Studio Manager

Socket.dev; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mississauga office access

Job summary

Cheil Canada seeks a Studio Manager to structure and operationalize its creative production and agency resources. You’ll manage the workflow of Cheil Canada Studio, coordinating resources across projects and ensuring work moves from brief to delivery with balance of priorities, capacity, timelines and quality.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Client Services, you’ll collaborate with department leaders to keep projects on track and organized, acting as the frontline of the agency’s

Qualifications

• 6+ years of marketing/advertising agency experience, incl. 4+ years with Canadian-market clients.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business management.
• Confident in client-facing situations and managing multiple projects.
• Expertise across multichannel platforms and translating insights into briefs.
• Experience with project management tools (Jira, Asana) and AI LLMs.
• Proficient in data metrics, KPIs, analytics, and optimizations.
• Versatile across brand, digital, retail, and strategy roles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; collaboration with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operational workflow of Cheil Canada Studio and allocate resources across projects.
• Serve as central connection point between creative, account, production, and project management teams.
• Balance priorities, capacity, timelines, and quality to keep campaigns on track.

Skills

Agency experience

Client-facing

Project management

Multi-channel

Jira

Asana

AI literacy

Data & KPIs

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management

Tools

Jira

Asana

Job description

We are Built to Connect.

At Cheil Worldwide, we create connected experiences that move people with work that’s bold enough to stand out, clear enough to be understood, and enduring enough to be remembered. Born from technology and built from one of the world’s largest tech ecosystems, we move with innovation, not after it.

Today, brands exist in a constant stream of interactions, where every moment is an opportunity to connect…or be ignored. That’s why we design connected experiences across online, offline and emerging touchpoints, blending data, insights, creativity, and technology to build what’s next, not just respond to what’s now.

Our approach integrates experiential with data-driven, creatively led marketing, grounded in cultural relevance and built to grow brands.

Cheil Canada serves as the lead agency for Samsung. And while Samsung remains a key partner, our work extends across a growing portfolio of globally recognized brands. Powered by a team of 60+ creative problem-solvers, we thrive on pushing boundaries and redefining how brands engage with people.

We are looking for people who chase the Never Been Done Before. Curious thinkers. Driven doers. People who want to create Connected experiences that matter.

Position Summary

Studio Manager is a newly created role responsible for structuring and operationalizing Cheil Canada’s creative production and agency resources. Studio Manager will be responsible for managing the operational workflow of the creative studio (in-house platform; Cheil Canada Studio), coordinating resources across projects, and ensuring work moves efficiently from brief through delivery. The role acts as a central connection point between creative, account, production, and project management teams, balancing priorities, capacity, timelines, and quality.

This role reports directly to the Executive Director, Head of Client Services and will cross-collaborate with department leaders across the organization. The Studio Manager will operate as the frontline of the agencies’ creative production, keeping projects and campaigns on track and organized.

About you

You are a project manager at heart with experience running internal and external meetings, a digital native with a passion for AI. Your expertise lies in understanding how agencies operate now, and in the future, maximizing available technologies and platforms to enhance operations.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• 6+ years of marketing/advertising agency experience, including 4+ years of experience supporting Canadian-market clients, campaigns, or audiences.
• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in business management.
• Confidence in client-facing situations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Expertise across multichannel platforms and the ability to convert insights into actionable briefs.
• Experience working with established project management tools such as Jira, Asana, etc. (training will be provided for the in-house platform; Cheil Canada Studio).
• Proficiency in AI LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Google Gemini, etc)
• Proficiency in data metrics, KPIs, analytics, and insight-driven optimizations.
• Versatility across agency roles: brand, digital, retail, and strategy.
• Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written.
• Proven collaboration with senior leadership within the agency and clients.

Salary range: $70,000 - $75,000 CAD annually

Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, and certifications

Work Arrangement:

This role is a fixed-term contract for a period of one (1) year, with the possibility of extension based on business needs and performance.

While this position follows a hybrid work model, with three (3) days in-office (Tuesday through Thursday) and two (2) days work-from-home (Monday and Friday), during business requirements, needs, client deadlines, you may be required to be in office on all 5 days.

Company Address: #100, 6790 Century Avenue, Mississauga, L5N 2V8