Project Manager, Marketing Communications

Remote within Canada / Sudbury hybrid or in-office

Full-time, permanent

Design de Plume Inc. is an Indigenously-owned, women-led creative agency with its headquarters in Sudbury, Ontario. We provide these services to governments, not-for-profits, cultural organizations, healthcare, and higher education institutions. DDP seeks to expand its operations both domestically and internationally with a team of dynamic and innovative professionals.

Design de Plume is looking for a Project Manager who likes bringing order to complex creative work without making the process feel rigid.

You’ll manage a mix of branding, web, print and strategy projects, working directly with clients and a multidisciplinary creative team. We’re looking for someone who stays a few steps ahead: keeping project plans current, spotting risks early, following through on details and making sure everyone knows what’s happening next.

• Own multiple creative projects from kickoff through close-out, across branding, web, print and strategy
• Build and actively maintain scopes, workbacks, budgets, project documentation and approvals
• Stay ahead of timelines and dependencies, identifying risks and resolving issues before they become blockers
• Act as the primary client contact, leading meetings, status updates and day-to-day communication
• Translate client needs and feedback into clear, actionable direction for the project team
• Coordinate internal reviews, QA and approvals across disciplines
• Manage changing priorities and scope while keeping clients and internal teams aligned
• Lead retrospectives and contribute to improving how projects are planned and delivered

• Agency or studio experience: You understand the pace and complexity of managing multiple client projects, priorities and project teams at once.
• Strong project ownership: You keep scopes, workbacks, budgets and project documentation accurate and current throughout the life of a project.
• A proactive approach: You spot risks before they become problems, follow up without being prompted and make sure loose ends actually get closed.
• Clear, confident communication: You can lead client conversations, translate feedback into actionable next steps and keep the right people informed without over-communicating.
• Comfort with ambiguity: You can take an unclear request or changing requirement, ask the right questions and create a practical path forward.
• Sound judgement: You know when to solve something independently, when to involve the project team and when an issue needs to be escalated.
• Collaborative instincts: You can work effectively with designers, developers, clients and other contributors while keeping responsibilities and expectations clear.
• Curiosity and adaptability: You’re open to learning across cultures and disciplines and comfortable adjusting your approach when a project calls for it.

• $60,000 / year salary
• 2 weeks of holiday (plus paid closure between Christmas & New Years)
• 4 paid personal days / year
• Extended health & dental benefits as well as RRSP-matching after 6 months of employment
• Professional development allowance (training, certifications, etc)

• Full-time, permanent
• Probation period of 6 months
• Candidates must currently reside in Canada
• Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:30pm ET
  • While our hours follow Eastern Time, we offer flexibility for team members in other time zones to modify their schedules to maintain effective overlap and work-life balance.