• Excellent organisational, communication and prioritisation skills
• Confidence working at pace with competing deadlines and senior stakeholders
• Strong understanding of creative workflows and production lifecycles
• Working knowledge of workflow tools, MS Office, SharePoint and asset management systems

Nice to Have (But Not Required)

• Background in financial services, investment banking or highly regulated industries
• Adobe Creative Suite familiarity (InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects)
• Print or graphic design training
• Photography, videography, AR/VR or voice-over production knowledge

Why This Role?

This is a role for someone who:

• Enjoys pace, complexity and responsibility
• Is calm under pressure and confident juggling multiple priorities
• Wants to stay close to the work, not step away from delivery
• Takes pride in operational excellence and creative quality

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers - including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV's, laptops and computers or household appliances
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

You will also work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!

Equality and Diversity

The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a "protected characteristic" in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness, and transparency.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview, please contact us at careersatWL@williamslea.com.

Please note: Due to the high volume of responses received for this role we will not be able to contact all applicants directly. If you have not heard from us in four weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.