25 Oct
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Innocean Canada
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Toronto
25 Oct
Innocean Canada
Toronto
We’re looking for a Project Manager to join our Account Services team, supporting our XM (Experiential Marketing) work. This is a 4 months Fixed-term contract.
You’ll manage integrated marketing projects from kickoff to delivery, partnering with clients and cross-functional teams to keep timelines, budgets, vendors, and deliverables on track. You bring experience managing multiple concurrent projects, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and a solid understanding of agency workflows and campaign execution.
About Us
INNOCEAN Worldwide Canada is an award-winning global marketing and communications company based in Toronto with offices across 16 countries and growing. At INNOCEAN, we believe the future of business belongs to companies and brands that understand how to create memorable customer experiences. We are passionate about creating extraordinary value for our clients, providing bespoke solutions that propel their business forward locally, nationally, and internationally.
Position Summary
This role supports the planning, coordination, and execution of experiential marketing and advertising initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with client expectations. You’ll partner closely with Account Services, Creative, Production, and Strategy teams to manage vendors, workflows, timelines, project documentation, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
This role is ideal for a project management skilled who thrives on managing high volumes of work while maintaining exceptional attention to detail proactive, solutions-focused,
and capable of balancing multiple priorities while fostering strong working relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Client & Stakeholder Coordination
- Serve as a day-to-day project management contact for assigned accounts and internal teams.
- Support client meetings, project kickoffs, status meetings, and timeline reviews.
- Maintain clear and proactive communication with stakeholders on project status, deliverables, timelines, and dependencies.
- Partner with Account Services teams to ensure projects align with client objectives and business priorities.
- Help manage client expectations related to schedules, approvals, and deliverables.
Project Planning & Delivery
- Develop and maintain project schedules, timelines, workback plans, and task tracking documents.
- Support the coordination and execution of experiential marketing campaigns, working closely with creative, digital, social, strategy, and CRM teams.
- Ensure projects progress according to established timelines and milestones.
- Monitor project deliverables and follow up with team members to maintain momentum and accountability.
- Identify project risks, scheduling conflicts, or resource constraints and elevate as appropriate.
- Support quality control processes to ensure deliverables meet client and agency standards.
- Assist with project estimates, scopes of work, change requests, and project documentation.
- Work closely with Account Services and Finance teams to maintain project accuracy and financial visibility.
- Ensure project records, documentation, and status reporting are current and organized.
Resource & Workflow Coordination
- Coordinate activities across cross-functional teams to ensure work is prioritized and delivered efficiently.
- Maintain project management tools, schedules, and reporting systems.
Process & Operational Excellence
- Follow established project management processes, workflows, and best practices.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, communication, and project delivery.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of project management tools, templates, and documentation.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the agency.
Qualifications & Experience
- College diploma or university degree.
- 2–3 years of project management, account coordination, or project coordination experience within an advertising, marketing, XM, or integrated agency environment.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong understanding of agency workflows, creative development processes, and campaign execution.
- Proven ability to manage large volumes of deliverables, deadlines, and stakeholder requests while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships across teams and departments.
- Comfortable managing competing priorit
📌 XM Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Innocean Canada
📍 Toronto