Senior Publishing & Creative Operations Lead

Erg-Media; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ERG Media is an independent publishing and creative company based in Milan, working across culture, design, automotive, travel, art and luxury. We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex publishing, creative and agency projects with the CEO and senior leadership, from brief to final delivery.

The role demands exceptional organisation, proactive collaboration with cross‑functional teams, and the ability to translate briefs into concrete production plans while maintaining timelines

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, production or creative operations.
• Proven experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Experience in publishing, editorial, a creative agency, luxury, fashion, design, art or another creative industry.
• Exceptional organisational and project-management skills.
• Strong understanding of creative production workflows.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own multiple publishing, creative and agency projects from brief to final delivery.
• Build and maintain detailed project timelines, milestones and dependencies.
• Maintain a clear overview of all active projects and establish weekly priorities.
• Manage ERG publishing titles across editorial, design, image research, print production and launch.
• Help manage ERG's annual publishing calendar and coordinate launch dates across titles.
• Coordinate designers, editors, producers, photographers, writers and external collaborators.
• Organise internal reviews, partner reviews, approvals and feedback cycles.
• Identify bottlenecks, delays and dependencies early and actively resolve them.
• Lead regular project and production meetings.
• Translate creative briefs into clear scopes, deliverables and production plans.
• Coordinate agency and partner projects from brief through delivery.
• Ensure clear ownership and next steps across multidisciplinary teams.
• Prepare concise project status reporting for the CEO and COO.
• Track project completion and coordinate invoicing milestones.
• Own and maintain ERG's project-management environment in ClickUp.
• Improve workflows, templates, automations and project-management processes.
• Maintain project documentation, onboarding materials and production playbooks.

Skills

Project management

Organisational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Relocation to Milan

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Monday.com

Notion

Job description

ERG Media is an independent publishing and creative company based in Milan, working across culture, design, automotive, travel, art and luxury. We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex publishing, creative and agency projects with the CEO and senior leadership, from brief to final delivery.

The role demands exceptional organisation, proactive collaboration with cross‑functional teams, and the ability to translate briefs into concrete production plans while maintaining timelines