Senior Manager, Creative Operations

The Trade Desk The Trade Desk · Media · New York, NY · Creative Marketing

The Trade Desk is seeking a Senior Manager, Creative Operations to manage initiatives for the creative team, focusing on editorial and events. This role involves developing and tracking project timelines, managing agency relationships, liaising between business leads and the creative team, and ensuring legal sign-offs for marketing collateral. The position also requires operating and improving the Project Management Tool and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure clear communication.

What you'd actually do

  1. Allocate and project manage initiatives assigned to the creative team; with a focus on editorial and events
  2. Develop and track timelines for a variety of projects ensuring adjustments are made as needed; including leadership reviews and final sign offs
  3. Own the creative ops relationship with several of our production agencies
  4. Act as the liaison between business leads and creative team to ensure appropriate information and creative ops best practices are being followed
  5. Work with other creative ops team members to pull reports and flag project prioritization to senior leaders of marketing team

Skills

Required

  • 7-9 years of experience in a project management role within a creative/digital agency or in-house creative team setting
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Business or related field
  • Strong familiarity with project management best practices and software
  • Excellent cross functional communication skills
  • Ability to pivot quickly while maintaining attention to detail
  • Experience coordinating multiple projects and working under tight deadlines with multiple stakeholders
  • Positive attitude and ready to learn