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Position Summary:
Reporting to the Executive Director Marketing and Branding, the Creative Operations Advisor is responsible for creative operations and managing high-impact projects. Transform the marketing team’s creative process by developing a solution that is adapted to McGill’s environment. Create a process that will drive efficiency and foster collaboration within our team and with stakeholders, even in our decentralized context. Work with the team to implement this new creative process and deliver top quality creative work. Work on other production tasks
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provides strategic guidance on creative operations and project management, and works closely with the Creative Director.
- Acts as dotted-line manager to the Creative team (graphic artists, video and multimedia, live events).
- Leads the development of a new creative process, and launches, provides training for, and fully implements this new process.
- Manages, and is accountable for, timelines and budget-tracking for university-wide marketing and branding initiatives locally, across Canada, and around the world.
- Will evaluate the need for a new project management tool, and either oversee the procurement of such a tool or optimize the current solution to enhance the speed, efficacy and quality of our creative processes and products.
- Ensures framework alignment and process comprehension by creating comprehensive onboarding and training materials for the team.
- Acts as project manager for the Marketing team, above and beyond creative-only projects.
- Acts as production manager to organize photo and video shoots, and sources suppliers as needed.
- Allocates creative teams/staff to specific projects
- Assesses staffing/upskilling needs to ensure optimal resource utilization.
- Provides senior-level advice on Marketing project-planning, ensuring strategic project prioritization and resource allocation.
Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities
- BA in relevant field
- Undergrad + 5years of experience on both the creative agency and client side
- Completed, in the process of completing or plans to complete within 6 months of hire, a project management course (PMP Certification preferred)
- Demonstrated experience with process building and optimization
- Demonstrated experience in Project Management, Project allocation and resource prioritization
- Superior organisational and operational skills
- Passionate about high quality creative
- Hyper-collaborative and superior interpersonal skills
- Comfortable with change and uncertainty
As one of Montreal's Top Employers, here is what we offer:
- Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
- Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
- Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
- Competitive vacation policy
- Two (2) personal days
- Two (2) floating holidays
- Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
- Paid time off over the December holiday period
- Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
- Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level # 3 on a scale of 0-4.
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Minimum Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree 3 Years Related Experience /
(MPEX Grade 04) $64,770.00 - $80,960.00 - $97,150.00
Job Profile:
MPEX-COM2A - Internal External Relations - Professional 2
33.75 (Full time)
Executive Director (Marketing and Branding)
Position End Date (If applicable):
2025-08-19
McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@mcgill.ca.
