About the job

Description

About Girraphic

Girraphic is an agile and ever growing broadcast design agency, headquartered in Sydney and with eight offices globally. At Girraphic we are firm believers in the power of an idea and providing technical innovation and expertise to help create, explore & bring ideas to life.

Specialising in Vizrt & Unreal engine products and workflows, we have over 30 years of industry experience in the conception, production and successful delivery of full turnkey and bespoke on-air graphics solutions across all media platforms. Working closely with our product vendors' research, development and support teams allows us to remain at the forefront of the ever-evolving landscape of on-air broadcasting, allowing us to continuously improve our clients on-air options and experience.

The Role

To support our growing portfolio we’re looking for a problem solver, a team leader and an excellent communicator with an understanding of live production and broadcast environments to join our UK team. As a Project Manager you will be responsible for overseeing all elements of a project; facilitating technical and operational requirements, alongside team organisation and communication with both clients and across the global offices. You excel in organisation, have excellent communication abilities and are comfortable managing schedules of complex projects, often concurrently. Your attention to detail is second-to-none, whilst having the ability to work in a dynamic, deadline driven environment.

This role is full time, based onsite in our London office (SW19), supporting a global portfolio requiring flexibility with non-traditional hours and the ability to oversee key projects on the ground both domestically and internationally.

What you will do:

• Create and maintain project schedules and milestones documentation, monitoring the progress of milestones and specific tasks against those schedules
• Road map ongoing development projects, create timelines that work within client projects and dedicate appropriate resources to fulfil both development and project work
• Identify other teammates with the necessary technical knowledge and skills in order to drive the project forward either within Girraphic or as external freelancers
• Develop and maintain both short and long-term capacity planning methods, implementing sub-projects to contribute meaningfully to complex projects
• Ensure a common understanding and agreement on project scope and goals, proactively communicating with all stakeholders, both internal and external
• Drive productive meetings with the project teams, individuals and clients
• Accountable for troubleshooting and testing projects before delivery handoffs
• Logistical planning and asset tracking for ongoing productions, including communicating with freight providers
• Research and collect information aimed to assist the team with knowledge on the project’s rules or finer details
• Drive project documentation and refine processes to assist with efficient project delivery
• Partner with key staff across offices to ensure all projects around the world are appropriately structured (staffing, logistics) to ensure maximum efficiency within a global team

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in broadcast as a producer/project manager or similar
• Familiar with Live Production workflows, television control room or OB operations
• Working knowledge of technical decisions to satisfy client requirements
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask
• Proven ability to work alongside producers, developers and creative across multiple simultaneous projects
• Strong verbal and written communicator, with the ability to communicate effectively across clients, developers, and creatives across multiple projects & timezones
• Ability to travel to support projects both domestically and internationally

Extra Credit:

• 2 years+ experience managing a team of 3 (or more) people
• Experience with Broadcast Technology & Workflows
• Google Suite
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine and 3D workflows

How To Apply:

• If you thrive in high pressured environments, deliver flawlessly under tight deadlines & are looking to utilise your skillset in the live Broadcast environment, please ensure you attach a one page cover letter that highlights “Who you are” to support our outline of “What you will do” with your application.

Girraphic strives to hire great individuals. Posting a job description is merely our attempt to outline a role that we are looking to fill. However, we understand that an employee and their unique set of skills can't be defined by a couple of sentences in a job posting. We like to hire based on a combination of professional skills, personality traits, problem solving capability, and work ethic. We encourage candidates to be forthright about their strengths and weaknesses so that we can attempt to find a role and set of responsibilities that is right for the individual.