Project Manager - Midlands - up to £45k pa

The Packaging Project Manager is a key role within our client, who provide creative, artwork, pre press production services and consultancy to an impressive roster of well known brands.

The Packaging Project Manager has primary responsibility for overall project management of all packaging activity, and providing subject matter consultancy and support to customers, on site production controllers, account management and production management.

In this role you'll work with customers alongside production controllers and/or account managers for all creative and artwork project briefings to inject expert input and insight into the briefing process, establish and maintain effective end to end project management to ensure delivery of projects that exceed all creative, quality, service and cost expectations.

You'll have accountability for managing financial and performance reporting, establishing, embedding and maintaining best practice customer/interface processes, production briefing and workflow for packaging artwork, reprographics, proofing, print and colour management, so you'll need to know your stuff.

You'll also be required to provide strategic input to the management of key accounts, demonstrating expert packaging knowledge, exploring innovations and inspiring the customer!

You'll have extensive knowledge and experience of the packaging design to print process, having been involved in creative briefing to press passes and everything in between, so you'll need to know how to inspire the best creative, manage multiple projects effectively, and understand challenges in print.

You'll also be exceptionally organized, possess strong planning and strategic skills, be able to analyse and break down delivery of large projects into a deliverable plan. You'll also be a superb communicator and able to make and keep strong, trusted relationships with a total customer service mindset, and have the credentials to back this up.

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