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Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Grey’s mission is to create Famously Effective ideas that move people, businesses, and the world forward, harnessing the power of creativity to solve business challenges and drive growth for some of the world’s most influential brands and companies, including Procter & Gamble, Volvo, Haleon, Circle K, and The Coca-Cola Company. That commitment to effectiveness has earned Grey a Grand Effie in every market where it operates. Grey was recognized as a 2025 Fast Company World Changing Ideas winner and earned 26 Lions at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, contributing to Ogilvy’s Network of the Year honors. Newsweek also named Grey a Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women and Professional Services in 2025. Grey is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team of change-makers on an initial short-term contract of 12 months, with the possibility to extend.
In this role, you will lead projects of varying scale, budget, and discipline. Using your expertise, you will scope and plan with internal stakeholders and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing multiple teams, project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. We will look to you to help identify future opportunities, improve processes and drive the direction of the client’s needs.
THE ACCOUNTS
At Grey, we have an exciting client portfolio, working with brands across the health & wellness sector, tourism, FMCG, telecomms, energy, sports & active wear, alongside probono projects for charity groups. This variety will keep you challenged and engaged, allowing you to broaden your experience and have an impact on culture.
Within this role, the majority of your remit will be focused on a restricted category brand. Your key challenge will be juggling multiple workstreams for a complex, global, and highly regulated business while ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you’ll be involved in managing a range of projects, with a primary focus on operations and commercials, varying in sizes and complexity. You’ll work closely with clients to drive best ways of working for teams, collaborating across the agency and with teams in WPP to keep everyone on track and working towards the same shared goal.
You’ll have the opportunity to deliver multiple projects under various programmes, taking them through from client brief to final output, The projects and workstreams you’ll sit across will involve delivering on campaign toolkits covering TVC, social, digital, shopper, 360 brand experience/strategy development programmes, website content, app design and content creation.
Day-to-day, you’ll focus on:
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
In this role, as you scope for projects and deliver on workstreams, you will work closely and collaborate with all disciplines and departments within the agency,
To succeed in this role, you will need to:
What can you expect from us?
At Grey, you’ll have the opportunity to work at an incredible studio, with some of the most creative and inspired people in the industry, all whilst getting to grow & shape your career with us. We offer a competitive salary, lots of training, plenty of benefits and wellbeing perks too.
Inclusion & Belonging
At Grey, we know that the more diverse the input, the more famous and effective the output. Different perspectives spark bigger ideas, braver creativity and better work - and that starts with how we welcome new talent. We embrace applications from people underrepresented in our industry and value the unique skills, experiences and viewpoints everyone brings. Our goal is simple: create a place where everyone can belong, and no one feels the need to hide any part of who they are.
That spirit runs through our application process too. If there’s anything - from neurodivergence, to a health condition, or any other circumstance - that might shape your experience, just let our People team know. We’ll work with you to make the adjustments you need to show your best, and we’ll treat whatever you share with respect.
Please be aware of the possibility of recruiting fraud. GREY does not conduct interviews via instant messaging platforms and will never request personal financial information such as bank account numbers, credit card information, or payment of any kind during the hiring process. All legitimate communication will come from an official @GREY.com email address. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it to us immediately. Stay vigilant and protect your personal information.
