Freelance Creative Traffic Manager (24-32h/week)

Maxi-Cosi; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid on-site in Helmond

Potential permanent position in 2027

Freelance flexibility

Job summary

Maxi-Cosi is seeking a Freelance Creative Traffic Manager (24-32h/week) to centralize intake, brief validation, and prioritization for the creative team in Helmond. You will balance workloads, coordinate with stakeholders, and keep projects moving efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

The role starts freelance with potential for full-time in 2027. Expect 24-32 hours weekly, hybrid work with on-site presence in Helmond twice weekly, and close collaboration with the Creative Team.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Traffic Manager, Creative Project Coordinator, or similar role.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Excellent planning and coordination abilities.
• Experience in fast-paced marketing, creative, agency, or in-house creative environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage intake and coordination of all creative project requests.
• Review and validate incoming briefs for completeness and quality.
• Follow up with stakeholders to gather missing information and align expectations.
• Clarify project objectives, deliverables, timelines, and priorities.
• Assess creative team capacity and resource availability.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate workloads across multiple projects.
• Manage competing priorities and urgent business requests.
• Monitor project progress and identify bottlenecks.
• Serve as liaison between stakeholders and the Creative Team.
• Support improvement of briefing, intake, and workflow processes.
• Ensure projects move from request to delivery.

Skills

Traffic management

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Job description

Freelance Creative Traffic Manager (24-32h/week)

Helmond , Netherlands

24 July 2026

About us

Dorel Juvenile is the world's leading juvenile products company. Our well-known products and strong brands Maxi-Cosi and Tiny Love are complemented by regional brands and are available in more than 100 countries. We are proud to work with 2.700 highly driven professionals in 25 different countries.

All our talented employees share the same mission: to Care for Precious Life. We help families live carefree lives by providing them with juvenile products with the highest safety and comfort standards.

Our frontrunner mentality matches our position as a global market leader. Being first means we forge our own path; we explore new ways to enhance our brands. We are continuously reinforcing our leading position and believe that team spirit, personal drive, and accountability can make a real difference in achieving sustainable growth.

Your mission

We're looking for an experienced Creative Traffic Manager to support our Creative Team on a freelance basis for 24-32 hours per week.

In this role, you will be the central point of coordination for all incoming creative requests, ensuring projects are properly briefed, prioritized, assigned, and delivered efficiently. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business and partner with our creative team to balance workloads and keep projects moving forward.

This is initially a freelance assignment. However, there is potential for the role to transition into a permanent position within the team in 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the intake and coordination of all creative project requests.
• Review and validate incoming briefs for completeness and quality.
• Follow up with stakeholders to gather missing information and align expectations.
• Clarify project objectives, deliverables, timelines, and priorities.
• Assess creative team capacity and resource availability.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate workloads across multiple projects.
• Manage competing priorities and urgent business requests.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify bottlenecks.
• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the Creative Team.
• Support continuous improvement of briefing, intake, and workflow processes.
• Ensure projects move efficiently from request through delivery.

Your profile

• Experience as a Traffic Manager, Creative Project Coordinator or similar role.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to challenge and guide stakeholders on timelines, scope, and requirements.
• Highly organized with strong planning and coordination skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced marketing, creative, agency, or in-house creative environment.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of creative production workflows, including design, digital, campaign, content, and brand-related projects.
• Experience working with creative teams and managing resource allocation.

Are you ready to grow with us?

What We Offer

• A flexible freelance assignment of 24-32 hours per week.
• The opportunity to shape and optimize creative intake and workflow processes.
• A collaborative environment with close partnership across stakeholders and the Creative Team.
• Exposure to a broad range of creative projects.
• A role with significant ownership and autonomy.
• An anticipated long-term need, with the possibility of a permanent position within the team in 2027.
• Hybrid working arrangements with 2x a week on-site presence in Helmond.