Studio Project Manager (MENA, Dubai)

About the role

Scope and deliverables

• Run client intake: capture requests, clarify requirements and turn them into clear briefs for the creative team.
• Build and manage production schedules across concurrent campaigns, markets and formats.
• Plan resourcing and capacity across copy, design and motion, flagging risks to timelines early.
• Manage asset versioning, naming and file delivery for 180 to 250 resizes per campaign.
• Coordinate final QA (language, brand, specs) and hand off assets to the media agency against the media plan.
• Track every deliverable through review, approval and launch.
• Act as the day-to-day contact for the client's marketing teams, the media agency and the lead brand agency.
• Run status meetings, feedback rounds and approvals, and keep clear records of decisions.
• Manage scope and change requests, escalating where they affect timelines or budget.
• Set up the studio's operating model: intake process, project tracking, file structures and reporting.
• Work with the creative team to embed Gemini-enabled workflows that improve speed and throughput.
• Report on volumes, turnaround times and quality, and recommend process improvements.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project, programme or traffic management experience in a creative agency, production studio or in-house creative team.
• Proven experience running high-volume, multi-market creative production, including localisation and adaptation.
• Strong knowledge of digital production: video, social, display (HTML5) and static formats, and media agency handoff.
• Experience working with MENA markets; Arabic language skills are a strong plus.
• Confident with project management and workflow tools, and comfortable adopting AI tools to speed up operations.
• Experience setting up or scaling a studio, pod or new client team is a strong plus.
• Fluent English is essential.

Soft skills

• Highly organised, calm under pressure and comfortable managing many priorities at once.
• Clear, confident communicator with senior client stakeholders.
• Proactive problem-solver who spots bottlenecks and fixes them.
• Strong attention to detail across specs, versions and approvals.

Contract

• 12-month rolling contract.
• Location: Dubai, UAE.