Creative and Studio Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Review incoming requests for completeness, accuracy and alignment with business goals
• Partner with Marketing, e-Commerce, Sales & Product Development stakeholders to clarify project needs and manage expectations
• Create, maintain and optimize the production schedule for design, copy, photography, video and post-production
• Build and manage timelines with clear milestones, handoff points and sequencing across creative, studio and cross-functional teams
• Ensure each group has sufficient time to complete their portion of the assignment without compromising quality or deadlines
• Facilitate communication between creative teams and internal clients to ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle
• Track progress against weekly and monthly production targets, ensuring the team stays on pace
• Monitor creative and studio output against quantified goals, including volume, velocity and on-time delivery benchmarks
• Measure performance against KPIs such as asset volume, turnaround time, on-time delivery rate and resource utilization
• Develop and maintain dashboards or reports that track creative and production output across all teams
• Identify workflow bottlenecks, flag risks and implement solutions to keep deliverables moving efficiently
• Implement and refine production processes, tools and workflows to increase efficiency and throughput
• Develop predictable, repeatable timelines that ensure smooth sequencing between teams and prevent last-minute crunches
• Drive continuous improvement in how creative and studio teams collaborate and deliver work. Foster a positive, organized, and solutions-oriented team culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in creative production management, agency operations or studio management
• PMP certification required
• Strong understanding of marketing workflows, creative briefs and campaign development
• Experience managing cross-functional creative teams and high-volume production environments
• Excellent organizational, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and maintain calm under pressure
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project and Gantt-chart based planning
• Understanding of photography, video production and post-production processes
• Experience supporting new product launches a plus