Traffic Manager

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: 1 year contract with potential to extend.
Work set up: Hybrid (3 days per week in Cape Town office).

Our client a leading global financial services organisation is seeking a highly organised Traffic Manager to serve as the central hub for workflow management and resource allocation within the creative team. This role ensures all creative requests are prioritised assigned and delivered efficiently with full visibility. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment effectively balancing multiple workstreams while fostering strong collaboration across team

What you will do:

• Act as the central point of contact for workflow management and resource allocation ensuring requests are prioritised assigned and delivered on time.
• Manage the intake and review of creative briefs ensuring clarity alignment and accurate assignment.
• Re-prioritise effectively when urgent requests arise balancing business demands with creative team capacity.
• Allocate resources across projects as well as ad hoc requests.
• Maintain clear visibility of team workloads proactively balancing priorities to maximise efficiency.
• Partner with the Lead to support forecasting and resourcing strategies.
• Keep Workfront up to date by assigning tasks monitoring progress and ensuring production commences on agreed dates.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders ensuring transparency on capacity timelines and potential risks.

Qualifications :

• Mid-weight traffic management experience with the ability to handle multiple projects and reprioritize quickly under pressure.
• 25 years of relevant experience ideally closer to 5 years.
• Background in creative agency environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong organisational communication and time management skills.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced deadline-driven settings.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Workfront is advantageous.

Additional Information :

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract