Job Description

Top Draw is searching for a Digital Marketing Project Manager to join our team. If you're looking to evolve your career at a growing digital marketing agency, we'd love to meet you.
As a Digital Marketing Project Manager, you will plan and oversee the execution of digital marketing work by the internal team members and 3rd party contractors. You will ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and in line with client objectives and quality standards.
This role is right for you if you have the following skills and are keen to build on them:
Qualifications

• 5+ years project management experience in a digital agency managing digital marketing campaigns etc.
• Post-secondary qualification in IT, Business or Management field
• Strong understanding of how to manage and control project scope, schedule, budget and resource management
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, and budget as well as roadmaps, objectives, and strategies
• Project management experience within Agile methodology
• Experience with collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Box, Jira, and Confluence.
• Proficiency with office productivity tools such as Excel, Word, MS Project, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Experience gathering and analyzing business requirements

Assets we would like you to have:

• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent team management skills; able to collaborate and manage cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate meetings
• Flexible and easily adaptable to changing priorities
• Effective relationship building with a wide range of clients
• Solutions-oriented; problem-solving and strategic thinking skills
• Ability to stay focused on driving goals, even in high-pressure situations.
• Organized; Ability to structure and manage several project elements simultaneously
• Ability to visualize the big picture while also not missing out on the smaller details.
• Attention to detail
• Passion for learning and continuous improvement

Nice to Haves

• Certifications (or working towards): PMI- ACP, PMP, Scrum Master
• Past development and web design experience
  

Your day-to-day duties:

• Ensure all digital marketing programs are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Develop project scopes and outcomes with lean design thinking, involving all relevant stakeholders.
  • Manage changes to project scope and schedule
  • Communicate scope changes to the project team
  • Align the team to project goals by sharing client insights and objectives
• Requirements Management
  • Elicit, gather, analyze and document business requirements
  • Decompose business requirements into clear and unambiguous functional and non-functional requirements for use by the team
• Participate in both client and internal meetings
  • Facilitate project planning and update meetings to review project deliverables and deadlines
• Define, communicate, implement and monitor quality standards on all project deliverables.
  • Review and assess deliverables prior to client distribution
• Coordinate internal resources and third-party vendors and contractors for the execution of projects
  • Identify resources needed for project execution
  • Assign resources effectively. Flag and address any potential resource shortfalls
  • Assign project tasks and deadlines.
• Prepare estimates, statements of work and project schedules for digital marketing work
  • Contribute to client proposals and quotes.
• Prepare and manage project budgets and expenses
• Maintain a positive, team-oriented environment that supports the creation of top-quality work
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders in the context of Project Management
• Manage project plans according to established procedures, channels, and expectations.
• Work with production resources to ensure strategy is maintained throughout the execution, maintenance, and optimization of Digital Marketing campaigns
• Monitor project progress and ensure tasks are on track
  • Develop a detailed project management plan to track progress. Ensure key milestones are reached
  • Track project performance using predefined KPIs and techniques. Adapt as needed
  • Prepare project status reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Generate and oversee client reporting for all metrics, goals tracking and other paid search initiatives.
• Identify, communicate and guide the team on potential project risks. Analyze and develop plans to mitigate risks
• Clear roadblocks and escalate challenges when necessary
• Evaluate project success and recommend process improvements
• Manage all incoming and outgoing project documentation
  • Ensure all issues and changes that affect the project are documented and communicated
• Keep informed of technologies and best practices in project management and digital marketing
• Ad hoc tasks assigned by the Production Director

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Extra paid week of vacation over the winter holidays
• Flex time, start anywhere between 7 am and 9 am
• Our office is three blocks from the LRT and on a main bus route
• Free downtown parking
• Unlimited coffee, snacks, and beverages
• Dog-friendly Fridays at the office
• Professional development support (Certifications, Workshops, Conferences, Classes)
• Opportunities for networking and public speaking
• Lunch-and-learns to keep you informed on the latest digital marketing trends
• Rooftop patio! Work and enjoy the sun at the same time!

About Top Draw At Top Draw, we evolve brands by knowing what’s next. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, our marketing agency has shaped award-winning and strategic marketing, websites, online advertising campaigns, and social media for over 28 years. Our growing team is conveniently located just outside of the downtown core, where parking is free and many great restaurants are only a short walk away. Here are just a few more reasons why you want to work at Top Draw.
With an innovative and creative culture, we pride ourselves on offering an open and welcoming environment for both staff and clients. If you’re looking for a career where you’ll be rewarded, recognized, and valued for your achievements, look no further.
Top Draw offers a very attractive health and benefits package and unlimited opportunity for motivated people who can get the job done.
Application Details We thank everyone for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please, NO telephone calls. Top Draw is an equal opportunity employer.
This job posting closes on August 2, 2022.