Publicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across our Canadian operations.The office is the largest in our industry in Canada and boasts talent across various disciplines of marketing and advertising expertise. Publicis carries a balanced split of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients for which we are Agency of Record. Publicis supports a range of D&I actions through our Driving Change team as well as giving back to the community through a long-standing participation in the Out of the Cold Program. With a strong, active and familial culture, Pub United is the agency’s social club, hosting events as wide reaching as Curling, Trivia Nights and more.
Job Description
The Digital Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end project management of various Digital and/or Integrated projects including, online marketing campaigns (BannerAds, Social, landing pages, brand and/or contest websites, emails, etc.)site, email and digital display initiatives for Publicis Toronto.. While leading the production of advertising campaigns at Publicis, you will work alongside the Account, Technology, User Experience, and Creative teams as an integral part of the PMO and digital groups. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in project management with a deep understanding of the financial industry.
Our clients hire us for our creative excellence, strategic smarts, and flawless execution.
The successful candidate will deliver in all of these areas.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Analyze and understand clients’ business goals and objectives
- Identify project deliverables and manage all aspects of the project including a) planning, estimation, and scoping, b) schedule, c) risks, and d) resources
- Develop and maintain Project Plans, detailed Timelines, Statements of Work,s and Change Requests
- Proactively manage shared resources to ensure project completion. This includes internal teams and freelancers as well as external vendors
- Ensure the success of each project from initial approach to post-mortem, applying project lifecycle methodologies that best suit the work at hand
- Engage agency departments from client service, strategy, user experience, creative design, development, quality assurance, and others to most effectively contribute to the project deliverables
- Manage changes effectively throughout project delivery
- Track and control project progress (activities, milestones, deliverables) and estimation/re-estimation work as necessary
REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent planner, organizer, and communicator
- Comfortable with ambiguity and strong relationship relationship-building skills in order to navigate complex and diverse project needs
- Entrepreneurial attitude, able to problem-solve autonomously within uncertain project environments
- Discipline to meet their commitments and ensure team members meet theirs
- Demonstrate positive, mature, and professional behavior with a “can-do” attitude
- Experience with common project management tools (MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Basecamp) and corporate/cloud systems (Box, Google Apps etc.)
- Technical Requirements in collaboration with internal technical stakeholders:
- Strong experience with technical project estimation
- Familiarity in with the requirements of digital productions that involve technical integration with external components and APIs
- Experience with the production of platform-based solutions
- Strong familiarity with key web technologies and trends including Responsive Design and Mobile Apps
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, business administration, or a related field.
- Relevant university or college training
- 3+ years project management experience, relevant working experience in advertising, media, or related fields
- Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding environment
- Experience with common project management tools (MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Basecamp) and corporate/cloud systems (Box, Google Apps etc.)
Additional Information
Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply. If you require a specific accommodation please contact Human Resourcesat 416-925-7733 or by email [email protected]
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