Creative Production Lead for Brand & Campaigns

Perplexity; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to become the operational backbone of its creative team. You will coordinate production across brand campaigns, GTM launches, shoots, and partnerships, ensuring timelines, budgets, and compliance stay on track.

You'll bridge creative vision and execution, managing producers, vendors, and contractors, and partnering with Brand, Motion, Web, Comms, Product Marketing, and Partnerships to keep creative work moving smoothly.

Qualifications

• Experience as a producer on an in-house creative or brand team.
• Track record coordinating cross-team projects on time, on budget, and on brand.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, and agencies, including contracts.
• Experience organizing shoots—photo and video—and handling licensing/releases.
• Strong program and project management instincts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Fluency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite and the production process from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate creative projects across teams — owning scopes, timelines, budgets, and delivery.
• Be the single point of contact for cross-functional partners — triage, scope, and deliver requests.
• Source and manage vendors, contractors, freelancers, and external agencies.
• Organize and run shoots end-to-end: casting, location scouting, scheduling, crewing, on-set logistics.
• Own licenses, contracts, releases, and rights management.
• Build and run a production workflow and intake process.
• Partner with post-production to ensure assets are delivered on time and to spec.
• Protect the team's focus by handling operational weight.

Skills

Producer on in-house creative team

Cross-team coordination

Vendor & contract management

Shoot organization (photo/video)

Program & project management

Stakeholder communication

Enable creative work

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Perplexity is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to become the operational backbone of its creative team. You will coordinate production across brand campaigns, GTM launches, shoots, and partnerships, ensuring timelines, budgets, and compliance stay on track.

You'll bridge creative vision and execution, managing producers, vendors, and contractors, and partnering with Brand, Motion, Web, Comms, Product Marketing, and Partnerships to keep creative work moving smoothly.