Creative Operations Traffic Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end intake and coordination of creative work by serving as the main link between internal partners and the studio, ensuring clear briefs, scoped timelines, and on-brand delivery.

  • Own intake and scheduling across design, video, digital, and motion
  • Align briefs, scopes, and timelines with the creative team
  • Track progress and re-triage priorities as needed

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Manage the day-to-day intake, triage, and assignment of incoming creative requests across design, video, digital, and motion graphics.
  • - Serve as the primary operational connector between internal business partners and the creative studio, ensuring clear briefs, defined scopes, and aligned timelines.
  • - Monitor project schedules, milestone progress, and asset delivery to ensure projects stay on time and on brand.
  • - Work closely with creative and production management leads to maintain visibility into studio bandwidth and resource availability during task assignment.
  • - Partner with internal clients during the kickoff stage to translate business needs into actionable, fully baked creative briefs.
  • - Demonstrate a strong foundational understanding of creative production workflows across print, digital, and video/multimedia to accurately scope effort and timelines.
  • - Act as a clear, communicative liaison between internal clients and creative staff, managing expectations on scope, bandwidth, and turnaround times with tact and clarity.
  • - Navigate shifting business priorities with flexibility, helping re-triage incoming requests when urgent business needs arise.

Requirements

  • - 3+ years of creative operations, traffic management, or producer experience within an agency or internal creative studio.
  • - Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Graphic Design, or a related field.
  • - Strong foundational understanding of creative production processes across static design, digital, and video/multimedia formats.
  • - Proven experience managing project intake, creative briefing, and internal client communications.
  • - Strong diplomacy and negotiation skills to handle pushback constructively when managing client expectations, rush requests, or competing deadlines.
  • - Hands-on experience with project management and workflow management software (e.g., Hive, Asana, Workfront, Monday.com).
  • - Exceptional organizational, communication, and multi-tasking abilities.
  • - Familiarity with design and video tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma) to understand asset requirements and formats.
  • - 3+ years of creative operations, traffic management, or producer experience within an agency or internal creative studio.
  • - Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits

  • - Incentive Bonus Plans
  • - Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
  • - 401K with Company Match
  • - 10 Paid Holidays
  • - Generous Paid Time Off Packages
  • - Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • - Paid Parental & Family Leave
  • - and more!

Motorola Solutions

About Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer Safety and security are at the heart of everything we do at Motorola Solutions. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Learn more about our commitment to innovating for a safer future for us all at www.motorolasolutions.com.

Founded in 1999
Chicago, Illinois, USA
26K employees (1,026 in marketing)

Salaries

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$75K/yr – $80K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
740 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
2.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

Funding

Total Funding
$1B
Last Raise
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$41.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.3%
Direct
48.3%
Referral
12.3%
Social
1.1%
Paid
1%

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