Senior Creative Operations Manager

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About the role

  • Senior Creative Operations Manager managing creative projects, workflows, and operational improvements for Toptal’s global talent network. Remote role supporting advertising, video, podcast, and social initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Own the operational side of the creative process from intake through delivery
  • Serve as a primary operations partner for complex creative projects, including advertising campaigns, video, podcasts, social, and other creative initiatives
  • Develop project plans, roadmaps, timelines, and milestones while maintaining accurate project information and status in project management tools
  • Manage the Creative Team’s weekly intake process and ensure projects are clearly defined, scoped, prioritized, and ready for kickoff
  • Identify and resolve gaps, risks, capacity constraints, dependencies, and potential timeline impacts
  • Partner with Creative Leads and cross-functional stakeholders to balance business needs, resources, and deadlines
  • Facilitate project kickoffs and weekly status meetings; document deliverables, owners, timelines, decisions, and next steps
  • Provide regular project updates and reporting on priorities, project health, overdue, at-risk, blocked, or impacted work
  • Escalate complex or high-impact issues to the Director of Creative Operations with context and recommended solutions
  • Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve processes, and increase operational efficiency
  • Manage multiple creative projects independently from intake through delivery
  • Build relationships with Creative Leads and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Improve and document Creative Operations processes and develop scalable onboarding resources
  • Implement improvements that increase efficiency, clarity, and predictability across the creative workflow

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree is required
  • 5+ years of project or creative operations experience within an advertising agency, design studio, creative department, or similar environment
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple creative projects with competing priorities and deadlines
  • Strong understanding of creative workflows and ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable project plans
  • Experience with project management platforms such as Asana, Jira, Trello, Monday.com, or similar tools
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
  • Ability to remain calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented under tight deadlines or shifting priorities
  • Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills across Creative and non-Creative teams
  • Proactive mindset and demonstrated ability to identify process improvement and operational efficiency opportunities
  • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and take ownership in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle varied challenges, deadlines, and contacts
  • Must work within one hour of Eastern Time (US)
  • Must be authorized to work in the US at the time of hire
  • Resumes and communication must be submitted in English
  • No visa sponsorship or assistance is offered

Benefits

  • Fully remote workforce
  • Remote position
  • Global team environment
  • Support structure encouraging innovation, social interaction, and fun

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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