Creative Operations Lead, AI World-Model Studio (Remote)

Runway; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the in-house creative department. Remote-friendly in the US, with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

You’ll own resourcing, scheduling, and project tracking across campaigns, product launches, video, social content, and events, partnering with leadership to meet ambitious deadlines. You’ll optimize intake, balance capacity and skill, run weekly planning, and ensure delivery quality while partnering

Qualifications

• 5+ years in creative resourcing, traffic management, or project management.
• Deep understanding of how creative work gets made and the ability to manage competing priorities without compromising quality.
• Experience with resource management and project tracking tools (Asana, Monday, Airtable, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Own resourcing and scheduling across the creative team — assigning projects based on capacity, skill set, and priority.
• Lead efforts while also managing a small team.
• Build and manage the team's project tracking, intake process, and production calendar.
• Run weekly resourcing meetings and facilitate prioritization decisions with the Creative Director and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Track all active projects from brief through delivery across brand campaigns, product marketing assets, video, social, web, tutorials, and events.
• Identify and resolve resourcing conflicts, bottlenecks, and deadlines before they become problems.
• Manage relationships with freelancers and external vendors — sourcing, onboarding, and overseeing delivery.
• Scope timelines and move work through feedback and approval cycles.
• Manage external production and contractor budgets.
• Build and refine bespoke AI-driven processes that help the team scale.

Skills

Creative resourcing

Traffic management

Project management

Resource management

Facilitation

Tools

Asana

Monday

Airtable

Job description

Runway is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the in-house creative department. Remote-friendly in the US, with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

You’ll own resourcing, scheduling, and project tracking across campaigns, product launches, video, social content, and events, partnering with leadership to meet ambitious deadlines. You’ll optimize intake, balance capacity and skill, run weekly planning, and ensure delivery quality while partnering