Remote Design Operations Lead — Global Creative Studio

Coinbase, Inc.; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase Creative Studio leads at the intersection of art, culture, and technology, delivering high-impact campaigns and assets across channels. The Design Operations Manager will own the operating model, resource planning for design and motion talent, and scalability with agency partners.

You will balance strategic planning with hands-on execution in a fast-moving creative environment. This role requires guiding senior stakeholders, ensuring quality, and maintaining timelines across a diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design, business, communications, or related field; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Significant experience leading design operations, creative operations, or production management in a high-performing creative organization.
• A track record delivering creative work for world-class brands and products across multiple media.
• Proven experience developing resource strategy and managing global networks of contract design and motion talent, agencies, and production partners.
• Exceptional organizational judgement with ability to set priorities and clarify complex workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and align creative, marketing, production, and business teams.
• High bar for creative quality with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

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 work balancing priorities and timelines.
• 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 with quality and timeliness.
• Partner 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 delivery.

Skills

Design operations

Production management

Resource strategy

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Organizational judgment

Creative quality

Problem solving

Global network

Agency management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design, business, or communications

Job description

Coinbase Creative Studio leads at the intersection of art, culture, and technology, delivering high-impact campaigns and assets across channels. The Design Operations Manager will own the operating model, resource planning for design and motion talent, and scalability with agency partners.

You will balance strategic planning with hands-on execution in a fast-moving creative environment. This role requires guiding senior stakeholders, ensuring quality, and maintaining timelines across a diverse