Creative Operations & Traffic Lead for High-Volume Studio

Aquent (United States); Chicago (IL); In loco; USD 34.000 - 52.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Aquent seeks an experienced Creative Operations & Traffic Specialist to manage day-to-day production in a fast-paced in-house creative agency. You will own end-to-end traffic for 60–80 active projects and keep workflows running smoothly across design, content, development, and UX.

You will collaborate with the Head of the Agency 20-25 hours per week, triage requests in Asana, protect timelines, and provide real-time visibility into project health while ramping up during peak holiday periods.

Competenze

• 3-5 years of experience as Traffic Manager, Creative Project Manager, or Creative Operations Specialist in fast-paced environments.
• Asana power-user with templates, dependencies, and tidy workspaces.
• Assertive and diplomatic, able to hold peers and stakeholders accountable.
• Understanding of traditional creative production cycles and product design/UX handoffs.
• Comfort collaborating with Figma, Slack, Jira, and digital proofing platforms.

Mansioni

• Own end-to-end traffic management for 60-80 active projects across design, content, development, and UX.
• Triage requests, assess capacity, and route work using Asana templates.
• Identify bottlenecks, push back on unrealistic timelines, and manage scope changes with tact.
• Maintain real-time project health visibility through dashboards and PM boards.
• Ramp up quickly to cover day-to-day traffic operations during peak periods.

Conoscenze

Asana

Traffic management

Creative project management

Stakeholder management

UX/workflows understanding

Strumenti

Asana

Figma

Slack

Jira

Descrizione del lavoro

Aquent seeks an experienced Creative Operations & Traffic Specialist to manage day-to-day production in a fast-paced in-house creative agency. You will own end-to-end traffic for 60–80 active projects and keep workflows running smoothly across design, content, development, and UX.

You will collaborate with the Head of the Agency 20-25 hours per week, triage requests in Asana, protect timelines, and provide real-time visibility into project health while ramping up during peak holiday periods.