Project Manager

Stinson Design; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended dental & health

hybrid work model

snacks

pet-friendly office

Job summary

Stinson Design is seeking a Project Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will bridge Production Designers with Accounts and Business Development to ensure end-to-end delivery of our projects.

You will oversee projects from inception to completion, monitor scope, timelines, budgeted hours, and quality, and help maximize resource utilization. The role suits someone who thrives with multi-project delivery, collaboration, and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience at a design or advertising agency or equivalent.
• Proficient with ClickUp and data visualization tools.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and PowerPoint proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between Production and Accounts/BD to plan and execute projects.
• Monitor scope, timelines, budgeted hours and deliverable quality.
• Balance team workload and report resource utilization in real time.
• Lead project meetings and document closures or case studies.
• Identify optimal revisions to protect scope and quality.

Skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

ClickUp

Excel

Google Sheets

PowerPoint

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Job description

Stinson is looking for a Project Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, this role will act as a bridge between our Production Team (Designers) and our Accounts and Business Development Team to ensure end-to-end delivery of our projects.

In this role, you will be responsible for following your assigned team’s projects from inception to completion. You will be in charge of monitoring and maintaining the project scope, timeline, budgeted hours and quality of each deliverable. Your goal is to maximize and balance resource utilization of our team’s capacity and inform our Accounts and Business Development team of available resources.

The ideal candidate is someone capable of handling multiple projects at the same time and comfortable with reporting on project statistics. They have a strong sense of integrity, attention to detail, and an eye for quality assurance. This person is a natural leader. They enjoy participating in creative brainstorming meetings and bring energy & fun into their work.

SOME OF WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsible for effective communication between Production and Account Leads to strategically plan and execute projects from existing and new clients
• Work closely with teams to manage the scope of each project and ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Coordinate with the design leads to manage delivery, feedback, quality control, and the revision process
• Make suggestions and understand when to flag requested revisions that may interfere with the quality of the deliverable or exceed scope
• Schedule and attend project-related meetings
• At the completion of a project, write project closure documents or case studies about the project experience and highlights
• Contribute new ideas, best practices and ways of working to support the growth of our lines of business and streamline operations across the agency
• Day-to-day resource management by working directly with the Production & Accounts Teams to understand resource availability and plan workload in realtime
• Work with the PM & Operations as well as Account teams to maintain and update data on our reports, project trackers and documents

WHAT YOU BRING

• 2+ years of experience working at a design agency, advertising agency or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Project Management tools such as ClickUp (which we use!)
• Deep proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and other related data visualization software
• Familiarity with the capabilities of Microsoft PowerPoint and other creative applications and software is an asset (Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.)
• Ability to travel a few times a year, as required

WHO WE ARE

Stinson Design is an integrated visual communications consultancy group made up of a diverse, multi-talented team. We are expanding, thanks to our culture of excellence, growth, and creativity that delivers best-in-class work to all our clients — everywhere, every day.

Our team is made up of creative, strategic and critical thinkers who specialize in finding and creating solutions by taking complex information and turning it into beautiful, cohesive, seamless stories.

We push the limits of design in PowerPoint to create highly dynamic, animated, and fluid presentations that are engaging and inspire action. Samples of our client work can be viewed at http://stinson.co/portfolio.

If you are looking for an opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s most recognized brands or the opportunity to help launch what could become the next most recognized brand, or a space to be curious, to learn, and to use your skills, this may be the role for you.

WHERE YOU WILL WORK

Hybrid: Downtown Toronto/Home Office (3/2 Split)

WHAT WE OFFER

• Extended dental & health
• hybrid work model
• snacks
• pet-friendly office.

COMPENSATION

The base pay range for this role is CAD $60,000 - CAD $70,000 per year.

This advertised position is for an existing position at Stinson Design.

We do not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants.

At Stinson Design, we recognize that many talented individuals may not apply if they don't check every box. Even if your experience isn’t a 100% match, we still welcome your application.

Stinson Design is dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us.