Traffic Manager - Sports/Media/Entertainment- Durban
Traffic Manager - Sports/Media/Entertainment- Durban
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Job Title: Traffic Manager
Location: Durban South Africa
Salary: R40000 per month
A leading organisation in the professional sports and entertainment sector is seeking a dynamic Traffic Manager to join its inhouse creative team. This role is vital to ensuring that all creative and content projects are delivered on time on brief and with operational excellence.
The successful candidate will coordinate workflow across departments manage project timelines and resources and act as the communication hub for all internal stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven organised individual who thrives in a fastpaced highperformance environment.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the full lifecycle of creative content and social media projects.
- Define and manage production schedules and workflows.
- Maintain project tracking tools (e.g. Asana Notion ).
- Handle new project intakes and ensure clarity on briefs deadlines and deliverables.
- Balance speed with quality across all creative outputs.
- Allocate resources across creative teams (design video social copy).
- Anticipate capacity issues and offer proactive solutions.
- Act as the central point of contact for project coordination and task clarity.
- Adapt workflows to match urgent needs such as events live content or lastminute changes.
- Liaise between creative teams and departments such as marketing commercial and brand.
- Manage expectations and communicate progress or challenges.
- Lead status meetings WIPs and standups to keep all stakeholders aligned.
- Report regularly on project pipeline progress and potential risks.
- Continuously improve systems tools and processes for better team efficiency.
- Support the implementation of workflow software and file management systems.
- Monitor performance metrics (turnaround time completion rates) to identify improvement areas.
- Ensure assets are delivered on time for digital platforms partners or external use
Requirements:
- Minimum 4 years experience in a traffic project or operations role within a creative or content team.
- Strong project management and resource coordination skills.
- Understanding of digital and social media content production workflows.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across departments.
- Experience with tools such as Asana Airtable or similar.
Desirable:
- Experience in a fastpaced eventdriven or sportsfocused environment.
- Understanding of live content demands and branded content cycles.
- Comfort working across time zones and distributed teams.
- Familiarity with sponsorrelated deliverables and timelines.
How to Apply:
Contact Hire Resolve today for your next careerchanging move
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
Send your CV to: or connect with Mischa Bornman via LinkedIn.
Alternatively you can also contact me directly at Hire Resolve
We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.
Duties & Responsibilities
Desired Experience & Qualification
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
