About the Role
As a Creative Operations Specialist, you will evaluate, coordinate, track, and manage project deliverables within a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative environment. This role ensures complex projects flow efficiently through cross-functional teams, leads process improvement, and measures work effort and resource utilization.
Responsibilities
- Work with project leads to establish and estimate timelines, priorities, contingencies, and tactical scope for multiple, complex marketing and communications projects.
- Lead and organize project management tasks and activities to ensure business value and efficiency, including monitoring scope, timelines, reviews/approvals, and submissions.
- Support the development of and distribute communications and updates related to project progress/status.
- Track work effort, status, and resource utilization across the Internal Creative Agency.
- Coordinate post-project reviews (debriefs) and document measures of success and areas of improvement.
- Identify problems, risks, and opportunities, adapt to changing priorities, and initiate solutions to continually improve workflow and processes.
- Make recommendations and suggestions for process improvement and follow up to ensure recommendations are applied.
Requirements
- Completed college diploma in project management, business administration, advertising, marketing, communications, graphic arts, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years professional experience managing creative resources and coordinating projects and schedules within an advertising/marketing/design agency, commercial printer, or in-house agency.
- Depth of understanding in project management methodologies, processes, procedures, and best practices.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple, complex projects simultaneously across teams.
- Highly developed time management and organizational skills/strategies.
- Exercise sound and independent judgment and decision-making to ensure projects meet objectives and are completed on time and budget.
- Advanced skills in computer software and applications with strong formatting skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience using relevant project management systems technologies and systems.
- Strong communication skills, including written, verbal, active listening, comprehension, and facilitation.
- Ability to communicate at all levels internally and externally.
- Can contribute to building a positive culture, building affirmative relationships with all levels of staff and management.
- Maintain composure and professionalism during high stress situations or meetings/interactions.
- Will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment.
Skills
- Project management
- Creative resource management
- Project coordination
- Schedule coordination
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Project management systems
- Communication
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Active listening
- Comprehension
- Facilitation
- Critical thinking
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Regular Full-Time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- College diploma
- Certification/designation in Project Management is an asset
Salary/Compensations
- $60,574.00 to $100,956.00
Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- Flexible work options
- Paid time off
- Holistic approach to well-being
- Physical and mental health programs
- Supportive workplace culture
- Paid volunteer days
- Competitive salary
- Incentive programs
- Comprehensive total rewards package
- Group retirement savings plans
- Pension
- Benefits (health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage)
- Mental health support
- Employee assistance program
About the Company
- CGIC is a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society.
- We prioritize our people, ensuring a strong culture and development opportunities that enable our team to thrive and live our purpose.
- We work with people who care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.
Equal Opportunity
- This/these role(s) is/are currently vacant.
