Temporary Senior Manager, Creative Operations

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$92K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level6+ years expTemporary

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the operational backbone of a fast moving creative function, turning intake, prioritization, and capacity planning into steady, scalable production across design, copy, video, and shoots.

  • Own end-to-end creative operations from intake to delivery, aligning design, copy, video, and production with business priorities.
  • Lead process maturity and capacity planning to eliminate bottlenecks and scale with demand, including freelance networks and vendor partnerships.
  • Champion transparency with shared roadmaps and dashboards, and pilot AI/tools to speed output and maintain quality.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Co-architect and implement scalable creative operations systems that streamline end-to-end workflows across design and marketing stakeholders.
  • Lead the transformation of creative process maturity, establishing clear intake, prioritization, feedback loops, and measurement frameworks.
  • Proactively identify and eliminate bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or redundancies in creative delivery.
  • Own and manage creative production timelines, trafficking, and deliverables, rolling up sleeves to support execution.
  • Serve as operational support to the in-house creative team, ensuring smooth daily execution while planning for long-term scale.
  • Oversee the effective execution of creative productions, shoots, and events, and ensure maximum usage, creative asset production, and value is extracted from productions.
  • Build and maintain robust capacity and resource planning models that align team bandwidth with business priorities.
  • Partner with creative and marketing leads to forecast needs and adjust in real-time based on shifting demand.
  • Develop and manage a flexible network of freelance talent, production vendors, and creative agencies to augment internal capabilities.
  • Evaluate and implement right-fit partnership models based on creative complexity, speed, and scale.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience working in a Creative Operations role in-house or at a creative agency
  • Ideally has had creative agency experience and understands the nuanced differences in creative orgs, skill sets, and specific disciplines.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment, especially on multiple brands at one time
  • Detailed understanding of design, copy, video, and digital best-practice guidelines.
  • Strong understanding of different marketing platforms with regards to creative deliverables
  • Budget management and optimization experience.
  • Social Media and Digital first production expertise is highly desired.
  • The desire to build strong relationships across the organization and with external partners/agencies; demonstrates solid interpersonal and intrapersonal skills
  • Expert level communication and problem solving skills
  • Leads as a team player, with the ability to manage projects aligned with cross-functional departmental goals

Preferred

  • Experience with creative agency environments is a plus
  • Experience with AI tools and automation in creative operations is desirable

Benefits

  • We offer benefits to eligible employees including medical, dental, retirement, and generous leave policies.
  • Flexible vacation, generous parental leave, and wellness-related offerings.
  • Mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning resources, plus engaging perks and discounts.
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In 16+ countries across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, The Knot Worldwide champions the power of celebration. The company’s global family of brands provides best-in-class products, services, and content to take celebration planning from inspiration to action. At the core of The Knot Worldwide business is our industry-leading global online wedding Vendor Marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a comprehensive suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations and registry services that make wedding planning easier for couples around the globe. Each year, The Knot Worldwide connects 4 million+ couples with nearly 850,000 vendors within its global wedding Marketplace.

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