Junior Project Manager at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Assist Mid-Level Project Managers and Senior Account Leads in day-to-day project coordination.
• Track timelines, tasks, and dependencies to ensure projects stay on schedule.
• Ensure project briefs, assets, and resources are clearly documented and accessible.
• Help identify potential risks or bottlenecks and escalate appropriately.
• Provide regular status updates to Mid-Level Project Managers, Business Account Leads, and internal teams.
• Act as a point of contact for studio resources on task assignments and deadlines.
• Support collaboration between internal teams and external agencies, as directed.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, task lists, and resource allocation records.
• Support weekly timesheet and tasking accuracy checks.
• Assist in studio workflow compliance, ensuring agreed processes and governance are followed.
• Help prepare basic project reports, including timelines, status updates, and deliverable tracking.
• Collect and consolidate data on project progress to support decision-making by Mid-Level Project Managers.
• Actively seek guidance from Mid-Level Project Managers and Senior Leads.
• Participate in mentoring, training, and feedback sessions to develop project management skills.
• Apply learnings to progressively take on more responsibility and complex tasks.
• Daily project check-ins with assigned Mid-Level Project Managers.
• Weekly task tracking and reporting support.
• Ongoing support in maintaining accurate project documentation and workflows.
• Participating in team meetings, briefings, and learning sessions.
• Accurate task tracking, timesheet reporting, and documentation.
• Timely escalation of project issues, risks, or dependencies.
• Adherence to studio processes, workflows, and governance.
• Clear communication with project managers, account leads, and resources.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field preferred.
• Basic understanding of project management principles; formal certification (e.g., PRINCE2 Foundation) is a plus but not required.
• 0–2 years’ experience in project coordination, marketing operations, or agency/studio environments.
• Exposure to multi-tasking across different projects or brands.
• Experience using project management or task-tracking tools (e.g., Workbook, Asana, Smartsheet) is advantageous.