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I'm Emma Ball, a freelance project manager and programme delivery specialist based in Madrid. I have 7+ years' experience delivering product, pilot and partnership-led initiatives across Ed Tech, media and publishing, and the non-profit sector. I excel at rapid mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and turning complex or ambiguous environments into measurable outcomes. I’m PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified and comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and shaping product roadmaps from discovery to launch. I am currently relocating from London to Madrid and looking for freelance work starting in April 2026. I bring a bespoke and personal approach to managing projects and partnerships, and embrace the challenge of helping teams explore new approaches to project and product development. I embrace a hybrid-methodology approach to product and project management, offering flexibility along with a robust set of tools to ensure success. I look forward to the opportunity to work with clients to bring new initiatives to life.…I'm Emma Ball, a freelance project manager and programme delivery specialist based in Madrid. I have 7+ years' experience delivering product, pilot and partnership-led initiatives across Ed Tech, media and publishing, and the non-profit sector. I excel at rapid mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and turning complex or ambiguous environments into measurable outcomes. I’m PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified and comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and shaping product roadmaps from discovery to launch. I am currently relocating from London to Madrid and looking for freelance work starting in April 2026. I bring a bespoke and personal approach to managing projects and partnerships, and embrace the challenge of helping teams explore new approaches to project and product development. I embrace a hybrid-methodology approach to product and project management, offering flexibility along with a robust set of tools to ensure success. I look forward to the opportunity to work with clients to bring new initiatives to life.

Emma Ball

Project Manager, Community Manager, Assistant Editor, +1

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I'm Emma Ball, a freelance project manager and programme delivery specialist based in Madrid. I have 7+ years' experience delivering product, pilot and partnership-led initiatives across Ed Tech, media and publishing, and the non-profit sector. I excel at rapid mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and turning complex or ambiguous environments into measurable outcomes. I’m PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified and comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and shaping product roadmaps from discovery to launch. I am currently relocating from London to Madrid and looking for freelance work starting in April 2026. I bring a bespoke and personal approach to managing projects and partnerships, and embrace the challenge of helping teams explore new approaches to project and product development. I embrace a hybrid-methodology approach to product and project management, offering flexibility along with a robust set of tools to ensure success. I look forward to the opportunity to work with clients to bring new initiatives to life.…I'm Emma Ball, a freelance project manager and programme delivery specialist based in Madrid. I have 7+ years' experience delivering product, pilot and partnership-led initiatives across Ed Tech, media and publishing, and the non-profit sector. I excel at rapid mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and turning complex or ambiguous environments into measurable outcomes. I’m PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified and comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and shaping product roadmaps from discovery to launch. I am currently relocating from London to Madrid and looking for freelance work starting in April 2026. I bring a bespoke and personal approach to managing projects and partnerships, and embrace the challenge of helping teams explore new approaches to project and product development. I embrace a hybrid-methodology approach to product and project management, offering flexibility along with a robust set of tools to ensure success. I look forward to the opportunity to work with clients to bring new initiatives to life.

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I’m Emma Ball, a freelance project manager and programme delivery specialist based in Madrid. I have 7+ years’ experience delivering product, pilot and partnership-led initiatives across Ed Tech, media and publishing, and the non-profit sector. I excel at rapid mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and turning complex or ambiguous environments into measurable outcomes. I’m PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified and comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing vendors, and shaping product roadmaps from discovery to launch.

I am currently relocating from London to Madrid and looking for freelance work starting in April 2026. I bring a bespoke and personal approach to managing projects and partnerships, and embrace the challenge of helping teams explore new approaches to project and product development. I embrace a hybrid-methodology approach to product and project management, offering flexibility along with a robust set of tools to ensure success. I look forward to the opportunity to work with clients to bring new initiatives to life.

Skills

Microsoft Office

CRM

Experience Level

Microsoft Office

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

French

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Beginner

Work Experience

Project and Partner Manager at SYLICIC Remote

December 1, 2024 - Present

Part of a core team in a startup climate journalism; Led the development and delivery of a grant-giving programme for journalists and media innovators, overseeing grants totalling $60k; mentored 6 climate media teams through pilot/prototype development; nurtured relationships with 7 strategic partners globally; grew membership by 40% and community engagement by 500% across digital platforms and events; managed contracted deliverables.

Project Manager and Interim Product Manager at Ambition Institute

March 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024

Led mobilization of a suite of 6-8 pilot programmes as part of a new product development and scaling strategy; acted as Interim Product Manager to deliver a new Teaching Assistant programme; managed 8-10 cross-functional teams; streamlined processes by 25%; led development and implementation of a divisional internal communications strategy; deputized for colleagues during government inspection readiness; provided project management across initiation, planning, risk, governance, stakeholder engagement, and iterative retrospectives; line managed and supported junior project staff.

Development Editor at Academic Digital Publishing / Ed Tech

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022

Development Editor overseeing editorial product development and commissioning for higher education and heritage sectors; managed 10+ editorial digital products with budgets up to £400k; led teams of up to 4; published titles including China on Film, Early Modern England, RSC Archives, and other works across education and heritage sectors.

Campaigns and Research Intern at HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF TRUST (HART)

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Supported fundraising campaigns and advocacy research; contributed to campaigns, communications strategy and outreach.

Volunteer Researcher at OXBRIDGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP (OHDRG)

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Desk-based research and analysis for a human rights think tank and NGO projects; education history research.