Digital Project Manager
Open positions
Playground is looking for a Project Manager with solid experience in the digital world.
Overview
You’ll work for national and international brands, managing projects from digital strategy to casual games, from web sites, experience pages and motion video graphics to eCommerce and digital campaigns.
You’ll be involved in all phases of projects, managing and collecting briefs, defining specifications, planning and monitoring progress of activities. And you’ll be collaborating with strategists, designers and developers.
We’re looking for a person with training and a solid methodology, capable of producing effective and high-quality solutions.
Main responsibilities
Liaise with the commerciale arm to define key stakeholders and high-level requests of the project
Identify potential project risks and propose preventative actions to mitigate and avoid them
Collect client requests and ensure the objectives and the activities in the project scope are precisely defined
Check and update the shared schedule with the client in the project planning phase
Identify and propose corrective actions in case of activity delays
Follow the implementation phase, coordinating the activities of the assigned design and development teams
Update the client weekly on the progress of work
Ensure the quality of the output conforms to the agreed budget
Monitor marginality according to the hours spent by the team
Coordinate the activity and communications through a PMIS (for example, Jira, Asana, Monday)
Conduct post-project analysis meetings with the internal team
Liaise with the sales team to up-sell new business according to the needs expressed by the customer
Skills and qualifications
At least three year’s progressive experience managing digital design and development projects (for example, websites, landing pages, eCommerce)
Ability to edit functional specification documents in collaboration with the technical team
Ability to support the sales team in the formalisation of quotes
Knowledge of work flows and the phases that make up digital communication projects
Confident managing a project with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies as required according to the project characteristics
Previous experience presenting analysis and results to project stakeholders
Excellent knowledge of the MS Office package
Experience using a PMIS (for example, Jira, Asana, Monday)
Fluent knowledge of spoken/written English (B2 or higher)
Ability to organise, plan, check and achieve objectives
Responsible and professional
Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills
Well organised with good attention to detail
What we offer
Full-time employment contract
Ticket Restaurant
Latest generation MacBook Pro
Training courses designed to deepen and enrich both soft skills and technical knowledge
Paid overtime or accumulation of hour bank
Corporate benefits platform
Annual subscription to Gympass (flexible access to gyms, sports facilities, courses, personal trainers and wellness apps)
Indoor canteen area with refrigerators and microwaves
Relaxation areas with table soccer, table tennis, musical instruments and games
Hybrid working and flexible hours
Who we are
Playground is an independent digital agency founded in 2006. We’re a team of around 60 people and collaborate with some of the most exciting brands in the market, including The North Face, Inter F.C, Vans, Salewa, Luxottica, Timberland, Milan, Napapijri and Hogan, to name a few.
We design and implement digital experiences and content such as websites, web platforms, e-commerce, DEM campaigns, online contests, casual games, campaign content and motion graphics videos.
We take care of the whole production cycle, from strategy to UX design, from UI implementation to web development.
In the past two years, we have entered three prestigious rankings:
- 1000 Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies 2021 compiled by the Financial Times;
- Growth Leaders 2021, 2022 and 2023 compiled by Il Sole 24 Ore and Statista;
- Champions of Growth 2022 and 2023 compiled by the German ITQF Institute in collaboration with La Repubblica Affari & Finanza.