Project Manager (Media & Digital Campaigns)

twentysix; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity leave

Parental leave

Benefits package

Vacation days

Family resources

Learning programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Critical Mass is seeking a motivated Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and delivery of integrated digital media campaigns across platforms for global brands. You will manage timelines, budgets, assets, and stakeholder expectations while collaborating with Media, Creative, Strategy, Analytics, and Production teams.

The ideal candidate has 3–5+ years managing digital media projects in an agency setting, with CM360 experience and strong communication skills in English.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of project management experience in digital, media, advertising, marketing, or customer experience agencies.
• Hands-on experience managing digital media campaigns from planning and setup through launch and completion.
• Experience with Campaign Manager 360 (CM360) or similar ad-serving platforms.
• Familiarity with TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook and other paid media channels.
• Understanding of digital advertising campaign workflows including creative trafficking, setup, launches, tracking, and reporting.
• Experience managing multiple campaigns in a fast-paced, client-facing agency environment.
• Experience coordinating timelines, budgets, scope, resources, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience coordinating creative assets to meet platform specifications and campaign requirements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Media, Creative, Strategy, Analytics, Production, QA, and Account Management.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, or similar platforms.
• Advanced English communication skills in written and verbal form.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and identify campaign risks or blockers.
• Strong ability to build relationships across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of digital media campaigns from kickoff through launch and completion.
• Coordinate campaigns across social media, paid media, display, and other digital advertising platforms.
• Manage campaign timelines, deliverables, budgets, resources, dependencies, and overall health.
• Coordinate setup, trafficking, launch, optimization, and post-campaign activities across teams and partners.
• Work with CM360 and other ad‑tech platforms.
• Coordinate execution across TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and other channels.
• Partner with Media, Creative, Strategy, Analytics, Account Management, Production, and QA teams.
• Facilitate meetings, document decisions, and ensure follow-through on actions.
• Serve as a primary contact for campaigns, maintaining clear communication with clients and partners.
• Monitor scope, identify risks, issues, dependencies, and changes throughout lifecycle.
• Support intake, scoping, estimation, resource planning, and timelines.
• Coordinate asset requirements, approvals, trafficking, and delivery across platforms.
• Ensure assets meet platform specs and quality standards.
• Provide regular updates on timelines, risks, and campaign status.
• Align objectives, targeting, messaging, and execution with stakeholders.
• Support reporting, post-launch activities, and retrospectives.

Skills

Project management

Digital media campaigns

CM360

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Microsoft Teams

Advanced English

Tools

CM360

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Critical Mass is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Project Manager to join our team and help deliver impactful media and digital marketing campaigns for leading global brands.

In this role, you will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of integrated digital media campaigns across multiple platforms and channels. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, media partners, creative teams, and clients to ensure campaigns are executed smoothly, on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple campaigns, platforms, stakeholders, and deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment. You are a strong communicator who can bring structure to complex projects, identify potential issues before they arise, and keep teams moving toward successful campaign launches and results.

You Will

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of digital media and marketing campaigns from kickoff through launch and completion.

• Coordinate campaigns across multiple digital channels, including social media, paid media, display, and other digital advertising platforms.

• Manage campaign timelines, deliverables, budgets, resources, dependencies, and overall project health.

• Coordinate campaign setup, trafficking, launch, optimization, and post-campaign activities across internal teams and external partners.

• Work with platforms such as Campaign Manager 360 (CM360) and other digital advertising and media technologies.

• Coordinate campaign execution across platforms such as TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and other relevant media channels.

• Partner closely with Media, Creative, Strategy, Analytics, Account Management, Production, and QA teams to ensure seamless campaign delivery.

• Facilitate project and campaign meetings, drive discussions, document decisions, and ensure follow-through on action items.

• Serve as a key point of contact for assigned campaigns, maintaining clear communication across internal teams, clients, and partners.

• Manage campaign scope and proactively identify and address risks, issues, dependencies, and changes throughout the campaign lifecycle.

• Support campaign intake, scoping, estimation, resource planning, and timelines.

• Coordinate creative asset requirements, specifications, approvals, trafficking, and delivery across media platforms.

• Ensure campaign assets and deliverables meet platform specifications, quality standards, and launch requirements.

• Monitor campaign progress and provide regular updates on timelines, deliverables, risks, and overall campaign status.

• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure campaign objectives, targeting, messaging, creative, and execution remain aligned.

• Support campaign reporting, post-launch activities, retrospectives, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to improve campaign workflows, processes, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, within scope, within budget, and to Critical Mass quality standards.

You Have

• 3–5+ years of project management experience within digital, media, advertising, marketing, creative, or customer experience agencies.

• Hands‑on experience managing digital media campaigns from planning and setup through launch and completion.

• Experience working with Campaign Manager 360 (CM360) or similar ad‑serving/campaign management platforms.

• Familiarity with digital media and social platforms such as TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and other paid media channels.

• Understanding of digital advertising campaign workflows, including creative trafficking, campaign setup, approvals, launches, tracking, and reporting.

• Experience managing multiple concurrent campaigns in a fast‑paced, client‑facing agency environment.

• Experience managing timelines, budgets, scope, resources, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.

• Experience coordinating creative assets and ensuring they meet platform specifications and campaign requirements.

• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams including Media, Creative, Strategy, Analytics, Production, QA, and Account Management.

• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines simultaneously.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Strong problem‑solving, prioritization, and decision‑making skills.

• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, or similar platforms.

• Advanced English communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and proactively identify potential campaign risks or blockers.

• Strong ability to build relationships and collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders.

**What We Offer

• Maternity and parental leave extra days

• Competitive benefits packages

• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days

• Access to online services for families and new parents

• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups

• Internal learning and development programs

• Enterprise-wide employee discounts

• And more…**

We expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

*Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

Critical Mass uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings, filter keywords during the review of prospective candidates, and, in some cases, transcribe interviews with our recruiters. Human review remains central to the process, and all hiring decisions are ultimately made by our team.

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