Digital Project Manager - 6 month FTC

Digital Project Manager

Vancouver, remote

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This is a 6 month fixed term employee contract. The role is fully remote, working PST hours from Canada, in either BC or Ontario.

This posting reflects an existing vacancy.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.

DEPT® is looking for a Digital Project Manager to join an embedded client marketing team.  This person will own multiple campaigns from initial request through launch and reporting.

They will translate high-level business needs into clear, strategically grounded briefs; lead creative and cross-functional teams through development; and ensure work is aligned, high quality and substantially ready before it reaches senior client stakeholders.

The ideal candidate combines strong project-management skills with strategic and creative judgment. They can operate autonomously, challenge work that is off-brief or below standard, manage changing priorities and take full ownership of delivery without requiring daily client direction.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Translate high-level business requests into clear, actionable campaign briefs
• Define campaign objectives, audiences, key messages, deliverables and measures of success
• Lead project kickoffs and debriefs, resolving gaps and answering team questions
• Manage multiple campaigns across creative development, reviews, approvals, production, QA, publishing and reporting
• Review copy, design and execution against the brief, customer need and expected quality standard
• Provide clear, consolidated feedback and constructively challenge work that is not strong enough
• Ensure work is substantially developed and requires only focused input from senior client stakeholders
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage priorities, timelines, dependencies and changing requirements
• Provide clear updates on progress, decisions, risks and next steps
• Identify and resolve problems independently, escalating only when broader support or decisions are required
• Apply campaign results and learnings to improve future work
• Hands-on experience building and launching campaigns within notification platforms, including targeting, personalization, URLs/deep links and other technical campaign configurations.
• Ability to troubleshoot campaign-build and publishing issues, including JSON-based configurations, through QA and successful deployment.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Seven or more years of experience in integrated marketing, campaign management, digital production or a related discipline
• Experience independently managing campaigns from brief through launch
• Strong strategic and business judgment, with a customer-focused mindset
• Confidence reviewing copy and design and providing clear, constructive direction
• Excellent project-management, prioritization and problem-solving skills
• Experience leading creative, development, QA, publishing and other cross-functional partners
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills
• The ability to turn ambiguity into clear direction and actionable plans
• A proactive, entrepreneurial approach and strong sense of ownership
• The ability to operate autonomously across multiple projects in a fast-moving environment
• Experience working within an embedded or highly integrated client-agency model is preferred.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 CAD. Salary is based on relevant experience, expertise, and organizational impact.

WE OFFER

• A flexible, hybrid working policy
• An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
• Mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
• 15 days paid holiday annually (plus Public Holidays).
• Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Friday.
• Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
• Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
• Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
• Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
• Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global - at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

AI Disclosure: At DEPT®, we use AI-assisted technology (Metaview) to capture notes and summarize interview conversations, so our interviewers can stay fully focused. Using the AI is optional, just let us know if you’d prefer it not be used.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.