Creative Project Manager

Keep creative work moving from brief to delivery by bringing structure, clarity and organization to complex projects. This role is ideal for a highly organised, proactive problem solver who understands the creative process and knows how to keep great work moving within timelines and business realities.

Responsibilities

• Manage 10–15 creative projects concurrently from brief intake through delivery, ensuring requirements, timelines and dependencies are clear and aligned from the outset
• Own project plans, timelines and deliverables
• Translate plans into actionable tactics and deliverables, managing dependencies and moving multiple projects through each phase of the project lifecycle
• Coordinate across marketing, creative, digital, ops, production, media and other cross-functional teams keeping everyone aligned on responsibilities, dependencies and deadlines
• Manage day-to-day communication with stakeholders, providing visibility into project status, next steps, risks and decisions required
• Conduct quality assurance on creative deliverables, reviewing for accuracy, consistency and completeness before moving to the next phase
• Translate media plans and blocking charts into clear creative deliverables, tracking specifications, dependencies and deadlines to ensure assets are delivered accurately and on time
• Organize creative reviews, ensuring the right people are involved, feedback is consolidated and decisions are captured and actioned
• Manage project scope and flag changes, competing priorities, risks or roadblocks before they impact timelines or deliverables
• Build and maintain project documentation, schedules, trackers and other tools that keep work organised and accessible
• Coordinate final approvals, asset delivery and handoffs, ensuring creative is delivered accurately and on time
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, processes and tools that make project management, creative development and production more efficient
• Build strong relationships with cross functional teams
• Contribute to a collaborative, solutions-oriented studio culture that enables teams to do their best work

What we need from you

• 5+ years of project management experience in a creative capacity
• Degree or college diploma in Project Management, Creative Production or equivalent field
• Professional experience in creative development and production process.
• Experience with project management and planning tools (Workfront, Asana and Excel)
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently, balancing competing priorities, dependencies and deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable adopting new technologies, automation and AI-enabled tools to improve workflows and team efficiency

Other

• Contract (40 hours/week)
• Some travel for productions required
• Hybrid 2 days (downtown Toronto)
• Bilingualism (French) an asset