Senior Traffic & Production Manager

Lulalend; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Traffic & Production Manager to join its Marketing team in Cape Town. This role involves overseeing workflow in the creative studio, managing project resources, and ensuring timely delivery of various creative campaigns. Candidates should have significant experience in traffic management within an agency environment, combined with strong leadership and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 achieved.
• 5+ years experience in traffic management or project management.
• Experience managing production of creative assets.

Responsibilities

• Manage briefs, project resourcing, and team workloads.
• Oversee delivery of creative work including ATL campaigns and PR.
• Facilitate planning meetings and manage schedules.

Skills

Project Management

Traffic Management

Creativity

Team Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree / Diploma in Digital / Marketing

Tools

Jira

Wrike

Asana

Job description

Job title : Senior Traffic & Production Manager

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town Deadline : July 11, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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OVERALL PURPOSE

• If you have earned your stripes in an agency environment and you have experience in both traffic and production, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Marketing team as a Senior Traffic and Production Manager.
• You will be working closely with the Brand Director to ensure our in-house creative studio runs like a well-oiled machine. This involves managing briefs, project resourcing and team member workloads, scheduling reviews, and leading on-time delivery of projects. You will also be responsible for assisting with creative production from photography and video shoots to radio recordings, etc.
• Ultimately, you will be responsible for managing the workflow of creative designers and copywriters, ensuring that all projects are delivered on time and to brief. Sound like your calling? Read on.

As the Senior Traffic and Production Manager at Lula, your role will involve :

• Leading delivery of work ranging from ATL campaigns and PR to content marketing and webinars. You’ll manage the workflow of creative projects, ensuring they are delivered on time so that we not only smash deadlines but also can plan for the future.
• Use project management / tracking software like Jira / Wrike / Asana to manage and schedule briefs efficiently.
• Facilitate creative workflow planning and ensure appropriate allocation of resources to projects to drive resourcing to maximum efficiency.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team of creatives, managing their schedules across multiple projects including CRM, social media, website, PR, campaigns and internal requests.
• Chase after briefs as required – don’t feel shy to demand the brand team deliver as expected.
• Plan and facilitate planning and key meetings – manage the schedule for new projects and work closely with project leads to manage expectations and effectively problem-solve resource management based on new or changing priorities.
• Manage freelancers and submission of invoices
• Report to the Brand Director and broader marketing team on the current workflow and communicate any upcoming issues.
• Because we are a small team, we will also rely on your project management skills to handle the production of our creative assets – dealing with external suppliers like sound studios, film companies, animation studios, etc.

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Grade 12 achieved
• Degree / Diploma or related qualification in Digital / Marketing
• 5+ years experience in traffic management and / or project management
• Experience managing the production of creative assets
• Essential : Experience working in an advertising agency or creative studio
• Essential : Willingness to be a dragon when needed. Assertive personality and able to chase after creative humans to drive delivery
• Solid understanding of project management tools like Wrike, Chase, Monday.com, Jira etc.
• Can manage working under pressure.
• Incredibly organised, takes ownership of driving reviews, meeting agendas, outcomes and actions.
• A go-getter and all-rounder willing to pick up any ad hoc tasks to help the team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Can juggle balls and herd cats.
• Team player with a “can do, will do” attitude.

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