Creative Studio Ops Lead — Scale Campaigns with Flexibility

MAAP Co; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative Environment

Team Rides

Social Gatherings

Flexible Working

Job summary

MAAP, based in Port Melbourne, seeks a Creative Studio Manager to scale the Creative Team’s operations and deliver campaigns, launches, content, and experiences worldwide. You’ll drive structure, visibility and momentum in a fast-moving environment where ideas become campaigns that reach a global audience.

Reporting to the Head of Creative, you’ll own the end-to-end workflow, manage budgets and external partners, and ensure on-time, on-brand delivery with clear stakeholder visibility.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in creative operations, studio management or production.
• Experience managing complex creative workflows across multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Asana or similar project-management tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end creative workflow from intake to delivery.
• Lead briefing, prioritisation, scheduling and resource allocation.
• Build and maintain production timelines, calendars and plans.
• Drive adoption and optimisation of workflow systems.
• Partner with Marketing and Product to align briefs.
• Provide visibility on status, capacity, timelines and risks.
• Manage budgets, estimates and production spend.
• Coordinate freelancers, photographers, videographers and agencies.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Create environments for creatives to focus on high-quality work.

Skills

Project management

Operations

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Asana

Job description

MAAP, based in Port Melbourne, seeks a Creative Studio Manager to scale the Creative Team’s operations and deliver campaigns, launches, content, and experiences worldwide. You’ll drive structure, visibility and momentum in a fast-moving environment where ideas become campaigns that reach a global audience.

Reporting to the Head of Creative, you’ll own the end-to-end workflow, manage budgets and external partners, and ensure on-time, on-brand delivery with clear stakeholder visibility.