Marketing Campaign Execution Manager

Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking value and fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world, creating more fulfilling work and projects for our people and clients.

Our Fortune 100 financial services client is seeking a Manager of Marketing Planning & Delivery to support their banking partner, a large Canadian national bank. This role will help drive marketing campaigns from planning through delivery, coordinating creative development, stakeholders, approvals, and overall project execution within a complex, highly regulated environment. The Details: Location: Downtown Toronto, ON (3 days per week onsite required) Duration: Approximately a 10-month consulting project with the possibility of extension (must be able to work on Blend’s W2 without requiring employer sponsorship) Benefits: We do offer benefits to our full-time consultants, including Health, Vision, Dental, 401K plan, Life Insurance, Pretax Commuter Benefits, and an incredibly supportive team cheering you on! What you’ll do: Campaign & Creative Project Management Drive end-to-end marketing campaign delivery from planning and briefing through creative development, review, approval, and execution. Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and approval workflows across multiple concurrent campaigns and workstreams. Coordinate effectively across marketing, product, creative, execution, and analytics teams to keep campaigns moving forward and ensure deliverables are completed on time. Partner with internal creative teams and external agencies to develop campaign assets and ensure work progresses efficiently through each stage of production. Brief creative teams and agencies with clear objectives, requirements, timelines, and stakeholder expectations. Manage creative review and revision cycles, consolidating feedback and ensuring final deliverables meet campaign objectives and brand standards. Perform final creative quality assurance prior to execution, with strong attention to detail across messaging, content, formatting, brand alignment, and required approvals. Stakeholder Management & Influence Build strong relationships across a highly matrixed organization and effectively navigate multiple layers of review and approval. Coordinate stakeholders across marketing, product, creative, analytics, execution, compliance, and other business functions to maintain alignment throughout the campaign lifecycle. Proactively identify roadblocks, competing priorities, and potential delays and develop solutions to keep workstreams on track. Facilitate productive conversations when stakeholder feedback is conflicting, unclear, or potentially impacts campaign objectives or timelines. Bring confidence and sound judgment to stakeholder discussions, including the ability to constructively challenge feedback when appropriate. Maintain clear communication around project status, decisions, action items, risks, dependencies, and next steps. Marketing Planning & Execution Support the planning and execution of customer engagement marketing programs and campaigns across multiple channels and touchpoints. Collaborate with marketing and customer journey teams to translate business objectives and customer needs into actionable campaign plans. Coordinate campaign development across multiple workstreams while ensuring alignment to broader marketing priorities. Support the development and deployment of creative assets while ensuring