Project Manager - Global Brand Communications Team

Thule Group is a global world leading company of products for sports and outdoor activities. We make it easy for people to bring the things they care for, easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. we design, manufacture and sell products within the four product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents for mounting on cars), Active with Kids (bike trailers, strollers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for motorhomes and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (everyday backpacks, hiking bike packs travel luggage and camera bags).


Thule Group has about 2,600 employees at 9 production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group’s products are sold in 140 markets and in 2020, sales amounted to SEK 7.8 billion.


www.thulegroup.com




We are looking for an operational Project Manager to the Global Brand Communications Team at the head office in Malmö, Sweden to, on a global level, project lead and implement the entire order, production and delivery process for all visual assets, such as product and lifestyle photos and films.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be a part of a dynamic and international team and growth journey in a fast-paced and dynamic environment!

Responsibilities:

- The Project Manager will be operationally responsible to project lead and implement all internal and external photo and film productions to ensure that the visual assets are developed successfully in accordance with all specifications in the given briefs - and delivered to relevant stakeholders.
- The Project Manager role is strictly operational and responsible to implement the briefs and guidelines given by the Thule Group Global Brand Communications Director
- The Project Manager will be responsible to deliver the given tasks in alignment with the budgets given by the Thule Group Global Brand Communications Director
- The Project Manager will be responsible to coordinate the dialogue with all internal and external stakeholders related to the photo and films production projects, such as the production companies, ambassadors, brands that will deliver props, bikes, cars, sport equipment etc.
- The Project Manager will be responsible to prepare and coordinate the photo and film productions together with the external photo and film production team on site, and to ensure that all internal and external timelines are kept.
- The Project Manager will secure that the relevant Thule Group product management colleagues take part of the productions - on site to support the production teams.

Tasks:

The Project Manager achieves the above through:

- Leading and coordinating all internal and external requests and orders of photos and films.
- Structuring and coordinating the process from order to production to delivery.
- Being the point of contact and owner of the dialogue with all production teams (external and internal).
- Prepare all photo and film shoots according to brief given by the Thule Group Global Brand Communications Director.
- Coordinate all photo and film production on site.
- Securing that the visual briefs given by the Thule Group Global Brand Communications Director and the global brand guidelines are respected and delivered in a consistent way.
- Secure that all requested formats of the visual assets will be delivered to relevant stakeholders.
- Distribute the visual assets in the right formats on time.
- Delivering on budget.

About you:

- You are an experienced project leader or production leader having worked with similar responsibilities in an agency or in-house production team.
- You are a strong project leader being comfortable to manage multiple projects at the same time in a dynamic environment.
- You have a natural sense of structure and administration.
- You are comfortable in being a spider in the net and the interface to many different functions and teams internally and externally in a global environment.
- You thrive in an environment with high pace and performance
- You have strong communication skills and are comfortable in handling the dialogue with many internal and external people in a fast-moving environment.
- Fluent in English and Swedish.

Experience: 

- Minimum 5 years of experience of working as a Project Manager or Production Leader for photo and film productions in an agency or a larger in-house production team.
- Minimum 5 years of experience of leading multiple production projects at the same time.
- It’s an advantage with production leading experience within the outdoor industry.

Education:

- Academic degree
- Project Management

Language skills:

- Excellent communication skills in English.

We believe in strong teamwork both within your own team but also across teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.

If you believe you would enjoy working in such an environment and feel that the professional tasks will be challenging, please submit your application no later than June 4th 2021. You will report to Tina Liselius, our Global Brand Communications Director.

We look forward to your application!