Project Manager (FMCG)

Location: Lisbon, Portugal; hybrid work with office attendance an average of four days per week

Company

hirify.global is a global creative company combining brand experience, customer experience, and commerce as part of WPP.

What you will do

• Act as the day-to-day liaison for the FMCG client and local and international stakeholders.
• Lead status meetings, manage expectations, and translate client briefs into direction for creative and strategy teams.
• Coordinate creative, strategy, production, and media teams through integrated campaign delivery.
• Manage project plans, timelines, dependencies, bottlenecks, approvals, and process governance.
• Oversee 360° campaigns, local activations, and product launches across Portugal from concept through post-launch review.
• Manage budgets, estimates, purchase orders, invoicing, scope changes, documentation, quality assurance, and post-campaign debriefs.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of account management or project management experience in an integrated advertising or marketing agency.
• Immediate or short-notice availability for a 6-month freelance contract, with possible extension depending on business needs.
• Native or fluent Portuguese and full professional proficiency in English, written and spoken.
• Experience delivering multi-channel campaigns across ATL, BTL, digital, social, shopper, experiential or sampling, and video.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and disciplined process, timeline, scope, and governance management.
• Ability to write creative briefs, status reports, meeting notes, and professional client communications.
• Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams under tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration platforms such as Asana, Monday.com, Jira, Trello, Teams, or similar tools.

Nice to have

• Experience with top-tier FMCG accounts.
• Hands-on experience delivering major brand campaigns and new product launches in the Portuguese beverage or retail market.
• Degree in marketing, advertising, communications, business administration, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with teams in the office an average of four days per week.
• Initial 6-month freelance engagement with potential extension.
• Work within a global creative network focused on collaboration, creativity, and connection.
• Accommodations or flexibility can be discussed during the interview process.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to respect and inclusion.

Hiring process

• Submit the application to hirify.global and review the recruitment privacy policy before applying.