Digital Project Manager Brand Marketing - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Date Posted:06/06/2023

Req ID: 31734

Faculty/Division:
Division of University Advancement

Department:
Advancement Communications and Marketing

Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada's top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve of its faculty, students, alumni and supporters.

We are proud to be one of the world's top research-intensive universities, bringing together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to collaborate on the world's most pressing challenges.

Our community is a catalyst for discovery, innovation and progress, creating knowledge and solutions that make a tangible difference around the globe.

And we prepare our students for success through an outstanding global education rooted in excellence, inclusion and close-knit learning communities.

The ideas, innovations and contributions of more than 640,000 graduates advance U of T's impact on communities across the globe.

Together, we continue to defy gravity by taking on what might seem unattainable today and generating the ideas and talent needed to build a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous future.

Brand Hub within the University of Toronto is responsible for marketing strategies and campaigns that lift U of T's profile, reputation, and relevance locally and globally and help secure greater interest, engagement, advocacy and investment in the university.

Using an in-house agency model, we work with divisional stakeholders to implement multichannel marketing communications solutions that support the University's highest aspirations and priorities.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, Digital Marketing & Communications, the Digital Project Manager is responsible for managing both special projects and ongoing projects with digital components under the portfolio of Brand Marketing University of Toronto Communications.

Specifically, the Digital Project Manager is responsible for ensuring all projects have detailed timelines, have clear deliverables for team members and are managed professionally with divisional stakeholders and central partners.

This individual will work closely and collaborative with creative team members including web developers, designers, copywriters and content strategists.

As part of an integrated team, this individual will work closely with account strategists to ensure digital components of projects run smoothly alongside of larger project plans.

In addition, this individual will work as a key member of the digital team to ensure day-to-day work is the highest quality and completed in a timely manner.

Your responsibilities will include:

Serve as senior level project manager responsible for guiding efforts to develop, manage and implement plans for overseeing digital projects.
Develop the scope and charter of the project
Develop a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project
Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project; secure and coordinate resources.
Develop a schedule for all digital projects that effectively allocates the resources to the activities, coordinating timing with designers, developers and copy writers
Proactively identify and mitigate project risk, and expeditiously resolve project issues
Run production meetings for digital projects including booking meetings, coordinating team members, developing agendas, sending action items and notes post meeting
Book and prepare for approval meetings with key stakeholders, attend meetings and take detailed notes to provide feedback for the production team post meeting
Ensure all internal stakeholders and senior University leadership are appropriately briefed prior to events and key communications activities
Analyze and document successes and adjustments to project implementation activities
Handling complex/or sensitive information (ex. development of statements of work, technical specifications & other project documentation)

Qualifications:

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum six years relevant experience on digital projects.
Experience developing complex multideliverable project timelines
Experience using project management software and tools.
Experience working with digital designers and web developers, understanding the tasks associated with their workflow and able to translate that into clear timelines.
Experience handling multiple concurrent projects with various deliverables and turnaround times.
Experience in coordinating and facilitating meetings including project meetings with creative team members and external meetings with stakeholders to facilitate a