Media Project Manager

The Project Manager leads end-to-end delivery of media projects across branding, PR, social media, events and communications. The role owns the master deliverable plan, coordinates multiple external partners and vendors, and serves as the primary client contact through formal approval workflows and structured reporting.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex or technical client requirements into clear, actionable briefs for creative, PR, social, production, and external delivery teams
• Build and maintain the master project plan: timelines, milestones, dependencies, and approval gates across all workstreams
• Own multi-partner delivery— managing PR agencies, social creators, media vendors, and production suppliers in parallel
• Review deliverables at a project-management level before client submission, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, misalignment with the brief, or areas requiring specialist review
• Manage day-to-day client communication including status reporting, approvals, and change management
• Proactively identify, log, and mitigate project risks across all workstreams, escalating critical issues to senior management and the client before they impact delivery timelines or budget
• Navigate government client protocols: formal sign-off processes, compliance requirements, and senior stakeholder presentations
• Maintain programme documentation: RAID log, scopes of work, cost trackers, and post-project reviews
• Chair kick-off meetings, weekly standups, and formal review sessions with clients and internal teams
• Track project scope, budgets, POs, supplier costs, invoicing milestones, and commercial dependencies
• Identify out-of-scope requests and commercial implications before additional work is committed

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' project/programme management experience in a marketing, communications, creative, digital, technology, or consulting environment, with significant responsibility for client-facing delivery.
• Proven delivery of complex, multi-partner media projects from brief to completion
• Mandatory: experience managing government or large institutional projects
• Mandatory: prior work experience in the UAE
• Working knowledge of media production, social media operations, and PR/communications workflows
• Strong ability to quickly understand unfamiliar industries, technical subjects, and complex client environments
• Strong judgment and problem-solving capability — able to form an initial point of view before escalating issues
• Proficiency in project management tools and MS Office