Creative Projects & Traffic Lead

Energy Jobline ZR; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

401(k) and profit sharing

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Professional development

Career advancement

Team events

Downtown Stuart location

Job summary

Cotton & Company, Stuart, FL, is seeking a proactive project/traffic manager to own creative workflows and keep projects moving from concept to delivery. You will coordinate with account execs, designers, copywriters, and production teams to optimize timelines in a fast-paced agency environment.

Ideal candidates thrive on structure, enjoy solving bottlenecks, and communicate clearly to align multiple departments.

Qualifications

• Experience organizing creative/marketing workflows in an agency or similar environment.
• Ability to implement efficient project management processes and templates.
• Comfort using AI-assisted tools to improve visibility and efficiency.
• Strong communication to align departments and client-facing staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workflow of the Creative Department.
• Assign projects based on capacity, deadlines, skill sets, and priorities.
• Build and maintain project schedules from kickoff through final delivery.
• Lead project kickoff meetings and ensure briefs are complete before work begins.
• Monitor workloads and balance resources across the department.
• Identify scheduling conflicts, risks, and bottlenecks before they impact delivery.
• Work closely with Account Executives to prioritize projects and communicate timelines.
• Keep project management software current with schedules, milestones, assignments, and deliverables.
• Coordinate internal reviews, revisions, approvals, and production deadlines.
• Follow up with team members to ensure deadlines are met and projects move forward.
• Communicate schedule changes and shifting priorities across departments.
• Help establish and improve agency workflows, templates, and operating procedures.
• Track project status and provide regular updates to leadership.
• Support process improvements through automation and AI tools.
• Help maintain a positive, collaborative culture across the creative team.

Skills

Organizational skills

Checklists

Bottlenecks

Process improvement

Communication

Decision making

PM workflows

AI tools

Job description

Cotton & Company, Stuart, FL, is seeking a proactive project/traffic manager to own creative workflows and keep projects moving from concept to delivery. You will coordinate with account execs, designers, copywriters, and production teams to optimize timelines in a fast-paced agency environment.

Ideal candidates thrive on structure, enjoy solving bottlenecks, and communicate clearly to align multiple departments.