We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team in east London. Working closely with the studio team and our clients, you will manage the day-to-day delivery of multiple projects, keeping schedules, budgets and communication on track.

You should have at least 4 years’ experience managing projects within a design, branding or creative studio, and enjoy working collaboratively.

• This is a full-time position (37.5 hours, 5 days per week).
• The role is based in person at our studio in east London.
• Salary: £37,000–£46,000.
• Deadline for submission: 14 September 2026.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

• Flexible daily working hours around our core working hours.
• An off-site cultural outing bi-monthly – visiting a gallery, house or exhibition together.
• Regular studio socials, including opportunities to attend private openings and events at galleries and museums.
• Catered team lunches once a month.
• Increased holiday allowance after 3 years at APFEL.
• Studio closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Workplace pension scheme.

• Manage the delivery of multiple projects, ensuring work stays on brief, on time and on budget.
• Act as a key day-to-day contact for clients, building strong relationships and keeping communication, decisions and actions clear.
• Shape and maintain project scopes and schedules, managing feedback, changes and additional requests as projects progress.
• Coordinate projects across the design team, managing resourcing requirements and identifying scheduling or resource issues early.
• Manage relevant project budgets, creative time, external costs and additional scope in dialogue with Directors.
• Coordinate production schedules, suppliers and specialist partners with the design team, where required.
• Support Directors with project information for new proposals, and help ensure projects are properly completed and documented.

• At least 4 years’ experience managing projects within a design, branding or creative studio, or equivalent.
• Experience managing multiple creative projects at the same time, balancing schedules, resourcing and feedback.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence managing clients and building strong relationships.
• Highly organised and proactive, with strong time-management skills and the ability to manage changing priorities across projects.
• Able to anticipate risks and resourcing issues, solve day-to-day problems independently and recognise when issues should be escalated.
• Collaborative and sensitive to the way creative teams work.
• Confident using Excel and/or Google Sheets, project-management tools and time-management systems.
• Good understanding of creative production processes across print, digital and web.
• A strong interest in contemporary design, typography, art and culture.

Please send the below to w@apracticeforeverydaylife.com
with the subject line ‘Project Manager’:

• A PDF of your CV.
• A cover email telling us what draws you to APFEL, why you are interested in the role, and a little about your experience collaborating with clients and managing creative projects.
• A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
• Your start date availability.

Deadline for submission: 14 September 2026.