Project Manager
AdFarm, a 35+-year-old Agri-Marketing business whose PURPOSE is to be a catalyst for the evolution of agriculture. To help agriculture move forward, we are reinforcing the importance of service in how we work and behave—towards our clients, suppliers, connections, and of course, our fellow AdFarmers.
We all work together to bridge the gap between producer and consumer.
We specialize in Strategic Planning, Creative Services, Public Relations, Media Planning, Marketing Science, Content Creation and Research. If you want to belong to a team that does that well every day, this company's a great fit for you.
Our clients range from crop and crop chemical, nutrition & protection to technology, sustainability, food & animal health. If you have experience working with this type of client – or want that experience – this role will be a great fit.
You will love it here if you follow these GUIDEPOSTS:
Are you being agile? Responding quickly to changes—from the client and in the marketing world. Making actionable decisions. Doing whatever it takes to get it done well—on time and on budget. Developing and following processes that allow for even greater effectiveness.
Are you being smart? Right from the start. Knowing when to ask, when to act and when to use all of your resources to solve a problem? Investing in yourself to keep up with the ever-evolving world of our clients—and our communications industry.
Are you being helpful? Pitching in when it counts and doing whatever it takes to do an amazing job for your clients. Having direct and difficult conversations when necessary. Setting clear expectations for you, your supervisor and those you supervise.
As the Project Manager You'll love coming to work every day if you Get, Want, and have the Capacity to be accountable to the following:
- Creating Estimates/Statements of work
- Build and monitor key project parameters (budget, scope, resources, risk, schedule)
- Manage jobs and tasks in Workfront
You'll have success here if you value clear processes and feel qualified to do the following things:
- Work with Account Managers to build and nurture relationships with clients: Understand the client: Learn about the client's business and its needs. When invited by the AM, interact with client on project execution matters.
- Develop, maintain and execute project plans throughout the defined project lifecycle. Accounting for defined activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort and duration.
- Ensure campaigns are completed on time, on budget and on target.
- Review creative brief and reference materials, verifies information is complete and ready for project start.
- Work with the Creative Lead to determine creative team assignments (or freelance is needed) and maintain the resource forecast.
- Project Manager creates & enters estimate in WorkFront for approval of the Account Manager, this is to be completed in a timely fashion agreed upon by both AM & PM.
- Develops SOW specifications for approval by Account Manager.
- Schedules input/kick-off meeting with Creative, Account Manager, Public Relations and Media (if appropriate). Identify agency time and materials required to complete project.
- Assign teams, tasks and work orders in WorkFront
- If photography applicable, coordinate with Art Director on action steps required for final images.
- Support Creative team on needs for photos, illustrations, models, talent for broadcast production services.
- Update work orders as required. If necessary, communicates job specifications changes to any effected resources.
- Schedule internal creative review with Creative Team and Account Managers. Advises individuals when their hours have exceeded the number of hours estimated for the project.
- Verifies with vendor that information is complete including specs and POs.
- Provides necessary updates and direction for all resource groups to prepare and release files.
- Quality control on requested changes to be sure that they are complete and accurate.
- Other ad-hoc duties as required
- In consultation with Senior Project Management.
- Provide performance measurements (Marketing Science Data) against campaign objectives to strategy team in order to assess necessary adjustments and changes in communications tactics.
- Monitor and control key parameters (budget, scope, resources, risk, schedule) while maintaining quality standards on all deliverables.
- Generate request for quotation to outside vendors for approval.
- Book meeting with Account Manager after completion of project to review financial tracking against billings.
We train our team to help them succeed, and everyone on our team helps with our success. In this role, you'll need to come to the table with the following skills and qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in project management in a creative agency environment
- BS in Project Management or related education is required
- Shown experience creating estimates, statements of work and an understanding of the resourcing processes.
- Shown experience working with cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with project management software (Company is currently utilizing WorkFront)
- Proficient in project management methodologies and the creative asset development project lifecycle.
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and deliver results on time.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to influence, motivate, and ensure collaboration of cross-functional teams.
- Proactively sees opportunities to increase knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as problem-solve and improve processes.
- Design, production, or web development experience is an asset.
We offer all Employee's 3% RRSP contributions on an annual basis, a Health Spending Account, Health & Cell Phone Reimbursements, and we can offer a Hybrid working environment with a wonderful group of top talent individuals.
Culture is everything for us and so we do our best to hire according to alike values and mutual respects.
We are a TEAM and we are looking for like minded individuals that are eager to contribute as such.