Job Title:

Advisors Creative Desk - Project Manager

Overview:

Overview
The Data & Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing the cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, this team provides consulting, marketing, loyalty and analytics to financial institutions and merchants globally. Marketing Services is the team within D&S that develops and executes the marketing programs that help our clients achieve their marketing goals. The Advisors Creative Desk sits within D&S and is responsible for ideating and creating engaging, forward-thinking, on-brand content solutions that connect our advertising partners, platforms, and our portfolio of brands.

As Creative Desk Project Manager you must have a passion for managing production resource planning for marketing communications and ensuring optimal efficient management of the Creative Desk capability. You will have a creative flair, relish working in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple project deliverables. You will have solid people management and communication skills and have strong resourcing skills. A keen interest in identifying and implementing business improvement initiative along with ensuring the smooth onboarding of new team member

Role
• Working closely with Creative Desk Project Manager and the Production leads to ensure end-to-end development and delivery of campaigns for assigned customers. Main region: Middle East & Africa
• Maintain rigorous adherence of the Creative Desk in their use of resource management and project management platforms, such as monday.com , Salesforce and Aprimo
• Overall responsibility for the production of communications material on time and to budget by sound resource planning and management
• Co-ordinating the resourcing of project from initial stages through to delivery
• Ensuring the stages of the project are met according to client and creative brief, budget, resource and deadline deliverables
• Monitoring current traffic processes and inputting ideas on how to improve current practices where required
• Managing campaign resources and updating key stakeholders on requirements and supply
• Manage vendors and any required SOWs and PO requirements
• Support Regional Creative Desk lead on business reporting
• Building effective relationships with key departments across the D&S and Mastercard business, such as Sourcing, Finance, Legal, Compliance and the broader Advisors Client Services team

All About You
• Proven project and account management experience
• Experience with end to end high volume traffic projects
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• Adept at briefing creative teams and reporting into clients
• Skilled at working under pressure
• Bachelor degree qualified, with post graduate qualifications in creative or digital marketing
• Language: fluency in English required.