Outstanding global Creative Packaging Organisation with an extensive and exciting blue chip client base, seek to appoint a customer focussed Senior Client Coordinator to work within their expanding Client Services team.
Coordinates projects from estimation to completion for assigned client(s). With limited guidance from Management serves as the main day-to-day contact on current projects for clients, internal departments, and vendors. Resolves complex problems using strong technical knowledge. Maintains client relationships by ensuring the delivery of high quality services and solutions. May coordinate or prioritize the work of other employees performing similar duties.
Key Accountabilities
Client Experience
- Serves as the main day-to-day contact on current projects for clients, suppliers, external partners, and Client Growth teams; provides timely responses to all inquiries (e.g. within one (1) business day).
- Attends client meetings as needed; serves as a Subject Matter Expert regarding production processes, timelines, etc.
- Ensures high quality standards in all client deliverables.
Operational Excellence
- Effectively coordinate client-specific projects throughout the lifecycle, including estimate creation, selection of appropriate projects and sub-projects, assignment of resources, monitor project progress, and generate the client/project invoice.
- Translates client requests and requirements into detailed, and sometimes technical, instructions for project teams.
- Partners with the client, Client Growth, and project teams to resolve identified project issues.
- Ensures accurate and timely invoices are generated by maintaining correct project details and supporting evidence, including change orders and rework, throughout the project lifecycle.
- Partners with Client Integration and Client Growth to ensure a smooth transition for new clients; attend pre-integration and planning meetings as needed.
- May participate in cross-functional teams to develop and/or adapt processes, policies, and workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, speed, quality, etc.
Employee Experience
- Creates strong and effective internal partnerships and collaborates across the business; listens and values the opinions of others.
- Is an effective team member; supports the team by pitching in at any level and effectively working across the organization to meet the needs of the business.
- Takes ownership of personal actions and outcomes; encourages and empowers others to do the same.
- Embraces change; maintains an open mind and is flexible and adaptable in the face of ambiguity and change.
- Proactively seeks opportunities to increase knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Supports the Client Growth teams by providing accurate information for inclusion in proposals as needed.
- Supports Company’s profitability efforts by focusing on the efficient, accurate and timely coordination of the assigned project activities.
Other
- May perform other duties, as needed, to meet the needs of the business.
Success Profile
Experience
- Demonstrated project coordination experience within a print, pre-press, or graphics manufacturing environment.
Skills & Abilities
- Good knowledge of company’s products, solutions and services a plus.
- Good understanding of the market and business environment that affects the assigned clients.
- Good understanding of effective Pre-media, Print, Photo Studio and/or Digital production, processes, roles, tools (digital and conventional) and workflow practices and trends.
- Good understanding of Pre-press, Print production, and/or Graphic Design techniques and processes.
- Proficient in Pre-media and/or Creative Services and solutions.
- Good people, organizational, and analytical skills (including attention to detail).
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient Computer Software (SW) Skills:
- Apple Mac equipment and operating systems.
- Overall Business SW (e.g. MS-Office Suite).
- Specific Functional SW (e.g. Adobe Design Suite, Acrobat plus QuarkXpress; Project Management Software; Agile; or others; etc.).
- Ability to assist others in the organization of projects, and to serve as a knowledge resource for other colleagues within the account team.
- Ability to interpret concept and/or brand guidelines through to artwork execution (e.g. digital, photographic, etc.).
- Ability to develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with peers and colleagues in one or more areas of the organization.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal clients and/or external clients (e.g. printers, product manufacturers, service providers, and/or clients).
- Ability to work well in a team environment, with a limited degree of supervision, to handle a heavy workload, to prioritize work, and to meet assigned deadlines.
- Ability to translate client requests into technical instructions for production.
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