Director, Creative Operations

This role will be based in San Francisco Bay Area or New York.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team. 

Were looking for a Creative Operations Director to build and lead the operational engine behind LinkedIns in-house creative studio. This role will own end-to-end workflow for creative projects helping our team scale best-in-class creative across our members and customers. This is an operations-first role focused on intake prioritization resourcing program management and agency management. Youll sit within our marketing organization and partner closely with Creative leadership studio teams agencies and cross-functional stakeholders to drive operational excellence and build scalable systems that improve visibility collaboration and accountability.

Were looking for a leader who operates with agility and flexibility navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities with clarity and sound judgment. The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of creative development and production workflows while staying focused on enabling the system around the work not owning the creative itself.

You also have a creative and innovative mindset in leveraging AI-driven tools and automation to improve how creative work gets done using technology to increase speed transparency and efficiency without compromising creative quality.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Operations Leadership

• Own the operational systems workflows and resourcing models that enable creative production across all formats and channels.

• Operate and evolve a hybrid studio model (in-house teams contractors and agencies) that can scale creative output efficiently while maintaining consistency clarity and creative integrity.

• Partner closely with Creative and Marketing leaders to translate creative concepts and priorities into clear plans realistic timelines and on-brief on-time execution.

Marketing Operations & Process Excellence

• Design and run the end-to-end creative intake prioritization and capacity planning process.

• Maintain end-to-end visibility into creative workstreams and proactively identifying risks removing blockers and driving clear consistent communication.

• Partner on creative content management system and asset repository ensuring ease of access compliance reuse and brand consistency across teams and partners.

• Implement streamlined workflow management tools to improve workflows and visibility.

• Define and evolve operating rhythms SLAs and tooling in close partnership with Creative leadership.

• Define and oversee achievement of key operational metrics that help us assess and continually improve upon operational metrics.
   

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a trusted operational partner to the senior marketing leaders to align creative ambition with operational reality.

• Foster a culture of accountability transparency and learning where creative excellence is supported by operational clarity and mutual trust.

• Continuously assess and improve how teams work together scaling best practices while allowing flexibility where needed.
   

Automation & AI-Driven Efficiencies

• Identify test and implement AI-powered tools that streamline creative operations including project tracking intake and prioritization asset tagging version control and reporting.

• Develop AI-assisted operational templates and processes that reduce manual effort and free creative teams to focus on strategy and storytelling.

• Partner with Marketing leaders to introduce and integrate AI solutions that improve speed scale quality and predictability of creative delivery without losing the human judgment and craft behind the brand.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in Creative Operations Studio Operations Marketing Operations or related operational leadership roles supporting creative or marketing organizations.

• 5 years of experience leading creative operations programs or teams driving workflow management resourcing and delivery across complex matrixed organizations.

• 5 years of experience managing creative project workflows including intake prioritization and capacity planning across multiple stakeholders or business units.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of creative development and production workflows across multiple formats and channels.

• Experience operating hybrid creative production models that include in-house teams agencies and contractors.

• Strong operational judgment with the ability to balance structure rigor and flexibility in fast-moving creative environments.

• Demonstrated experience implementing workflow management project tracking or operational tooling that improves visibility collaboration and accountability.

• Experience introducing automation or AI-driven solutions to improve creative workflows production efficiency or asset management.

• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior marketing brand and creative leaders to translate creative vision into scalable operational plans.

• Experience building or evolving operational processes resourcing models or studio operating rhythms in growing organizations.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive alignment across cross-functional partners.

Suggested Skills

• Creative operations

• Studio workflow management

• Creative program management

• Cross-functional stakeholder leadership

The pay range for this role is $179000-$280000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.   

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit  Information :

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