Studio/Design Traffic Manager

About IBG

Position Overview

Studio Operations and Workflow

• Own end-to-end studio workflow across multiple brands, channels, and project types.
• Intake, triage, and prioritize requests from Brand, Sales, Trade Marketing, eCommerce, and Product Development.
• Build and communicate timelines, schedules, trackers, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Coordinate resources across design, content, production, and copy teams.

Resource Planning

• Allocate and reallocate resources based on business priorities, volume peaks, and launch calendars.
• Monitor team capacity and utilization, flag risks early, and recommend reprioritization, timeline, or external-resource solutions.
• Manage freelancer and external vendor engagement, including onboarding, scoping, and integration into studio workflows.

Alignment and Improvement

• Partner with Creative, Marketing, Brand, and Project or Account leads on priorities, scope, and deliverables.
• Facilitate status and production meetings and act as the central point of contact for project status.
• Document and evolve studio processes, standards, tools, reporting, and ways of working.
• Identify bottlenecks and lead improvements that support speed, quality, and consistency.

Qualifications

• Four to seven or more years of experience in traffic management, project management, or studio operations.
• Experience managing many concurrent projects with competing deadlines and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, planning, time-management, communication, judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with project management platforms such as Asana, Monday, Wrike, or Workfront.
• Experience in CPG, beauty, retail, or consumer brands is an asset but not required.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range is $60,000–$80,000 depending on experience.
• Benefits include health and dental coverage, retirement savings with employer match, and opportunities for professional growth.

Workplace

• The role is hybrid, with the opportunity to work remotely two days per week.