Sr. Manager, Creative Operations

Santa Monica, CA (Hybrid)

$167K/yr – $198K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end project management and operations for Roku’s Creative Studio across global teams, delivering on-brief creative work with scalable processes.

  • Own cross-functional planning, resources, and reporting to meet deadlines and budgets
  • Must-have: 8–10+ years in creative/marketing operations with leadership experience
  • Standout: Proven ability to build processes, mentor teams, and drive automation initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the day-to-day and long-term evolution of the Project Management and Operations team inside the Creative Studio, ensuring product teams have the right tools, processes and resources to execute on-time, on-budget, on-brief creative deliverables.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact between Creative Studio and cross-functional partners for planning, prioritization, and status of work across multiple time zones and geographies.
  • Own resource and prioritization management, measurement and reporting working to reconcile quarterly reporting against capacity.
  • As part of resource management both internally and externally, own and facilitate the relationship with vendors of the Creative Studio, helping teams secure resourcing, and overseeing contracts and relationships.
  • Establish and refine operational frameworks, SLAs, reporting and standards for how Creative Studio partners with Marketing, Product and Advertising — making it simple and predictable to work with the team by refining global workflows and tooling.
  • Manage and grow a high-performing project management team, providing clear direction, coaching, and career growth opportunities to build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, where the team feels empowered to lead projects raise issues early and propose solutions.
  • Identify and champion AI and automation opportunities (e.g., for intake triage, resourcing, status reporting, asset management, or documentation) to streamline workflows, unlock efficiency, and improve quality of work.
  • Model Roku’s culture and values — acting as a culture carrier within the Brand & Creative team and across the broader organization evangelizing our work, our standards, and to build trust and partnership.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years of experience in creative operations, marketing operations, or project management, with significant experience in integrated marketing or creative development; streaming, entertainment, or subscription business strongly preferred.
  • 5+ years of people management experience leading project management / operations teams in an in-house creative org or agency.
  • Demonstrated success building and evolving processes and frameworks for creative or marketing organizations — not just operating within existing ones.
  • Proven track record driving cross-functional alignment across marketing, product, content, advertising, and other partners, including working across multiple time zones and geographies.
  • Experience implementing and optimizing project management tools and systems such as Asana, Workfront, Airtable, Jira, or similar, plus strong proficiency in Excel/Sheets and presentation tools.
  • Skilled communicator with strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills — able to succinctly communicate with executives, stakeholders, and creatives.
  • Comfortable making data-informed decisions in ambiguous, fast-changing environments; able to balance speed, quality, and risk.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring and growing talent, creating clarity on roles and expectations, and supporting career development.
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or related discipline preferred, but not required.

Preferred

  • Experience evaluating and/or implementing AI and automation tools within creative or marketing workflows is a plus.

Benefits

  • This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.
  • Global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources.
  • Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension).
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With the #1 platform for streaming television in the U.S., Roku wants to revolutionize the way the world watches TV. Our Roku-branded TVs, Roku TV models, Smart Home system, streaming players, audio equipment, and the purpose-built operating system that powers it all can turn any home into a home theater, with seamless integration of hardware and software. Our commitment to our users extends to our brand studio, which creates innovative Roku Originals exclusively for The Roku Channel, a free channel that reaches approximately 80 million households in the U.S. and Mexico. Join us and you'll have the chance to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. Be a part of shaping the future of streaming at weareroku.com.

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