project manager - Nairobi

Job summary

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact with clients, understanding and translating their vision, expectations, and feedback into actionable production plans.
• Plan, schedule, and manage all phases of documentary production: pre-production, production, post-production.
• Lead, coordinate, and motivate production teams—creative staff, field crews, editors, and freelancers.
• Manage budgets, timelines, resources, and equipment; monitor progress vs. plan and make adjustments as needed.
• Ensure quality control at all stages: content, technical, narrative, visuals, sound.
• Anticipate risks and issues; problem-solve proactively and make decisions under pressure.
• Maintain clear, timely communication with all stakeholders (clients, internal teams, external partners), including regular updates, reports, and feedback loops.
• Uphold high standards of written and spoken English in all client communications, internal documentation, and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of 3-5 years or more managing documentary or similar film projects from inception to delivery.
• Strong leadership skills: able to lead a team, delegate appropriately, maintain morale under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communicator: polished client-facing skills, articulate in spoken English; strong writing skills for briefs, reports, correspondence.
• Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to changing conditions, pivot quickly if necessary.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills.
• Good judgement, decision-making skills, attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with budgets, scheduling tools, tracking deliverables.
• Flexibility for field work, travel, on-site coordination as necessary.

Desired requirements

• Prior experience in documentary storytelling, field production, or working in environments with limited resources.
• Familiarity with technical aspects (camera, sound, editing workflow) even if not in hands-on role.
• Knowledge of relevant software (project management tools, budgeting / scheduling tools).
• Multilingual skills or other languages in addition to English.

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