Creative Production Orchestrator

Perplexity; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to be the operational backbone of its in-house creative team in San Francisco. You will own production across brand campaigns, GTM launches, shoots, and partnerships, enabling designers, motion designers, and brand leads to focus on creative work.

You’ll bridge creative vision with execution, coordinating projects, managing licenses and contracts, and building scalable production workflows that keep timelines realistic and aligned with brand

Qualifications

• Must have producer experience on in-house creative or brand teams.
• Strong track record coordinating multi-team projects on time and on brand.
• Hands-on with vendors, contractors, and agencies, including contracts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects across multiple teams, owning scopes, timelines, budgets, and delivery.
• Serve as single point of contact for cross-functional partners (Comms, Product Marketing, Partnerships, Events).
• Source and manage vendors, contractors, freelancers, and agencies; negotiate and brief.
• Organize and run shoots end-to-end: casting, location scouting, scheduling, crewing, on-set logistics.
• Own licenses, contracts, releases, and rights management; ensure compliance and unblock the team.
• Build and run a production workflow that keeps fast-moving teams organized with minimal bureaucracy.
• Partner with post-production to ensure timely delivery to spec.
• Protect the team's focus by handling operational weight so creatives can excel.
• Support enabling great creative work rather than directing it.

Skills

Brand Producer

Creative Producer

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication

In-house production

Creative workflows

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Perplexity is seeking a Creative Operations Manager to be the operational backbone of its in-house creative team in San Francisco. You will own production across brand campaigns, GTM launches, shoots, and partnerships, enabling designers, motion designers, and brand leads to focus on creative work.

You’ll bridge creative vision with execution, coordinating projects, managing licenses and contracts, and building scalable production workflows that keep timelines realistic and aligned with brand