A Day in the Life of Bex: Project Manager & Marketing Coordinator

Morning, 9am, Project Manager

Coffee: Next to me (Dirty Chai Latte most likely) Laptop: Opened Slack status: Active Fingers: At the ready

Project Management sits at the intersection of client relationships, project execution, and internal team coordination, and I love it.

Let’s start on a Monday.

I usually start with a round-up of the previous week and a review of the week ahead. I then move on to check in on the project timelines and client accounts I manage. Tracking progress, writing launch plans, and sharing a Statement of Work.

Time to touch base with the developers and the project team, ensuring everyone has what they need for the day ahead.

What milestones are coming up? Is the client’s feedback in my inbox?

Something you should know about me: I love planning. I have digital ‘sticky notes’ on my laptop that I update daily. One for each project and one for each client account I manage. It is very rewarding to highlight a completed job and change it to ‘strikethrough’.

Trello boards updated, Figma design links sent and emails fired off.

A quick check in my G-Meet video window, that my hair isn’t doing that weird thing it usually does, I jump on a client call. Typing notes as we all talk, ensuring I have all the key details to take back to the team.

Throughout the morning, I’ll send a plethora of questions to the developers and updating the different Slack channels, of course adding a gif or meme here and there.

As a Project Manager at Soak, I am responsible for the successful execution and delivery of projects within the defined scope, time and budget. Building and maintaining strong client relationships and honestly, having the best time whilst doing it.

The morning's work is complete, time for a lunch break.

Afternoon, 1pm, Marketing Coordinator

Coffee: Another one Marketing Mode: Activated Creative Juices: Flowing

Social media marketing, for me, involves blending creativity with developing and executing social media strategies, brand awareness and engaging our followers, and beyond! Once again, I love it!

I look after the content for both Instagram & LinkedIn and I like to plan at least a couple of months worth of content in advance. To do this, I start with a ‘brain dump’ of ideas. Furiously typing, steam coming from my ears. Themes, colourways, post ideas, content writing, thinking up designs ideas for the next round of posts.

Strategy development, content creation and community management fill the first part of my afternoon. Interacting with our followers and community, and launching social media campaigns to achieve specific objectives.

We know I love planning, best believe I have not one, but two Trello boards for my marketing planning!

What do people want to see? What content is trending currently?

Flitting between Figma and Trello boards, I plan out the month, right down to the date and time a post will be published.

After another coffee (I know, I need to cut down), I’ll take some time to review and track our key metrics, analysing our previous week's performance.

The afternoon's work is complete, time to close the laptop and finish for the day.