Project Manager - 12 month FTC

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.  

As a key member of the Creative Solutions team, you will take on a crucial role in shaping and executing bespoke content partnerships through branded content, commercials, and product placement. Your work will span across our TV, OnDemand, Digital and social platforms, as well as licensing opportunities. You will be instrumental in driving innovative and market-leading partnerships that deliver impactful results for advertisers, while enhancing revenue growth for the business. 

What you’ll do: 

• Support the Senior Project Managers with coordinating a cross-department project team including sales, research, legal, compliance, commissioning, production and finance. Providing key support to a campaign from sign off to ‘wrap up’ 

• Supporting production management with designated creative agencies and internal Sky teams – set expectations for work, co- ordinate creative approvals process, ensure all creative is compliant, confirm budgets, delivery timings and the overall finance process including billing, internal transfers and disputes 

• Support, and where relevant manage co-ordinating internal teams responsible for the delivery of media ensuring media inventory is reserved and booked and creative assets are delivered on time and to spec 

• Preparing and communicating project status to internal and external stakeholders in relevant meetings and manage and distribute key project documentation such as status reports, timelines, RACI, PPM contact reports 

• Preparing Talent and Partnership contracts with support from our legal department for each campaign 

• Managing the reporting of campaign media deliveries at timings agreed with the client and Creative Solutions Manager upon deal sign-off. Ensuring campaign KPIs are tracked and delivered 

• Managing the campaign review process – analysing the performance of a campaign in terms of media delivery KPIs as well as the broader production and development process and leading presentation of findings and learnings to stakeholders 

What you’ll bring: 

• Strong understanding of TV/ Digital/ Media landscape 

• Experience in a project management role within the media industry, leading and delivering ATL campaigns, social and digital content solutions for advertisers 

• Stakeholder management skills, experience working collaboratively with multiple cross functional teams, internal and external 

• A good understanding of media sales terminology and working knowledge of media reporting 

• Proven ability to self motivate and work independently when required 

• Excellent knowledge of project management techniques (Agile) and documentation 

Team overview: 

Sky Media  

Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, offering businesses of all shapes and sizes an exciting array of opportunities on TV, online and on the go. Reaching over 95% of the UK population, Sky Media represents all of Sky’s channels and sites including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic and Sky Witness. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, FOX, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.  

The Rewards: 

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: 

• Sky Now TV for free

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Shop for less at selected high street and specialist retailers

How you'll work: 

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. 

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.  

Your office base: 

 Osterley:  

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.  

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.   

Inclusion: 

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.  

We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.