Creative Operations Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily functions of Runway's internal creative department.

• Direct resource allocation, scheduling, and project monitoring for brand campaigns, product launches, video production, social media content, website projects, events, tutorials, and marketing initiatives.

• Manage project intake and delegate tasks according to team capacity and skill sets.

• Conduct weekly resource planning meetings.

• Report directly to the CCO and collaborate with the creative director, social media lead, and cross-functional team members.

• Take ownership of resource management and scheduling within the creative team.

• Lead initiatives while overseeing a small team.

• Develop and maintain project tracking systems, intake workflows, and a production calendar.

• Facilitate decision-making on project prioritization.

• Monitor ongoing projects from initial brief to final delivery.

• Identify and address resource conflicts, bottlenecks, and overlapping deadlines.

• Oversee freelancers and external vendors, including sourcing, onboarding, and ensuring successful delivery.

• Define timelines and navigate projects through feedback and approval stages.

• Manage budgets for external production and contractors.

• Create and enhance customized AI-driven processes to enable team scalability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience in creative resourcing, traffic management, or project management.

• Preference for candidates with experience in an agency or production company.

• Profound understanding of the creative production process and the ability to balance competing priorities while maintaining quality.

• Familiarity with resource management and project tracking platforms such as Asana, Monday, Airtable, or equivalent tools.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

• Proven experience managing freelancers, vendors, and external production collaborators, including handling budgets and timelines.

• Capability to view the overall picture across multiple concurrent workstreams and predict potential issues.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment while developing processes alongside execution.

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary creative teams, including designers, writers, editors, and producers.

• Open to hiring remote candidates across the US, with a preference for New York-based individuals.

• If located in the US, applicants must provide authorization to work in the US on the application form.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity for success.

• Comprehensive compensation package, including salary.

• Possibility of future contact regarding job opportunities for up to 4 years, with the candidate's consent.