Creative Operations Manager

Hofmann; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Storio group is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to lead our in-house Creative Studio across albelli, Photobox, Hofmann, posterXXL, önskefoto and fotoknudsen brands. You will optimise planning, prioritisation and delivery of campaigns, and drive automation and AI-enabled processes to scale operations.

Partner with Creative leads, Brand, Product Marketing and agencies to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery and continuous improvement across the end-to-end creative workflow.

Qualifications

• Experience leading creative operations in a marketing studio.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and deliver campaigns across brands.
• Familiarity with automation and AI-enabled workflows.
• Strong collaboration with marketing teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative campaign planning and delivery across brands.
• Prioritise Studio work based on plans and capacity.
• Drive automation and AI-enabled workflows for efficiency.
• Implement AI-enabled planning tools to track priorities and timelines.
• Collaborate with Creative, Brand, Product Marketing, Channel teams.
• Coordinate with agencies and freelancers on timelines and budgets.
• Improve operations and end-to-end creative process.
• Monitor content budgets and spend within investment levels.
• Support the Creative Operations Specialist and studio leadership.

Skills

Campaign planning

Workflow optimization

Automation

AI tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Make Your Mark as an Creative Operations Manager at Storio group

About the role

As Creative Operations Manager, you lead the day-to-day operations of our in-house Creative Studio across all our brands: albelli, Photobox, Hofmann, posterXXL, önskefoto and fotoknudsen.

You are responsible for ensuring creative campaigns and projects are planned, prioritised and delivered efficiently, while helping evolve the Studio into a more scalable, AI-enabled and future-ready operation. A key part of the role is operationalising smarter workflows, automation and AI-enabled ways of working across briefing, planning, resource management and creative delivery.

You’ll work closely with the Creative Operations Specialist, who owns the day-to-day traffic management and workflow coordination for the Studio. You will support their development and help evolve the Creative Ops function, while partnering closely with the Creative Studio Manager and Creative leads to keep the Studio focused, efficient and set up for success.

You report into the Senior Marketing Operations Manager and work closely together to improve and evolve Creative Studio operations as part of a more scalable, integrated and future-ready content operation across Marketing.

How you embrace curiosity daily

• Lead creative campaign planning and delivery across brands and markets, from brief to final assets
• Ensure Studio work is prioritised effectively based on campaign plans, business needs and team capacity
• Operationally lead the adoption and evolution of automation, tooling and AI-enabled ways of working within the Creative Studio to improve efficiency and scalability
• Implement and use AI-enabled planning and workflow tools to improve visibility of priorities, timelines, dependencies, resourcing and progress across the Studio
• Partner closely with Creative, Brand, Product Marketing, Channel and Commercial teams to enable effective collaboration and smooth delivery across projects and campaigns
• Partner with agencies, freelancers and production partners to align timelines, deliverables and budgets
• Drive improvements in Creative Studio operations, workflows and ways of working across the team and throughout the end-to-end process from briefing to delivery
• Track content production budgets and oversee operational spend, ensuring delivery stays within agreed investment levels
• Support