Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Looking for a new role that will be both challenging and rewarding? Continue reading to see if this position captures your interest. The Manager, Studio Pre-Production Operations role is a key leadership position responsible for owning and scaling pre-production operations that enable efficient, high-quality content creation for our US eCommerce business. You’ll sweep us off our feet if: · You have strong experience in studio operations, production planning, or pre-production within a creative or eCommerce environment · You understand retail product content workflows end-to-end, from intake through final delivery · You are highly organized, analytical, and able to manage complex workflows and competing priorities · You have experience leading teams and developing talent in a fast-paced environment · You are skilled at building cross-functional partnerships and influencing stakeholders · You bring a process-oriented mindset with a focus on scalability and continuous improvement · You thrive in ambiguity and are energized by solving operational challenges at scale You’ll make an impact by: Pre-Production Ownership & Strategy · Owning the pre-production function, including planning, intake, and asset readiness · Establishing planning frameworks, intake models, and capacity strategies to support business needs · Designing and implementing scalable pre-production processes that improve efficiency and throughput Operational Excellence & Workflow Management · Driving workflow health across intake, planning, and readiness to ensure seamless production execution · Making decisions on team operations, prioritization, and process improvements · Forecasting, monitoring, and managing pre-production capacity, timelines, and deliverables · Improving speed, scalability, and quality of intake and pre-production outputs · Adapting to evolving business needs and leading through change Cross-Functional Alignment · Partnering closely with production, photography, styling, merchandising, and creative teams to ensure alignment · Driving clarity and coordination across upstream and downstream functions · Building strong relationships to support efficient handoffs and execution Team Leadership & Development · Directly managing pre-production team(s), including planners, coordinators, or producers · Setting performance expectations and holding the team accountable to goals and outcomes · Coaching, developing, and building team capabilities to support growth and scale · Supporting company mission, values, and ethical standards in all business practices Risk Management & Problem Solving · Anticipating upstream risks and dependencies that could impact production timelines · Building safeguards, contingency plans, and escalation paths · Identifying and addressing systemic challenges to improve overall operations Financial & Resource Management · Coordinating and managing pre-production budgets, resources, and vendor relationships as applicable · Optimizing resource allocation to balance cost, speed, and quality The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $155,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
__Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. __
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Content Management Systems, Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field, Working for or with creative agencies, Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)
Primary Location...
1601 SE 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.