Creative Operations Specialist — Studio & DAM

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool of experienced creative operations professionals to connect with enterprise partners for flexible employment engagements. The role involves managing end-to-end creative workflows, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring asset integrity and licensing compliance across DAM systems.

Candidates should have a background in Creative Project Management or Studio Management, with proven ability to optimize workflows and oversee studio operations, including

Qualifications

• Experience in managing creative workflow and timelines.
• Ability to oversee studio operations, routing, scheduling.
• Knowledge of asset handling, tagging, and DAM systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage creative intake, scoping, scheduling, resourcing, and end-to-end workflow
• Track timelines and deliverables across cross-functional teams
• Coordinate reviews, feedback cycles, and asset routing
• Communicate project status, risks, and alignment updates
• Optimize workflow tools
• Oversee daily studio operations, traffic management, and creative routing
• Manage team capacity, assignments, and SLAs
• Ensure proper file handling, naming conventions, and version control
• Partner with Creative Ops Lead on resourcing and process improvements
• Maintain studio documentation, logs, tools, and systems
• Manage digital asset ingestion, tagging, metadata, permissions, and delivery
• Maintain asset libraries, DAM structure, governance, and archival systems
• Support creative teams with asset access, rights, and retrieval
• Ensure compliance with usage rights, licensing, legal requirements
• Optimize DAM workflows and taxonomy
• Background in Creative Project Management, Studio Management, or Digital Asset Management
• Experienced in managing creative workflow, timelines, resource needs, and studio operations

Skills

Creative Project Management

Studio Management

Workflow Optimization

Asset Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Communication

Job description

Lifted is building a talent pool of experienced creative operations professionals to connect with enterprise partners for flexible employment engagements. The role involves managing end-to-end creative workflows, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring asset integrity and licensing compliance across DAM systems.

Candidates should have a background in Creative Project Management or Studio Management, with proven ability to optimize workflows and oversee studio operations, including