Technical Project Manager

16 hours ago


Cape Town, South Africa Digitas Full time

Company Description

Founded in 2005, Digitas Liquorice is the connected experience agency with a focus on data-led insights to enhance the Customer Experience. We specialise in 5 core digital capabilities to deliver Data & Analysis, Strategy, Creative, Media and Technology. In 2014, Liquorice was acquired by Digitas, the world’s largest digital network employing over 100 people across our 3 offices in South Africa, with affiliate partners in 34 countries across Africa. At Digitas Liquorice we believe in creating Magic and Meaning.

Purposefully connecting people and brands through digital innovation in everything we do. We are a group of unicorns; uniquely capable in skillset and all-around awesomeness Digitas Liquorice prides itself on a culture of experiential learning, encouraging our unicorns to be curious, to seek out new opportunities to learn and experience in order to drive growth, both in a personal and professional capacity. It is our vision to drive transformation within our teams to allow for a diversity of voices, and as such, a rich creative product.

Similarly, we partner with clients to support their digital transformation, providing the technology and expertise to accelerate their journey. Digitas Liquorice has some of Africa’s largest brands as clients including, Unilever, Santam, Sanlam, Nedgroup Investments, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, HAVAL motors and more

**Job Description**:
**Requirements / Experience / Skills**
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Operations Management / Production Management or similar
- At least 4 years’ experience in a Digital Agency as a Snr Traffic Manager or Snr Production Manager
- Proficient in MS Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc.)
- Proficient using Apple products (i.e. Mac)
- Digital experience is essential
- Technical project management experience is essential
- Knowledge of CMs’s (preferred), Sharepoint and Wordpress
- A good command of the English language (both verbal and written)
- Excellent leadership skills
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
- Strong administrative and organizational skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Technical skills:

- Basic understanding of front-end coding environments will be beneficial

**Responsibilities (include but are not limited to)**:

- Run daily stand-ups with the team
- Create the daily production schedule together with Operations content
- Manage daily production, project check-ins and schedule go-lives
- Manage technical and design consultations with Senior Front-End Developer and UX Designer
- Project scoping for costing and scheduling purposes
- Test functional requirements
- Manage and improve production processes
- Be the gatekeeper of third-party tools and technical documentation
- Ensure all work is done according to platform requirements and CI requirements
- Promote and manage production team wellness and growth

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