Creative Project Manager
Job Summary
The Creative Agency Team (CAT) is Gamelofts internal creative agency responsible for producing marketing and user acquisition assets for games across multiple studios and regions.
Reporting directly to the CAT Lead the Creative Project Manager is responsible for ensuring the efficient flow of creative production activities across projects. This role acts as a central point of coordination between the CAT team and its stakeholders helping to ensure that work is clearly briefed properly planned well tracked and delivered on time.
The Creative Project Manager plays a key role in enabling smooth production by reviewing incoming briefs and requests confirming production readiness before kick-off managing timelines and priorities and supporting the team throughout all stages of the creative process. This person partners closely with the CAT Lead to maintain strong organization facilitate communication anticipate production needs and improve team efficiency through better workflows planning and documentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage creative projects end-to-end coordinating timelines milestones deliverables feedback rounds and approvals to ensure work is delivered on time and to expectations.
- Coordinate stakeholders and production teams acting as a central point of contact between the Creative Agency Team artists marketing UA game teams legal licensors and external partners.
- Drive production planning and prioritisation partnering with the CAT Lead to define priorities allocate work manage dependencies and proactively identify and resolve blockers and risks.
- Oversee project tracking and workflows maintaining accurate project plans schedules task assignments and progress tracking in Airtable while continuously improving production visibility and efficiency.
- Support creative quality and delivery ensuring briefs and assets are production-ready feedback is clearly communicated and final deliverables meet project requirements creative expectations and brand guidelines.
- Improve processes and ways of working developing documentation templates and best practices analysing production data and collaborating with other Creative Project Managers to drive consistency and efficiency across teams.
What success will look like
- Production readiness: Creative requests are clearly defined and production-ready before kickoff with briefs assets owners timelines and approvals in place.
- Reliable delivery: Projects are well planned tracked and delivered against agreed milestones with dependencies feedback approvals and risks anticipated early.
- Visibility & risk management: The CAT Lead artists and stakeholders have clear visibility of priorities progress blockers and delivery risks with issues addressed proactively.
- Strong collaboration: Communication with artists and key stakeholders is clear structured and proactive keeping expectations aligned throughout production.
- Operational efficiency: Workflows tools documentation and reporting are organised and continuously improved to increase visibility consistency and efficiency.
Overall: The Creative Project Manager provides the structure and support needed for the team to focus on creative quality while ensuring projects are delivered reliably and stakeholders remain confident.
Qualifications :
What you need to succeed
- University degree in project management production communication business or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in creative project management production coordination or content production ideally within the video game industry a creative agency environment or visual asset production pipelines.
- Strong experience managing multiple projects stakeholders deadlines and feedback loops in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with production management and collaboration tools such as Airtable Jira Trello or equivalent systems.
- Ability to review briefs and production needs with rigor and identify missing information before production begins.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills with the ability to manage shifting priorities and tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and maintain productive relationships with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain structure across complex production environments.
- Proactive mindset strong sense of ownership and ability to anticipate issues before they impact delivery.
- Understanding of creative production workflows for static and video marketing assets is a strong advantage.
- Knowledge of Agile or Scrum methodologies is a plus.
- Passion for video games and awareness of market trends is an asset.
- Previous experience managing complex productions such as trailers campaigns or multi-step approval workflows is an asset
Desirable
- Experience working within a Creative Agency or in-house creative department.
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary creative teams including video motion graphic design illustration capture or 3D.
- Experience configuring or improving Airtable bases interfaces automations dashboards and reporting systems.
- Experience creating process documentation workflow templates or operational guidelines.
- Understanding of marketing asset production and user acquisition pipelines.
Additional Information :
Whats in it for you
Perks & benefits:
- A flexible work model that supports worklife balance
- Subsidised car parking
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities to support career growth
- An employee referral program with generous bonuses
- Private health insurance and fitness subsidies
- Access to employee mental health and wellbeing support
- Paid parental leave
- Childcare assistance
- A dedicated relaxation space including a massage chair
- Additional paid leave including: Birthday leave Christmas shutdown leave Volunteer leave Womens health leave
- Free coffee from a commercial espresso machine plus daily snacks and a light breakfast
- Friday social drinks with friendly game tournaments
- A stunning rooftop terrace with river views and a games room
- Exclusive Gameloft-branded merchandise
Life at Gameloft
Gameloft Brisbane part of the global Gameloft family opened its doors in 2014 and has since delivered hit titles such as Zombie Anarchy Ballistic Baseball My Little Pony: Mane Merge the multi-award-winning The Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego.
Today we are the largest video game studio in Queensland employing more than 130 talented professionals across programming art design production QA audio marketing administration and management. Together we create immersive gaming experiences enjoyed by millions of players around the world.
We are proud to be developing Blueys Happy Snaps bringing one of Australias most iconic IPs to life in a brand-new interactive experience. As we continue to grow were also working on a range of exciting unannounced projects that will help shape the future of our studio.
At Gameloft Brisbane people are at the heart of everything we do. Our studio fosters a collaborative creative and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to contribute learn and grow. We are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified for recognising our strong culture inclusive practices and ongoing commitment to employee well-being.
Employee well-being is a top priority supported by flexible work arrangements wellness initiatives career development opportunities and world-class facilities. We actively invest in our peoples growth through mentorship training programs industry events and speaking opportunities that encourage everyone to develop their skills and make an impact.
As pioneers in Brisbanes game development industry we continue to push the boundaries of cross-platform game development while creating unforgettable experiences for players around the world. Whether youre an experienced professional or just starting your career youll find a supportive environment where creativity collaboration and innovation thrive.
Gameloft Brisbane is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our work environment.
Driven by a strong studio culture and a passion for creating meaningful experiences we build games that resonate with players around the world.
Ready to level up your career and join the team Apply now with your CV in English.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
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