Full-time (Hybrid)
Company DescriptionOverviewWe’re looking for a Project Manager with hands‑on media agency experience to manage day‑to‑day project delivery for a dedicated client account at Zenith. This role requires a robust understanding of how media work moves from brief and planning through activation, optimization, and reporting—not simply experience managing general business projects.
You’ll turn media briefs and account deliverables into coordinated project plans, connecting planning, investment and activation, analytics, and client services teams. You’ll understand the inputs each team needs, the dependencies between workstreams, and the reviews and approvals required to keep delivery moving.
This is a hands‑on media account delivery role, not an agency‑wide transformation or technology implementation mandate. You’ll combine media knowledge with practical project management to challenge incomplete briefs, anticipate delivery risks, and help specialist teams stay aligned. Tools, automation, and AI are supporting capabilities;
they are not a substitute for media fluency.
ResponsibilitiesManage Project Delivery
Translate media briefs and agreed account deliverables into integrated project plans covering planning, activation, optimization, and reporting, with clear milestones, owners, deadlines, and dependencies.
Coordinate the flow of work from brief and scoping through media plan development, stakeholder review, approvals, activation readiness, and reporting handoffs.
Maintain connected timelines across concurrent media workstreams, tracking required inputs and approvals so changes in one area are reflected in downstream deadlines.
Coordinate Teams and Stakeholders
Connect media planning, investment and activation, analytics,



and client services teams;
clarify handoffs, required inputs, and ownership without taking over specialist media decisions.
Lead delivery‑focused status discussions using an understanding of media workflows to ask informed questions, identify missing inputs, and turn decisions into clear actions and deadlines.
Coordinate internal and client review and approval schedules with account leadership, allowing time for feedback, revisions, and downstream media delivery requirements.
Manage Scope, Risks, and Resources
Anticipate media delivery risks such as incomplete briefs, late assets or approvals, and conflicting workstream deadlines;
elevate early with practical options and clear delivery implications.
Track changes to scope, media requirements, and timing;
assess the effect on connected workstreams with specialist leads and confirm revised expectations with account leadership.
Work with media and analytics leads to understand capacity, sequence interdependent tasks, and surface resource conflicts during overlapping deadlines.
Maintain Visibility and Accountability
Keep media project plans, status reports, action logs, approval records, and deliverable trackers current, giving teams a shared view of what is ready, outstanding, or blocked.
Give account leadership a clear view of progress, upcoming milestones, outstanding approvals, and decisions needed.




Track delivery measures such as milestone completion, turnaround times, and overdue actions to identify improvements.
Improve Account Workflows
Apply account‑specific briefing, intake, handoff, and review processes that reflect how media teams work, rather than imposing generic project management processes.
Use existing project management and Microsoft 365 tools to reduce manual administration and improve visibility.
Identify opportunities for automation and AI‑assisted workflows where they support account delivery;
specialist development expertise is not the core requirement.
QualificationsMust-Have Skills & Experience
Hands‑on experience managing media projects within a media agency or client‑side media team. General organizational project management experience alone is not sufficient for this role.
Strong working knowledge of the media delivery lifecycle: briefing, planning, investment and activation, optimization, and reporting, including the inputs, reviews, and approvals that connect these stages.
Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent media workstreams, connect dependencies across teams, and maintain realistic timelines as priorities and requirements change.
Confidence working with media specialists, analytics teams, client stakeholders, and account leadership, using media terminology accurately and communicating delivery implications clearly.
Ability to interrogate a media brief for missing information, recognize delivery risks, and ask informed questions without needing every workflow or dependency explained from scratch.
Working knowledge of project management tools and Microsoft 365, with the ability to adapt tools and processes to team needs.

📌 Media Project Manager (Winnipeg)
🏢 Zenith
📍 Winnipeg