Creative Operations Lead — AI-Driven Studio & Campaigns

Fanatics Inc.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Inc. is building a leading global digital sports platform with a dedicated Leeds office. The role focuses on end-to-end management of creative projects, ensuring briefs are complete, and maintaining a responsive studio schedule.

You’ll drive cross-team collaboration across brand, marketing, product, and social to meet briefs on time. The ideal candidate brings 4+ years in creative operations, strong relationship skills, and a keen eye for production workflows.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in creative project management, creative operations, digital production, or marketing operations.
• Ability to build strong relationships with the multiple teams, including the creative, brand, marketing, external partners and wider stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of creative workflows and production processes, ideally within an in-house studio.
• Proven ability to run a high-volume pipeline across multiple concurrent campaigns.
• Proficiency with Airtable, Figma, Google Workspace, and Slack, with a real instinct for process improvement.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented — across versions, approvals, specs, and deadlines.
• A calm, direct communicator who can hold a line with senior stakeholders while keeping the relationship strong.
• Comfortable presenting process improvements or workflow case studies from past roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end management of creative projects, delivering on time and on brief across the campaign calendar.
• Own brief intake: review incoming requests and ensure every brief arrives complete and ready for action.
• Build and maintain the studio schedule, resourcing the team against live and forecast demand.
• Assign work thoughtfully, with clear direction, deadlines, and context.
• Keep project tracking and timelines accurate in Airtable and the rest of the studio toolset, so the whole team can rely on them.
• Review deliverables for quality, brand consistency, and inclusion of legal, regulatory, and responsible gaming requirements.
• Own the creative relationship with brand, marketing, media, product, and social teams.
• Manage approvals across creative leads, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders — driving timely sign-off and keeping an auditable record.
• Manage freelance and agency onboarding, POs, and invoicing alongside the Director, Creative Operations.
• Champion AI-assisted production and workflow tools where they add speed without compromising quality or compliance.

Skills

Creative project management

Relationship building

Workflow understanding

High-volume campaigns

Airtable

Figma

Google Workspace

Slack

Calm direct communicator

Tools

Airtable

Figma

Google Workspace

Slack

Job description

Fanatics Inc. is building a leading global digital sports platform with a dedicated Leeds office. The role focuses on end-to-end management of creative projects, ensuring briefs are complete, and maintaining a responsive studio schedule.

You’ll drive cross-team collaboration across brand, marketing, product, and social to meet briefs on time. The ideal candidate brings 4+ years in creative operations, strong relationship skills, and a keen eye for production workflows.