Digital Project Manager

Dog and Pony Studios Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global team

Global clients

No Diva Policy

Hybrid office

Structured career plan

Paid vacation

Paid benefits

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Dog and Pony Studios in Toronto is seeking an experienced Digital Project Manager to join our hybrid team. You will oversee digital web builds, develop estimates, and coordinate with accounts and production.

Responsibilities include creating plans, managing scope and budgets, briefing stakeholders, and maintaining project boards while ensuring timely client communications across Canada and beyond. The ideal candidate has 5+ years agency experience, a bachelor’s degree, excellent English, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of agency experience as a digital project manager. Candidates with a combination of relevant production experience will also be considered (e.g., UX designers, developers, etc.)
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
• Deep knowledge of the digital project management process and experience with digital web builds — from discovery and UX to design, development and deployment
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills with a demonstrated ability to interpret complex inputs, feedback, content or requirements into actionable tasks
• Availability to work business hours in Eastern Standard Time and access to a quiet, modern work environment with a stable Internet connection
• Superior skills working with WordPress, Contentful or similar content management systems, Google Workspace, and familiarity with project management tools such as Asana, Harvest and Excel

Responsibilities

• Understand project objectives and requirements
• Write actionable tasks and briefs; flag problematic client requests or production issues and recommend solutions
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules and budgets
• Monitor project budgets, timelines, and resource utilization, and proactively communicate risks or budget impacts
• Identify potential project risks and build contingency plans for mitigation
• Identify changes to scope and coordinate the change management process
• Engage with key stakeholders to ensure requirements are scoped and production teams briefed
• Follow and support established project delivery processes and best practices
• Facilitate communication between production teams and project stakeholders
• Attend client meetings and prepare client meeting materials (agendas, briefs etc.). Write up meeting notes, decisions and action items, and update production/client boards
• Manage communications across all project discussions, including following up on key decisions, action items and takeaways
• Oversee project budgets, including reporting, and liaise with the internal finance team
• Oversee and review project timesheets for accuracy and completeness in a timely manner

Skills

Digital project management

Growth mindset

Accountability

Humbleness and maturity

Meticulous organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

WordPress

Contentful

Google Workspace

Asana

Harvest

Excel

Job description

Dog and Pony Studios is an integrated creative and digital agency for B2B brands. Headquartered in Toronto, we operate as a hybrid team across Canada and South America. For 25+ years, we’ve partnered with some of the most influential organizations in the world to deliver work that drives businesses forward.

We’re seeking a Digital Project Manager with 5+ years of experience to join our team. As a Digital Project Manager, you work hand in hand with our accounts and production teams to activate and oversee digital web builds and support dockets, developing estimates, project plans and workback schedules, triaging client requests, writing briefs, managing scope, maintaining production boards and facilitating client communications.

What you offer:

• Digital project management experience: You know exactly what’s involved in producing, launching, and supporting enterprise websites, and how to coordinate the right team members at the right time to keep production flowing.
• Growth mindset: You are an adaptive, fast-learning and naturally curious colleague interested in marketing best practices, our clients’ businesses, developing new skills and increasing your core competencies.
• Accountability and ownership: You step up to the plate to overcome new challenges or solve any problem that stands in the way of success. Team members know they can rely on you to bring your best work forward and come to the table with a “how can we make this better” perspective.
• Humbleness and maturity: You are interested in getting along with your colleagues and have a friendly approach to working with people within a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. You know how to give and accept feedback and are creatively resilient.
• Meticulous organization and attention to detail: Your files are organized. Your communications are clear and concise. Your briefs contain all necessary information. You read over your emails one last time to ensure your meaning is clear, your tone is on point and there are no typos or grammatical errors.

Responsibilities:

• Understand project objectives and requirements
• Write actionable tasks and briefs; flag problematic client requests or production issues and recommend solutions
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules and budgets
• Monitor project budgets, timelines, and resource utilization, and proactively communicate risks or budget impacts
• Identify potential project risks and build contingency plans for mitigation
• Identify changes to scope and coordinate the change management process
• Engage with key stakeholders to ensure requirements are scoped and production teams briefed
• Follow and support established project delivery processes and best practices
• Facilitate communication between production teams and project stakeholders
• Attend client meetings and prepare client meeting materials (agendas, briefs etc.). Write up meeting notes, decisions and action items, and update production/client boards
• Manage communications across all project discussions, including following up on key decisions, action items and takeaways
• Oversee project budgets, including reporting, and liaise with the internal finance team
• Oversee and review project timesheets for accuracy and completeness in a timely manner

Requirements:

• 5+ years of agency experience as a digital project manager. Candidates with a combination of relevant production experience will also be considered (e.g., UX designers, developers, etc.)
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
• Deep knowledge of the digital project management process and experience with digital web builds — from discovery and UX to design, development and deployment
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills with a demonstrated ability to interpret complex inputs, feedback, content or requirements into actionable tasks
• Availability to work business hours in Eastern Standard Time and access to a quiet, modern work environment with a stable Internet connection
• Superior skills working with WordPress, Contentful or similar content management systems, Google Workspace, and familiarity with project management tools such as Asana, Harvest and Excel

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $110,000.00

Vacancy: This job posting is for a current open position at Dog and Pony Studios.

AI Disclosure: All applications are reviewed by a member of our hiring team, and final hiring decisions are made by humans. While we generally do not rely on AI based tools in our hiring process, we may occasionally use AI-enabled tools to support certain aspects of application screening.

What We Offer:

• Global Team: We hire the best professionals from all over the world. Be part of a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team working on world-class creative.
• Global Clients: Work on interesting and complex projects for some of the biggest companies in the world.
• No Diva Policy: This is a friendly, collegial, client-centric team focused on delivering world-class products.
• Hybrid Office: We’ve been a hybrid agency since 2008. If you’re in Toronto, you will frequently work from our headquarters. You’ll meet your global teammates face-to-face a few times a year when we bring people together.
• Structured Career Plan: We recognize great work and reward you accordingly. We provide a structured career path with regular evaluation-based promotions.
• Paid Vacation: 3 weeks annual paid vacation + annual wellness time off through Christmas and New Year.
• Paid Benefits: 100% coverage, without co-pay, with our benefits package.
• Paid Sick Leave: Generous yearly allowance for paid sick days.