Production Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Egypt, +4 more countries.

📋 Description

• Oversee client projects from the approved scope through to production, delivery, and final closeout.

• Monitor project timelines, deliverables, approvals, dependencies, outstanding assets, and crucial deadlines.

• Maintain transparency regarding ongoing production, upcoming projects, and potential risks.

• Follow up on any missing information, client approvals, assets, specifications, and deliverables.

• Identify and escalate issues related to timelines, resources, scope, or coordination.

• Facilitate transitions between client strategy, creative, media, sales, operations, and external production partners.

• Ensure that designers, videographers, editors, translators, media partners, and vendors receive the necessary information and materials.

• Organize creative briefs, specifications, production requirements, approvals, and versioning necessities.

• Manage production across digital advertising, social content, video, programmatic media, print, and other campaign deliverables.

• Track deadlines, deliverables, and production risks associated with external vendors.

• Review upcoming work and approved projects from a production standpoint.

• Identify any missing deliverables, vague specifications, unrealistic timelines, vendor requirements, and resource shortages prior to beginning production.

• Highlight projects that need additional budget, staffing, production assistance, or leadership involvement.

• Oversee project budgets, vendor expenses, and changes in scope.

• Participate in selected client meetings and provide updates on project status.

• Communicate asset requirements, deadlines, and approval necessities.

• Collaborate with leadership, the Creative Director, account strategy, and media teams.

• Evaluate workflows and document repeatable procedures, checklists, and project management systems.

• Identify tasks suitable for AI tools or automation and assist in implementing AI-driven workflows with quality control.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in agency production, project management, creative operations, marketing operations, or a comparable multi-client setting.

• Proven experience in coordinating creative teams, internal stakeholders, external vendors, and client deliverables.

• Experience managing projects with multiple deadlines, approvals, dependencies, and stakeholders.

• Familiarity with creative, media, advertising, video, or digital marketing workflows is highly preferred.

• Excellent project management, organizational, prioritization, and follow-up skills.

• Ability to identify production risks, dependencies, missing information, and potential delays.

• Proficient in using project management and collaboration platforms such as Monday, ClickUp, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Slack, or similar tools.

• Capable of coordinating work across various departments while managing competing priorities.

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to remain composed under pressure.

• Ability to independently manage responsibilities and discern when issues need to be escalated.

• Keen on identifying opportunities for process enhancement and more efficient production workflows.

• Interest in AI, automation, and tools that enhance operational efficiency.

• Must be available to work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST, aligned with the client’s time zone.

• Resume must be submitted in English and PDF format.

• A video demonstrating skill sets must be submitted using the same email address as the application.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work setup.

• Exposure to creative production, media, client strategy, vendor management, process improvement, and AI-enabled operations.

• Opportunity to contribute to the advancement of an AI-focused marketing agency.

• Chance to assist in building a more efficient delivery model.