Advertising Account Manager

About the Role

We are a premier management and media consulting firm urgently seeking a seasoned Media & Awareness Project Manager for an influential awareness campaign with a governmental organization based in Saudi Arabia. The candidate will spearhead the comprehensive management of this strategic initiative, melding project management expertise with an in-depth understanding of media, communications, and content creation for awareness.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct planning, execution, supervision, and successful completion of the awareness project ensuring scope, timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks are met.
• Act as the lead liaison for the government client, fostering and sustaining productive stakeholder relationships.
• Offer expert strategic guidance on media and communication tactics to underpin awareness goals.
• Convert business and communication goals into specific project plans and creative outputs.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams including content creators, graphic and motion designers, video production, and external suppliers.
• Oversee the creation and production of awareness resources such as videos, visuals, educational guides, digital media, and multimedia campaigns.
• Ensure all produced materials comply with communication strategies, audience profiling, branding directives, and government regulations.
• Critically assess creative concepts and final products, offering constructive feedback to maintain high standards and effectiveness.
• Track project milestones, detect risks or challenges, and apply resolution strategies for on-time delivery.
• Prepare project timelines, allocate resources, and generate status and executive reports.
• Lead workshops, meetings, and evaluation sessions involving internal staff and client representatives.
• Manage change requests, prioritize tasks, coordinate dependencies, and meet stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive continuous enhancement by recommending and adopting best practices in media production, awareness campaigning, and project delivery methodologies.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Media, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Administration, Project Management, or related fields.
• At least five years of professional experience overseeing media, communications, awareness, or public-sector project initiatives.
• Availability to start immediately.
• Proven track record managing diverse creative teams and executing large, complex awareness campaigns.
• Comprehensive knowledge of strategic communications, audience engagement, campaign development, and content production.
• Experience collaborating with government or public-sector clients is highly desirable.
• Sound understanding of project management frameworks and standards.
• Possession of certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is advantageous.
• Strong client management and effective communication with stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership, organizational aptitude, and problem-solving prowess.
• Capability to juggle multiple workstreams in a dynamic consulting atmosphere.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and oral.

Preferred Background

• Prior involvement in government communication and awareness initiatives.
• Expertise in strategic communication consulting.
• Experience within media production or creative agencies.
• Engagement in public awareness campaigns and corporate communications.
• Exposure to digital content creation.
• Experience in consulting companies undertaking communication or transformation projects.