Project Manager (Three-month contract)
Location: Nottingham / Hybrid
Contract: Interim Contractor (3 months)
Start Date: Immediate
Contract Value: £10,000, fixed-fee. Day rate to be given if required.
Closing Date: Monday 17th August.
Join an Award-Winning Digital Agency
webdna is an award-winning creative, digital, and marketing agency, recognised as European Craft CMS Agency of the Year, UK Craft CMS Agency of the Year, and one of Campaign's Top 5 Best Places to Work in the UK.
We’re looking for a capable and organised Project Manager to join us for three months. This is a hands-on role supporting the day-to-day delivery of client work across website development, digital, and marketing projects.
The role
You’ll manage a mix of planned projects and smaller client requests, ensuring work is properly briefed, scheduled, and delivered.
You’ll be a key point of contact for clients, keeping them updated, answering questions, and helping them feel confident that their work is in safe hands. You’ll also work closely with our developers, designers, and marketing team to coordinate delivery and resolve any issues.
- Managing projects and client requests from brief through to completion
- Acting as a day-to-day contact for a portfolio of clients
- Turning client requests into clear briefs and actionable tasks
- Coordinating internal teams,priorities, and deadlines
- Keeping clients informed about progress, timings, and any changes
- Monitoring project budgets and allocated time
- Identifying risks or delays and addressing them early
- Making sure completed work meets the agreed brief and quality standards
- Maintaining accurate project information in our project management system
About you
You’ll be someone who enjoys working with both clients and internal teams. You’ll be comfortable managing several pieces of work at once, from structured projects to smaller requests that need a quick and helpful response.
You'll have:
- Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
- Experience managing budgets, resources, timelines, and risks
- The ability to get up to speed quickly and work independently
Desirable
- PRINCE2, Agile, PMP, or similar project management certifications
- Experience within a digital, technology, web, or agency environment
Why join webdna?
- Work with an award-winning team delivering exciting digital projects
- Join one of the world's leading Craft CMS agencies
- Collaborative and supportive culture
- Opportunity to make a real impact from day one
Apply
To apply, please send your CV and a brief summary of your availability and relevant experience to jobs@webdna.co.uk
To help us understand how you work, please answer these questions in your own words (around 100–200 words each). We're interested in your personal experiences and thought processes rather than polished or AI-generated responses. Honest, specific answers are far more valuable to us than perfect ones.
- Tell us about a time something didn’t go to plan at work. What happened, how did you respond, and what did you learn?
- How do you organise your workload when you have several priorities and smaller requests competing for your attention?
- Tell us about a time you had to manage a difficult or sensitive conversation. How did you approach it and what was the outcome?
- If you joined webdna next Monday, what would you want to learn about the team, our clients, and how we work during your first week?
- What do you enjoy most about working with clients and colleagues, and what do you sometimes find challenging?
No recruiters or recruitment agencies, please.