Senior Publishing & Creative Operations Lead (Milan)

ERG Media; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ERG Media is a Milan-based independent publishing and creative company operating at the crossroads of culture, design, automotive, travel, art and luxury. We seek a Senior Project Manager to join our Milan team, centralizing management of our growing publishing, creative and agency projects.

This senior, hands-on role requires exceptional organization and proactive leadership as you work with the CEO, COO, editors and production teams from brief through delivery, coordinating timelines,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, production or creative operations.
• 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.
• Ability to translate creative briefs into actionable production plans.
• Based in Milan or willing to relocate to Milan.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Project management

Production

Creative operations

Editorial experience

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Attention to detail

Prioritisation

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Monday.com

Notion

Job description

ERG Media is a Milan-based independent publishing and creative company operating at the crossroads of culture, design, automotive, travel, art and luxury. We seek a Senior Project Manager to join our Milan team, centralizing management of our growing publishing, creative and agency projects.

This senior, hands-on role requires exceptional organization and proactive leadership as you work with the CEO, COO, editors and production teams from brief through delivery, coordinating timelines,