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The Role
The Client is seeking a highly organised, proactive Media Project Manager to help the Media Team bring the mission and brand story to life through excellent creative content. The team produces videos, podcasts, social media content, livestreams and other media with a strong emphasis on compelling storytelling and high-quality production.The Media Project Manager will organise and manage the flow of projects from concept through production, approval and publishing. This person will develop and maintain project management systems, coordinate schedules and deliverables, and ensure projects move efficiently through the production pipeline and are completed on time.
The ideal candidate combines strong project management skills with an understanding of creative and media production. They enjoy bringing structure to creative environments, anticipating problems and helping teams turn great ideas into finished work.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage video, podcast, social media, livestream and other media projects from concept through completion.- Develop and maintain a project management system that clearly tracks projects, owners, priorities, deadlines and next steps.
- Build and manage production workflows for video, social media and other recurring content.
- Create project timelines, production schedules, milestones and deadlines.
- Maintain the team’s content and production calendar.
- Coordinate projects across producers, videographers, editors, designers, social media staff and other contributors.
- Track projects through pre-production, production, editing, revisions, approvals and publishing.
- Coordinate supporting assets including social clips, graphics, thumbnails, captions and promotional content.
- Identify bottlenecks, competing priorities and potential delays and proactively work with the team to resolve them.
- Lead project status meetings and provide clear visibility into priorities, deadlines and project status.
- Develop templates, checklists and repeatable processes that improve efficiency and team collaboration.
- Help ensure media assets, project information and production files are organised and accessible.
- Support the Communications team with administrative support tasks as assigned.
Job Requirements
Required Education & Experience- Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Three (3) or more years of project management, production management or related professional experience.
- Experience using project management platforms such as Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Airtable, Notion or similar tools.
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
- Experience with file-sharing platforms such as Box, Google Drive or OneDrive.
Preferred Education & Experience
- Experience working with a media, creative, marketing or communications team.
- Familiarity with video production and post-production workflows.
- Experience managing social media content workflows and publishing calendars.
- Experience developing project management systems and improving team processes.
- Familiarity with creative briefs, production schedules, content calendars and approval workflows.
Technical & Administrative Skills
- Comfort managing multiple projects, priorities and deadlines simultaneously and with accuracy and efficiency.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- High level of discretion and confidentiality.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and follow-through.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Ability to identify problems, anticipate needs and proactively keep projects moving.
- Ability to work effectively with creative professionals while providing structure and accountability.
- Commitment to excellence and producing high-quality work.
Motivation & Mission Fit
- Driven by meaningful work and committed to continuous professional growth.
- Punctual, dependable, flexible and adaptable.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
- Accountable, highly teachable and receptive to constructive feedback.
Faith & Organisational Culture Alignment
- Due to the faith-based nature of the organisation and its ministry, alignment with its Christian mission, values and ethos is an essential consideration in the recruitment and appointment of employees.
- Demonstrates understanding of and alignment with the organisation’s Christian mission, values and ethos through professional conduct and service excellence.
- Willing to uphold these values in interactions with colleagues, volunteers and international stakeholders.
- Full agreement and affirmation of The Client’s statement of faith.
- Comfortable working in a faith-based environment where prayer, Bible study and Christian principles form part of the daily workplace culture.
Work Environment
- Location: Bryanston, Johannesburg. Preferably based in Johannesburg, at The Client’s office.- Must also have a designated home or remote office with secure, reliable Internet.
- Evening availability required for online media and communication meetings with the US team/s.
- Occasional travel required.
Why you will love working here
- Creative work with purpose. You will help produce videos, podcasts, livestreams and social content built on compelling storytelling and high-quality production.- A team that looks after its people. Colleagues step in to cover one another through personal and spiritual challenges, and every member of staff is treated with dignity and honour.
- Room for family and community. The culture encourages a healthy balance of family, ministry and local community responsibilities.
- Collaboration across borders. You will work with producers, videographers, editors, designers and social media colleagues, and with an international team.
- A culture of respect. Differences of conviction and denomination are respected, and the team works side by side with humility.
Talent Recruitment & Consulting (Pty) Ltd
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