Project Coordinator

Harrods presents an exciting opportunity to join our Creative team as The Project Co-ordinator who will work with the Project Manager to deliver communications across our online platforms. They will work with multiple internal teams and stakeholders throughout the business to ensure outputs across the channels have a cohesive message and creative is in-line with the business direction.

As we celebrate this momentous anniversary year, now more than ever, it’s an exciting time to join the Harrods Team. Whether you’re a recent school, college or university leaver, or you’re looking to restart your career in an exciting new field, at Harrods we firmly believe in offering exciting career opportunities.

About the Role 

This role requires having a clear understanding of the business direction and guiding projects to meet the business objectives. The workflow includes; resource scheduling, brief delivery, design and copy, approvals and coding. Also working with the Project Manager to forward plan resource, identifying when we are over capacity and work on solutions. You would also be required to be a key contributor in daily team stand-ups and weekly Project Managers meetings to share and update on project status.

Other responsibilities and attributes include:

•  Having the ability to work timely under pressure.
•  Managing project schedules for all briefs which fall under the role’s channel remits.
•  Overseeing all approval stages with both internal and external stakeholders for briefs mainly using our internal approval platform, Proof HQ.
•  Multiple Trello boards ensuring that the numerous fields and time tracking are completed correctly across internal teams to assist with internal reporting and project monitoring.
• The resource and traffic management of your projects within the creative team.
•    Being a key contributor in daily team stand-ups and weekly Project Managers meetings to share and update on project status.

About You 

You must have very strong organisational skills as well as show strong integrity, energy and enthusiasm to multi-task. You excel in overseeing timelines and resources whilst your collaborative approach will ensure efficient project delivery while maintaining stakeholder relationships.

As well as:

•  Genuinely passionate about process – following, developing and implementing. 
•  Excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills required.
•    Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines with accuracy.
•  Ability to manage workflows
•  Able to think coolly in stressful situations, dealing professionally and objectively with colleagues from across all departments, senior management and third parties.
•  Working knowledge of Trello would be beneficial

About Us

Our 175th anniversary will see the Knightsbridge store become a stage for our legacy of firsts, our house of world-leading brands and our reputation for exceptional. We want you to come and be a part of all this - and help us deliver exceptional service that represents our authority as a long-standing icon, industry-leader and innovator. Inspired by our past, celebrating our present and focusing on our future, you’ll be joining a team with the belief that anything is possible. What makes you different makes us exceptional.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. 

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you do not meet every desired criteria but feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role as well as a genuine interest in working for Harrods and you can demonstrate an alignment with our values, we would encourage you to apply.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods