Welcome to our world!
We’re Redtorch, a bespoke and fully independent Research, Content & Creative Agency working to make sport more relevant.
We’re seeking a super organised project manager with 3-4 years agency experience. Reporting to our Director of Client Services Jacqs, you will be responsible for managing projects for some of the biggest sports in the world. This role will sit at the heart of how we operate to ensure we deliver brilliant work for our clients.
This full-time job is a hybrid position which requires 3 days in the Redtorch office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) based in King’s Cross, London.
You’ll need to be excited about the prospect of working in a fast-paced agency environment across multiple clients. Oh! … and have a serious passion for sport!
The work you’ll do
- Manage daily client communications and be the main point of contact
- Create project budgets and draft new scopes of work
- Assign tasks to internal teams and manage project timelines
- Ensure that clients’ needs are met and stay within budget
- Use project management tools to monitor working hours, plans and expenditures
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
- Manage project expenses and ensure they are recorded
- Arrange global travel and accommodation
- Set-up budgets and raise invoices within our project management tool
- Manage internal resourcing and creative planning
Skills & Requirements
- A love of sport!
- A desire to join an independent and fast-growing agency
- 3-4 years proven agency experience in a project management role
- Excellent organisational skills, including multitasking and time-management
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Experience managing multiple projects and campaigns simultaneously
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Comfortable working within a small team in a hands-on, fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of social media
- Educated to degree level (Project Management Qualification would be an advantage – PRINCE2 or Agile PM)
Staff package:
- Salary: £34,000-38,000 per annum
- Leave:
- 25 days + bank holidays
- an extra day off for your Birthday!
- Hybrid working:
- minimum 3 days a week in our London office – (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
- two days working from home (Monday, Friday)
- Company pension scheme
- Agency Christmas shutdown
- Quarterly agency events/socials
- Opportunity to travel
- Private healthcare
- Personal development budget
If you’re interested in joining our team, please send (to iwanttowork@redtorch.sport):
- a cover letter including 3 reasons why you’d be perfect for this role
- your CV
Jacqueline Darby
My most memorable sporting moment is …
Federer vs Djokovic - 2019 Wimbledon Final (and winning the Cricket World Cup on the same day!)
I am happiest when ...
With family or playing sport with friends
The sports person that best represent me is …
Justine Henin
The three things at the top of my bucket list are …
1. Attend all 4 tennis Grand Slams
2. Learn to ski
3. Set-up a Pilates studio
A quote I try to live my life by is ...
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take"