Job Description

Company DescriptionPublicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across our Canadian operations. The office is the largest in our industry in Canada and boasts talent across various disciplines of marketing and advertising expertise. Publicis carries a balanced split of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients for which we are Agency of Record. Publicis supports a range of D&I actions through our Driving Change team as well as giving back to the community through a long-standing participation in the Out of the Cold Program. With a strong, active and familial culture, Pub United is the agency\'s social club, hosting events as wide reaching as Curling, Trivia Nights and more.We\'re searching for a Junior Project Manager with 1-2 years in a Project Coordinator role ready for the next step. Publicis Health is a digital agency environment with a focus on pharma advertising.The Junior Project Manager will have an understanding of the creative process from brief though to production, and work with a senior PM to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget. Working closely with Program Managers within a Production environment, the Junior project manager will help lead project schedules, resources and workflows on a variety of digital projects; banners, social adds, website, photoshoots. The junior project manager will focus on the end-to-end project workflow, the delivery of high quality and efficient work, while mitigating risks and working quickly to resolve any issues that arise.

• Excellent planner, organizer, and communicator
• Comfortable with ambiguity and strong relationship building skills in order to navigate complex and diverse project needs
• Entrepreneurial attitude, able to problem-solve autonomously within uncertain project environments
• Assist in scope and estimate development.
• Work with PM, creative, account management, and production teams to ensure smooth delivery of assets and deliverables, while also facilitating inter-departmental communication between teams.
• Delivery of the project to the highest possible standard.
• Ensure work is assigned and completed on time and within budget.
• Proactively communicate project information to all stakeholders involved, ensuring any changes to the project scope are communicated.
• Flag potential impacts to timings and estimates, ensuring they are revised accordingly.
• Nurture cross-functional agency relationships and be the ultimate problem solver.
• Consistent involvement in status and creative meetings, ensuring action steps are always communicated.

Qualifications

• Relevant university or college training
• 1-2 years of experience working as a project coordinator in an agency environment with a focus on pharma advertising or open to learning pharma
• Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
• Knowledge of any project, task and knowledge management tools, ie. MS Project, JIRA, Confluence.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding environment

Hybrid in office 2-3 days/week (Office is at Queen/Jarvis)Additional InformationPublicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply. If you require a specific accommodation please contact Human Resources at 416-925-7733 or by email at

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