Creative Studio Project Manager

DAVIDsTEA is a leading branded retailer and growing wholesaler of specialty loose leaf tea, offering a selection of signature blends, single-origin teas, and tea-related gifts and accessories through our e-commerce platform and 23 Canadian retail stores. Based in Montreal, we focus on innovative flavours, wellness-driven ingredients, and organic tea. We’re making tea fashionable and fun, and we pride ourselves on offering both the best possible service to our customers and a positive work environment for our employees!

We're looking for a Creative Studio Project Manager to join our team!

Reporting to the Chief Brand Officer, the Studio Manager will support our Creative Studio by managing the in-flow of projects within the Marketing department and acting as project manager for creative initiatives from intake through final delivery. This role works with various departments and individuals within DAVIDsTEA to ensure creative materials and resources flow through the company in a timely and efficient manner.

Sounds like you? Keep reading…

Responsibilities

• Act as central point of contact for receiving projects from various internal departments;
• Gather all pertinent information and requests and deadlines before checking with Marketing Leadership on how to dispatch to relevant teams and team members according to availability, workload, and expertise;
• Coordinate the execution timelines, feedback and routing of all market collateral such as advertising and other creative projects;
• Act as a liaison between Marketing and other internal departments to coordinate efficient and timely project processing;
• Responsible for developing project schedules and communication on progress, maintaining workflow records, and routing projects for approval;
• Working with organization to optimize use of project management tools that best suit the organization’s enhanced project needs.
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve project workflows, intake forms, task templates, dashboards, and status reporting within Wrike;
• Monitor the flow of materials and resources through to ensure timely delivery;
• Troubleshoot issues that arise to ensure projects remain on schedule in order for deadlines to be met.

So are YOU our next Creative Studio Project Manager?

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in Marketing and/or project coordination;
• Ability to work full-time on site.
• Undergraduate university degree or equivalent experience;
• Bilingual (English and French);
• Excellent organizational, time management, and project management skills;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal;
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment;
• Proactive approach and ability to anticipate problems and develop a plan of action to prevent delays in the workflow;
• Team-oriented with the ability to work independently;
• Ability to take detailed direction on project priorities and changing needs;
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications;
• Hands-on experience working within Wrike, or a comparable work management platform with the ability to configure projects, workflows, and dashboards;
• Strong technical capabilities, including the ability to learn new platforms quickly, build reports and dashboards, and produce data-driven updates on project status and team capacity;
• Working familiarity with creative production and digital asset management tools (Adobe Creative Cloud, DAM systems) an asset;
• Must be available to be in office 5-days per week
• Retail experience an asset.

Sound good? Then join us in our mission of making the world smile— one cup at a time.

DAVIDsTEA is passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and committed to building an inclusive positive work culture that fosters diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.

Benefits

• Insurance
• Paid holidays
• Life insurance
• Insurance of medical and paramedical expenses
• Dental insurance
• Sick leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee discounts
• Free parking
• Recognition of years of service
• Long Term Disability Insurance

Hours per Week: 40
Shift: Day
Schedule: Full-Time

The use of the masculine gender has been adopted in order to lighten the text and has no discriminatory intent.