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#206074

Creative Project Manager

Calgary, AB - in office 2x/week
Date:

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$35-40 Hourly

T4, Hourly with benefits

Start Date:

12.01.2025

We are looking for an organized, resourceful, and proactive Creative Project Manager to support our large clients’ in-house design team. If you love keeping creative projects on track, coordinating with designers and stakeholders, and running smooth workflows, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

You’ll manage the full lifecycle of creative projects—from intake to final delivery—across channels like:

  • Email (high volume; bilingual EN/FR)
  • Promo content
  • In-store signage
  • Digital ads
  • Storytelling emails

Your responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing briefs and flagging missing information
  • Creating project timelines and workback schedules
  • Assigning work to designers and tracking deadlines
  • Running 2–3 rounds of proofs and coordinating approvals
  • Communicating clearly with stakeholders, creative teams, translators, and compliance
  • Ensuring creative meets requirements and brand standards
  • Participating in daily standups with the creative team
  • Helping refine processes and identify workflow improvements

Who You Are

  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Comfortable managing multiple projects at once
  • Confident in asking questions, pushing back, and holding boundaries
  • A strong communicator who builds easy relationships
  • A proactive problem-solver who doesn’t need constant direction
  • Adaptable, positive, and comfortable with repetitive tasks

What You Bring

  • 3+ years in creative project management, traffic coordination, or agency account coordination
  • Experience managing digital and print creative deliverables
  • Ability to manage structured workflows independently
  • Familiarity with PM tools (Wrike, Workfront, Monday, Asana, etc.)
  • Strong communication and documentation skills

Tools You’ll Use

  • Wrike (primary PM system)
  • Adobe Workfront (transitioning soon)
  • Airtable (brief intake)
  • Microsoft Office

Why You’ll Love This Role

  • A friendly, positive creative team
  • A manager who trusts you and gives you ownership
  • A steady volume of work that keeps you sharp

 

Ready to Apply?

If you’re passionate about creative excellence, love the challenge of managing complex, multi-channel projects, and enjoy being the connector that brings teams together—this is the place to build your next chapter.

About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.