Pitfalls in Project Management: Can Agency Software Be the Solution?

Project management, especially in large agencies, is a tough job: every day you juggle an seemingly endless stream of emails, phone calls and to-do lists to make sure your projects run smoothly. And there are quite a few cliffs to navigate in order to complete the project on time and keep your clients happy.

  • Unclear project goals have certainly made life difficult for you at times. Of course, customer opinions can change, and there are often good reasons for short-term course corrections on the part of the agency. But how do you deal with changing project goals so that course corrections do not lead to unnecessary delays?
  • Nor do we need to tell you about a lack of resource planning. It can be difficult to always have the right resources available at the right time in the right place. Sick leave, thin staffing, chaotic holiday planning, overworked employees and inflexible project schedules hinder the progress of your project.
  • If the client says "cute logo for a cat food" and the design department comes up with "cat logo for cute food", it's probably due to poor project communication. Between the many teams involved in a project, there are often misunderstandings that lead to delays and mistakes.
  • Oh, and the tight schedule! When it comes to meeting deadlines, you are a bit like a juggler trying to keep ten balls in the air at the same time. No matter how hard you try, all it takes is a little inattention and one of the balls drops to the ground. And who brings the ball back into play? Exactly, you and a lot of extra hours.
  • And last but not least, limited budgets. You know that money doesn't grow on trees, but sometimes it feels like it's being eaten by a herd of giraffes overnight. Between unforeseen expenses and clients trying to get more output for less money, you are responsible for making sure you can complete all projects.

Despite all these challenges, you love your work. But you also know that there is room for improvement. And that's where the agency software LEADING Job comes in as a solution to your project management challenges!

LEADING Job Is Made for the Biggest Projects

Can LEADING Job help you master all the daily challenges and make your everyday work easier? Whether it's planning resources, team communication or accounting - only with an agency software that is made for the most demanding projects and the challenges of large advertising agencies, you have everything under control and can concentrate on the essentials: Your creativity and your clients.

Come and let us show you what LEADING Job can do, especially for large advertising agencies with multiple locations and international clients!

 

  • TBWA and Qualiant are partners for more than 17 years now. Their agency software LEADING Job, as well as their always available team are unmatched in terms of quality and professionalism. But their most important „super power" is that they can easily adjust their software to our specific needs, which enables us to follow precisely all our business processes and save time and money."

    Boris Rogan, Managing Director at Luna/TBWA Zagreb

  • The project management and time recording features enable us to keep a sane head in the ever competitive environment of advertising agencies. We are using the software now for over 12 years and it accompanied us through the merger with VMLY&R. It proved to be always reliable."

    Florina Voevod, Finance Director at VMLY&R COMMERCE Romania

  • Competent support. Smooth remote working. And the key performance indicators always under control. That's how I would describe the new online app from Leading Job. Our employees can access it remotely from anywhere, and the workflow remains stable. What I particularly love as a manager: the control options for our KPIs."

     

    Irene Sagmeister, CEO & owner of WELOVE\TBWA Austria

  • More than a hundred employees work for us under one roof. As a network agency, we are subject to strict guidelines regarding approval processes, audits and compliance. When we moved into the WPP Campus, we introduced LEADING Job across all agencies. This enabled us to fulfil all the requirements of a network agency in terms of workflow and audit processes. What do I particularly appreciate as CFO? The fact that we can use it to track our expenses properly. And how user-friendly the mass approval process is."

     

    Lukáš Vaculík, CFO of Ogilvy Czech

  • Having good ideas is one thing. Getting them to the ground as efficiently as possible is the other. With proDigi as a supplement to our Leading Media stack, which we have been using for many years, we save time and minimize sources of error, from the digital media plan to success monitoring. The professional, very committed support during setup, training and ongoing adaptation of the tool to our wishes is also top."

    Roman Breithofer, Head of Digital Media, Media1

  • Stable and reliable and with a support that is solution-oriented and proactive in responding to all customer questions: that's all you can ask of an agency software to remain loyal to it for more than 20 years. Since 1998 we at VMLY&R Vienna use the agency software LEADING Job and the cost accounting tool LEADING Costing from Qualiant."

    Sebastian Bayer, CEO of VMLY&R Austria

  • The implementation of proDigi for planning digital campaigns was an important step for us. The tool speeds up the process immensely and saves a lot of manual work and reconciliation. Having all master data, spendings, forecasts, etc. centrally in one system is an absolute added value and helps immensely with large reports that need to be done quickly."

     

    Stefanie Schreiner, Head of Digital Planning, Mediabrands Austria

  • In a phase of strong growth, we faced many challenges that could no longer be met with FileMaker tools we had developed ourselves. After carefully exploring solutions and vendors, we found the right answers with LEADING Job to further professionalize the processes in our organization."

    Susanne Hoffmann, CEO of Palmer Hargreaves Germany

 

We Hear You: Optimised Project Communication & Document management

The LEADING Job communication module is another building block for the effective cooperation of all project participants. It provides a central platform for communication and the exchange of information, enabling users to communicate and share information quickly and easily. All project participants are automatically informed about status changes, new tasks and changed deadlines, so that everyone is always up to date. The ability to leave comments and notes directly in the project facilitates collaboration. The close connection to document management makes it possible to upload and share documents and files directly in the communication module, which further improves the workflow.

  • TBWA and Qualiant are partners for more than 17 years now. Their agency software LEADING Job, as well as their always available team are unmatched in terms of quality and professionalism. But their most important „super power" is that they can easily adjust their software to our specific needs, which enables us to follow precisely all our business processes and save time and money."

    Boris Rogan, Managing Director at Luna/TBWA Zagreb

  • The project management and time recording features enable us to keep a sane head in the ever competitive environment of advertising agencies. We are using the software now for over 12 years and it accompanied us through the merger with VMLY&R. It proved to be always reliable."

    Florina Voevod, Finance Director at VMLY&R COMMERCE Romania

  • Competent support. Smooth remote working. And the key performance indicators always under control. That's how I would describe the new online app from Leading Job. Our employees can access it remotely from anywhere, and the workflow remains stable. What I particularly love as a manager: the control options for our KPIs."

     

    Irene Sagmeister, CEO & owner of WELOVE\TBWA Austria

  • More than a hundred employees work for us under one roof. As a network agency, we are subject to strict guidelines regarding approval processes, audits and compliance. When we moved into the WPP Campus, we introduced LEADING Job across all agencies. This enabled us to fulfil all the requirements of a network agency in terms of workflow and audit processes. What do I particularly appreciate as CFO? The fact that we can use it to track our expenses properly. And how user-friendly the mass approval process is."

     

    Lukáš Vaculík, CFO of Ogilvy Czech

  • Having good ideas is one thing. Getting them to the ground as efficiently as possible is the other. With proDigi as a supplement to our Leading Media stack, which we have been using for many years, we save time and minimize sources of error, from the digital media plan to success monitoring. The professional, very committed support during setup, training and ongoing adaptation of the tool to our wishes is also top."

    Roman Breithofer, Head of Digital Media, Media1

  • Stable and reliable and with a support that is solution-oriented and proactive in responding to all customer questions: that's all you can ask of an agency software to remain loyal to it for more than 20 years. Since 1998 we at VMLY&R Vienna use the agency software LEADING Job and the cost accounting tool LEADING Costing from Qualiant."

    Sebastian Bayer, CEO of VMLY&R Austria

  • The implementation of proDigi for planning digital campaigns was an important step for us. The tool speeds up the process immensely and saves a lot of manual work and reconciliation. Having all master data, spendings, forecasts, etc. centrally in one system is an absolute added value and helps immensely with large reports that need to be done quickly."

     

    Stefanie Schreiner, Head of Digital Planning, Mediabrands Austria

  • In a phase of strong growth, we faced many challenges that could no longer be met with FileMaker tools we had developed ourselves. After carefully exploring solutions and vendors, we found the right answers with LEADING Job to further professionalize the processes in our organization."

    Susanne Hoffmann, CEO of Palmer Hargreaves Germany

 

Ideal Allocation of Your Resources

LEADING Job focuses on smooth workflow and optimal use of resources. With the help of the dashboard and various widgets, project managers can effectively monitor employee workload  and project progress and make adjustments as needed. The team overview also gives a comprehensive view of all tasks and staff, facilitating effective planning and allocation of resources.

  • TBWA and Qualiant are partners for more than 17 years now. Their agency software LEADING Job, as well as their always available team are unmatched in terms of quality and professionalism. But their most important „super power" is that they can easily adjust their software to our specific needs, which enables us to follow precisely all our business processes and save time and money."

    Boris Rogan, Managing Director at Luna/TBWA Zagreb

  • The project management and time recording features enable us to keep a sane head in the ever competitive environment of advertising agencies. We are using the software now for over 12 years and it accompanied us through the merger with VMLY&R. It proved to be always reliable."

    Florina Voevod, Finance Director at VMLY&R COMMERCE Romania

  • Competent support. Smooth remote working. And the key performance indicators always under control. That's how I would describe the new online app from Leading Job. Our employees can access it remotely from anywhere, and the workflow remains stable. What I particularly love as a manager: the control options for our KPIs."

     

    Irene Sagmeister, CEO & owner of WELOVE\TBWA Austria

  • More than a hundred employees work for us under one roof. As a network agency, we are subject to strict guidelines regarding approval processes, audits and compliance. When we moved into the WPP Campus, we introduced LEADING Job across all agencies. This enabled us to fulfil all the requirements of a network agency in terms of workflow and audit processes. What do I particularly appreciate as CFO? The fact that we can use it to track our expenses properly. And how user-friendly the mass approval process is."

     

    Lukáš Vaculík, CFO of Ogilvy Czech

  • Having good ideas is one thing. Getting them to the ground as efficiently as possible is the other. With proDigi as a supplement to our Leading Media stack, which we have been using for many years, we save time and minimize sources of error, from the digital media plan to success monitoring. The professional, very committed support during setup, training and ongoing adaptation of the tool to our wishes is also top."

    Roman Breithofer, Head of Digital Media, Media1

  • Stable and reliable and with a support that is solution-oriented and proactive in responding to all customer questions: that's all you can ask of an agency software to remain loyal to it for more than 20 years. Since 1998 we at VMLY&R Vienna use the agency software LEADING Job and the cost accounting tool LEADING Costing from Qualiant."

    Sebastian Bayer, CEO of VMLY&R Austria

  • The implementation of proDigi for planning digital campaigns was an important step for us. The tool speeds up the process immensely and saves a lot of manual work and reconciliation. Having all master data, spendings, forecasts, etc. centrally in one system is an absolute added value and helps immensely with large reports that need to be done quickly."

     

    Stefanie Schreiner, Head of Digital Planning, Mediabrands Austria

  • In a phase of strong growth, we faced many challenges that could no longer be met with FileMaker tools we had developed ourselves. After carefully exploring solutions and vendors, we found the right answers with LEADING Job to further professionalize the processes in our organization."

    Susanne Hoffmann, CEO of Palmer Hargreaves Germany

You Have to See This!

Schedule a demo today and see how LEADING Job can support your business operations. Our team will work with you to develop a customised solution that meets your agency's unique needs.

 

5 Steps to Implementation

  • Pflichtenheft abschicken

    Where do you want to go?

    Determine goals & requirements profile

    1 Week

  • Präsentationstermin / Pitch bei Ihnen vor Ort

    All aboard!

    Presentation of the proposed solution

    2 Weeks

  • Angebotslegung & Auftrag

    Let's get going

    Receive & accept our offer

    3 Weeks

  • Customization

    Full steam ahead!

    Introductional support & customization

    4 Weeks

  • On time at your destination

    Agency and software are ready to go

    2 Months

Time for a Change!

Loyalty is good, change is better! If your existing software solutions do not (any longer) meet your challenges, a change to LEADING Job is now twice as worthwhile!

+ Loyalty bonus 1 year -10%

+ Loyalty bonus 3 year -25%

+ Infidelity bonus -50%

When changing from old software to LEADING Job, we credit half the invoice amount on presentation of the last annual account.

Why Customers Love LEADING Job

  • The tool speeds up the process immensely and saves a lot of manual work and reconciliation. Having all master data, spendings, forecasts, etc. centrally in one system is an absolute added value and helps immensely with large reports that need to be done quickly."

    Stefanie Schreiner, Head of Digital Planning, Mediabrands Austria

  • Stefanie Schreiner, Head of Digital Planning, IPG Mediabrands

    In a phase of strong growth, we faced many challenges that could no longer be met with FileMaker tools we had developed ourselves. After carefully exploring solutions and vendors, we found the right answers with LEADING Job to further professionalize the processes in our organization."

    Susanne Hoffmann, Managing Director at Palmer Hargreaves Germany

  • Irene Sagmeister, WELOVE\TBWA Copyright Wilke

    Competent support. Smooth remote working. And the key performance indicators always under control. That's how I would describe the new online app from Leading Job. Our employees can access it remotely from anywhere, and the workflow remains stable. What I particularly love as a manager: the control options for our KPIs."

    Irene Sagmeister, CEO & owner of WELOVE\TBWA Austria

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