Remote Design & Motion Operations Leader

Coinbase, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase Creative Studio seeks a Design Operations Manager to own the operating model across design and motion, coordinating with talent, agencies, and production partners. You will manage resource planning, capacity strategy, and cross-functional execution to scale a fast-moving studio while preserving quality.

The role requires proven experience in design operations within high-performing teams, with ability to balance strategic planning and hands-on delivery across multiple media and brands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design, business, communications, or related field.
• Significant experience leading design operations, creative operations, production management, or similar.
• Track record delivering creative work for world-class brands across multiple media and channels.
• Experience developing resource strategy and managing global networks of contract talent, agencies, and partners.
• Excellent organizational judgment with ability to set priorities and drive alignment across complex workstreams.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the design and motion operating model for Creative Studio, including planning, resourcing, prioritization, review, delivery, and reporting.
• Set resource and capacity strategy across a broad portfolio of creative work.
• Build and scale a global ecosystem of contract talent, agencies, and production partners.
• Establish operating rhythms, planning systems, and reporting for visibility into capacity and risks.
• Lead high-impact design and motion initiatives across multiple workstreams while upholding quality and brand expression.
• Collaborate with creatives, producers, strategists, marketers, and senior stakeholders to translate priorities into executable plans.
• Identify bottlenecks and create scalable tools and processes to increase speed and impact.

Skills

Design operations

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Agency partnerships

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Coinbase Creative Studio seeks a Design Operations Manager to own the operating model across design and motion, coordinating with talent, agencies, and production partners. You will manage resource planning, capacity strategy, and cross-functional execution to scale a fast-moving studio while preserving quality.

The role requires proven experience in design operations within high-performing teams, with ability to balance strategic planning and hands-on delivery across multiple media and brands.