Head of Creative Operations & Production
Core
Own the single front door for creative demand, manage intake triage and prioritization, and lead the scaling of an in-house creative studio.
Role type
Senior leadership creative operations & production head
Builds
An in-house creative studio with optimized workflows, vendor management, and automated production pipelines
Domain
Creative production, marketing operations, and studio management
Deliverable
Production features (creative assets) and operational infrastructure
Required skills
Creative operations leadership, production management, budget ownership, team leadership, workflow automation, vendor management, rights/clearance management, work management platforms, digital asset management, AI/automation application
Preferred skills
Experience scaling in-house studios from scratch, deep judgment across creative ops and production disciplines
Technologies
Workfront, Asana, Wrike, Airtable, Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, Review and approval tooling
Responsibilities
Manage freelance and partner surge capacity, apply AI to reduce manual effort, establish cost-per-asset visibility, build brand/legal/accessibility review paths, influence senior stakeholders on trade-offs, organize organizational design for scaling
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership scope