Studio Manager, Brand & Creative

Responsibilities

• Studio Operations & Project Management
• Own the day-to-day running of the studio, ensuring all projects are tracked, prioritised and delivered on time
• Administer and continuously improve the team’s use of Asana as the central workflow management system — ensuring it is kept accurate, up to date and used consistently across the team
• Maintain a clear, up-to-date picture of current and future team capacity and workload, flagging risks and resolving bottlenecks proactively
• Chair regular team stand-ups and project reviews, ensuring actions are clear and followed through
• Maintain and communicate clear SLAs for creative delivery, ensuring stakeholders understand turnaround commitments and that the team consistently meets them — escalating where timelines are at risk
• Brief Management & Creative Quality Control
• Act as the first point of review for incoming briefs, ensuring they are sufficiently developed before creative resource is committed
• Push back constructively on briefs that are unclear, incomplete or disproportionate in scope — protecting the team’s time and focus
• Intervene where projects risk becoming overcomplicated, helping the team find practical, efficient routes to strong creative output

Requirements

• Proven experience in a Studio Manager, Creative Project Manager or similar operational role within a creative, design or in-house agency environment
• Demonstrable track record of managing complex project portfolios and competing priorities in a fast-paced setting
• Hands-on experience with Asana or a comparable project and workflow management platform — able to configure, maintain and champion its use across a team
• Experience managing freelance and agency supplier relationships, including commercial and quality oversight
• Demonstrable experience owning and managing a freelance and supplier budget, with evidence of disciplined spend management and cost efficiency
• Track record of building and managing SLAs in a creative services context, with evidence of maintaining delivery standards against defined commitments
• Experience developing and maintaining template and asset libraries in collaboration with brand teams, with a track record of reducing rework through smart asset management
• Experience building reporting dashboards and using data to measure and improve operational efficiency
• Demonstrated practical use of AI tools to improve creative production — candidates who can show concrete examples of how they have used AI to make design, video, motion or content workflows faster and more efficient will be at a significant advantage
• Strong organisational and project management skills — you plan ahead, anticipate problems and act before they escalate

Preferred

• Demonstrated practical use of AI tools to improve creative production — candidates who can show concrete examples of how they have used AI to make design, video, motion or content workflows faster and more efficient will be at a significant advantage