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project manager
Nairobi, Nairobi
KES600000 - KES1200000 Y
White Rhino Films
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Job Description
White Rhino Films
is a youthful, creative and visionary production company driven by a passion for crafting compelling and engaging stories. We collaborate with both international and local partners to bring meaningful narratives to life. Our work is defined by creative excellence, professional integrity, and client-focused solutions that deliver powerful, evocative and emotionally resonant films.
The Role
Role Overview
- We are looking for a Project Manager who is proactive, highly organized, client-facing, and able to lead a team through the full lifecycle of documentary production. You will be the bridge between clients / stakeholders, creative and production teams, ensuring that projects stay on track, on time, and meet high quality standards—even under pressure.
Ideal Profile
Key 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.
Required Skills & 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.
Desirable
- 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.
What We Offer
- A creative, supportive work environment with passionate filmmakers.
- Opportunity to work on meaningful stories with local and international impact.
- Professional growth and ability to lead major productions.
- Competitive compensation.
- Flexible / hybrid work where possible when off set-locations.
What's on Offer?
- Work alongside & learn from best in class talent
- Great work culture
- Opportunity to make a positive impact
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