Creative Studio Program Manager On-Site Lead

WestJet; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel privileges for you and your fam

Savings and Benefit programs

Fun and friendly culture

Job summary

WestJet is seeking a Program Manager, Creative Studio to sit at the operational centre of The Studio—WestJet Group’s in-house creative team working across WestJet, Sunwing, WestJet Vacations and SellOffVacations. You will own end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent creative and marketing initiatives, lead multidisciplinary project teams and translate briefs into clear scopes, schedules and approvals.

You will partner with creative directors, writers and designers to ensure high-quality

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience delivering creative, advertising, brand or integrated marketing work.
• Experience taking complex multi-channel campaigns from brief through development and delivery.
• Strong understanding of creative workflows, campaign development and channel requirements.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, timelines and budgets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead meetings and influence.
• Strong relationship-management with creative teams, marketers, senior leaders and partners.
• Experience with project-management platforms; Monday.com is a strong asset.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud workflows and asset delivery is an asset.
• Strong skills in PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• Experience with budget administration or agency/vendor relationships is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent creative and marketing initiatives from intake through launch.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams, bringing people together around shared priorities and outcomes.
• Translate briefs into clear scopes, deliverables, schedules, milestones, and approvals.
• Partner with creative directors, writers, designers and Studio specialists to ensure clear time, resources and feedback.
• Serve as a day-to-day partner for Brand, Marketing, Loyalty, Digital, Social, Communications and other teams.
• Lead kickoffs, status meetings, reviews and production checkpoints with documented decisions.
• Establish and manage realistic timelines accounting for development, legal, production and delivery.
• Build relationships with internal partners and navigate The Studio’s ways of working.
• Coordinate asset delivery across channels and ensure correct formats and timing.
• Support resource planning, capacity management and practical workflow improvements.

Skills

Advertising

Project management

Budget management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Monday.com

Adobe Creative Cloud

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

WestJet is seeking a Program Manager, Creative Studio to sit at the operational centre of The Studio—WestJet Group’s in-house creative team working across WestJet, Sunwing, WestJet Vacations and SellOffVacations. You will own end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent creative and marketing initiatives, lead multidisciplinary project teams and translate briefs into clear scopes, schedules and approvals.

You will partner with creative directors, writers and designers to ensure high-quality