Marketing Operations Manager, Creative

The Marketing Operations Manager based in Denver will be a key driver of efficiency and coordination within the marketing function with an emphasis on Creative teams ensuring seamless execution of projects and campaigns across wholesale ecommerce brand and marketplaces. This role will enable the department to meet objectives by optimizing people processes technology and data.

As the primary liaison between marketing and other departments youll manage projects track progress and identify potential risks ensuring transparency and alignment. Youll set and maintain production rhythms oversee creative workflows review project briefs for accuracy and prioritize tasks to ensure timely budgetconscious delivery. Proactively managing timelines and resources youll keep groups informed and aligned driving smooth execution and highimpact results.

Our ideal candidate will be a selfstarter with strong organizational skills who excels in planning and executing multistakeholder initiatives. If youre a strategic thinker with strong business acumen analytical skills and problemsolving abilities (both technically and creatively) with a proven ability to build relationships influence and collaborate across all levels of an organization we want to hear from you.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the creative production calendar developing and maintaining campaign timelines and workback schedules.
• Establish a clear efficient creative production process that accommodates varying project scopes timelines and requirements.
• Set and manage key milestones for briefing review cycles approvals and asset delivery ensuring timely execution.
• Plan and coordinate creative and content production including photoshoots and asset creation.
• Identify vet and onboard agencies freelancers and vendors as needed to support creative execution.
• Enforce and develop best practices to ensure briefs and creative requests are delivered on time and with clear guidance.
• Track and drive the marketing project and creative pipeline in collaboration with marketing leadership.
• Organize and lead project and briefing meetings creative reviews working sessions and creative status meetings.
• Manage content updates intranet assets and job files for accessibility and organization.
• Develop and maintain SOPs and project management platforms by identifying inefficiencies and opportunities to automate delegate or eliminate steps for scalability.
• Monitor and report on creative bandwidth and production output to support resourcing and prioritization.
• Oversee and track the creative budget ensuring resources are allocated effectively.
• Oversee longterm (412 month) marketing and creative projects including ideation budgeting and execution.
• Support marketing leadership in identifying the resources stakeholders and timelines associated with meeting key business objectives based on TRUEWERKs strategic plan.

Qualifications :

• 5 years of experience managing crossfunctional creative projects within a marketing function. Agency experience is preferred.
• Musthave: Background in a tangible goods space such as CPG apparel outdoor or other hardgoods/softgoods products. 
• Musthave: Deep understanding of creative ideation and production across digital and physical touchpoints including but not limited to retail TV billboard email digital and other emerging channels.
• Musthave: Experience owning and implementing Agile methodologies and leading sprint cycles is required. PMP CAPM or ScrumMaster (CSM) certification is preferred.
• Ability to anticipate creative and marketing project needs in order to proactively drive resourcing and preparation to meet key business objectives.
• Experience partnering with designers agencies and vendors to execute creative projects.
• Previous roles as Creative Operations or Creative Project Manager are a plus.
• Experience with PM tools is required. Expertise in preferred including configuration of connected boards automations and workflows and custom reports and dashboards.
• Strong proficiency in Google Workspace / Google Suite.
• Basic proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and FIGMA.

This is a hybrid role requiring some time in our office. Candidates should be based near Denver Colorado and comfortable commuting to our office as needed.

Additional Information :

TRUEWERK is committed to providing fair and competitive compensation through a combination of base salary and performancebased bonuses. Other benefits include but are not limited to: 

• Employerpaid medical coverage
• Employerpaid dental coverage
• Optional vision coverage
• Employerpaid Life and AD&D insurance
• Employerpaid ShortTerm & LongTerm Disability coverage
• Affordable coverage for dependents and domestic partners
• Additional outofpocket insurance options
• HSA account with employer contribution
• 401K with company match
• Monthly technology stipend
• Annual performance bonus
• Unlimited PTO policy
• 11 company holidays
• Hybrid working schedule
• Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
• Free workwear for you and discounts for friends and family!

Salary Range: $base bonus

Applications for this role are expected to be accepted through May 2 2025.

TRUEWERK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at TRUEWERK are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color age religion family or parental status pregnancy sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state and local laws.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime