Project Manager APAC, Reuters (1-year contract)

Job Description

Reuters Plus is the commercial advertising team specializing in branded content and custom programs. The team is looking for a strategic, innovative project manager to manage the day to day logistical and production operations for advertiser backed campaigns. The Project Manager will be responsible for managing relationships with our advertiser and agency contacts, internal key stakeholders within multiple Reuters units as well as external vendors and contractors.

About the role

• Work with the sales team to define, document and manage custom programs, actively planning and executing all phases of the program;
• Work alongside the internal design and development teams for web-building, media planners and ad ops for custom ad unit creation and execution, coordinate with third party freelance writers, editors, designers, videographers for content creation;
• Assist with getting social media promotions up and running;
• Monitor costs and timescales for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints;
• Negotiating and committing clients to appropriate deliverables and timelines;
• Preparing and maintaining project plans/timelines and track activities against the plan;
• Implement an effective communication plan and operating rhythm, including the provision of regular and accurate reports in coordination with the social media reporting and Adops;
• Collaborate across teams to evaluate the viability of a custom plan in terms of costs vs profit and maintaining strict margins for all productions

About You:

• Significant experience in a customer-facing, project management role or other related experience;
• Knowledge of paid social media planning and execution on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube;
• Demonstrated project planning and management skills;
• Self-starter with the ability to prioritize work to meet timelines;
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources: management, business, and technology contacts;
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills;
• Effective negotiating, influencing, and conflict resolution skills;
• Strong analytical and problem solving;

It is a plus if you have:

• Familiarity with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, Trello, Teams, Basecamp etc.

What’s in it For You

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Exposure to an internationally dynamic team across the globe.
• Autonomy and flexibility in organization of teams and work
• Access to global resources for professional growth and development.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com .