Project Director

DJE Holdings; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent communications firm in Toronto is looking for a Project Director to lead project management initiatives. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience managing large projects within a marketing or advertising context and possess strong leadership and client service skills. This role emphasizes creativity and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of project management experience in digital, communications, marketing, or advertising.
• Demonstrated experience with project management software.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to client strategy leads.
• Manage multiple medium to large scaled projects effectively.
• Deliver projects on schedule, within scope and budget.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Client service

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.

At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.

Edelman has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years – growth that is reflective of the firm’s ongoing evolution from a PR agency into a communications marketing firm. We now offer several specialized areas of expertise, including creative, social, paid media and research to help clients evolve, promote and protect their brands in the market by investing heavily in specialtyareas – and by focusing on collaboration, agency position, innovation, and establishing a culture of creativity – Edelman is well-positioned to continue to deliver best-in-class work to our clients in today’s complex media landscape.

Edelman is seeking a talented, strategic and highly-organized project director to complement our Toronto office. You enjoy working in a dynamic, high energy environment and feed off the energy that comes from collective success. You thrive on creating order from chaos and are energized by helping teams work seamlessly together to deliver excellence to our clients. You are looking for an opportunity to build processes and best practices right from the start, and to work with client strategists and fellow specialty experts along with senior leadership to further develop and grow project management as a core competency within the Edelman team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to client strategy lead(s), fostering seamless account team and specialty integration, project planning, program delivery and client service excellence and growth.
• Contribute to the growth of the specialty in Canada, partnering with other members of the project management team to create, instill and reinforce national best practices and serve as a role model to junior team members.
• Proactively manage project planning efforts for multiple medium to large scaled projects including scoping, budget estimating, cross-functional team integration, task definition and deliverable milestones.
• Deliver assigned projects on schedule, within scope and budget, and effectively manage forecasting and financial profitability.
• Identify opportunities to improve and/or establish tighter integration and effective operational processes, and proactively identify, mitigate and/or escalate potential risks that may impact the client or Edelman.
• Lead proposal efforts and help to define integrated client solutions with measurable results.
• Work in partnership with the client strategy lead(s) to identify new growth opportunities and resource new projects, ensuring the right skills are matched to the task at hand.
• Work with project team to understand and manage expectations of both internal and external clients at the project level and communicate potential variances to client strategy lead(s) and/or senior executives in timely fashion.
• Work with client strategy lead(s) and specialty lead(s)/team members to prioritize and reconcile competing demands (resourcing, budgeting, etc.) to meet Edelman and client business needs.
• Attend client kick off and status meetings, actively participate in planning and scoping sessions, and lead budgeting and forecasting meetings, ensuring agenda, meeting objectives and recap documentation standards are met.
• Demonstrate creativity and conceptual thinking on client programs and projects.

Basic Qualifications

• 8-10 years+ of project management experience; ideally within a digital, communications, marketing or advertising agency.
• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership and team development (mentorship) experience within cross functional team environment.
• Experience in client service and demonstrated ability to address client concerns thoughtfully and effectively.
• Successful track record of managing large projects from definition to implementation, including management of complex budgets and adaptability to budgeting software.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying creative and innovative approaches to problem solving.
• Prior knowledge working with waterfall and agile methodologies preferred.

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We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.