Director, Creative & Studio Operations
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
Description -
As the Director Creative & Studio you will lead the strategy and day-to-day operations of HPs studio and broader agency ecosystem ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality on-brand this role youll guide cross-functional teams and external partners manage both agency and internal relationships and oversee core operational functions including budgeting forecasting and workflow execution. Youll play a key role in aligning creative operations with HPs business priorities while bringing a strong focus on efficiency governance and delivering measurable high-impact outcomes.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop highperforming teams across creative operations studios and partner engagements fostering accountability continuous improvement and collaboration.
Act as a senior advisor to marketing and business stakeholders and to the Senior Director of Creative Operations and NPI translating strategic priorities into executable creative and operational plans
Lead senior stakeholder engagement and alignment across Marketing NPI & Martech serving as a trusted advisor who translates business priorities into clear operating direction manages expectations and drives timely resolution of risks and escalations.
Operate and scale a highvolume lowcost studio production model establishing disciplined prioritization intake governance and escalation pathways to balance speed quality and cost while ensuring studio resources are deployed against the highestvalue business needs.
Own the endtoend management of external agencies and vendors including onboarding scope definition rate cards contracts and performance measurement.
Ensure agency output aligns to HP brand standards business objectives timelines and financial controls.
Build trusted outcomesfocused agency relationships while driving cost efficiency and value realization.
Own annual and inyear budgets for studio and agency operations including forecasting accruals and variance management.
Partner with finance to ensure financial accuracy compliance and disciplined spend management including for cost-neutral staffing
Drive cost optimization initiatives while protecting quality speed and strategic impact.
Performs talent management responsibilities including recruitment performance management coaching and career development.
Education & Experience Recommended
Experience leading AI and automationenabled transformation across creative marketing or studio operations including workflow automation intelligent tooling adoption and process redesign to improve speed scale cost efficiency and operational predictability.
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing Communications Business Administration or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 12 years of job-related and/or management experience preferably in creative operations agency management marketing operations or related fields
Knowledge & Skills
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Transformation
New Product Introduction (NPI) Leadership
Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
Leadership
Marketing Operations
Process Excellence
Content Strategy
Content Transformation
Program Management
Data-Driven analysis
Budget management
Finance management
Change Management
Strategic Planning
Martech & Digital Marketing Platforms
Workflow Automation & AI Enablement
Cross-Org Skills
Leadership
Prioritization
Resilience
Team Management
Strategic Thinking
Impact & Scope
Impacts multiple functions and may act as a lead to peers on cross-functional project teams working to establish and execute business goals.
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties skills responsibilities knowledge etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
The pay range for this role is $174350.00 - $261550.00 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.
Complexity
Contributes to the development of company objectives and achieves goals through subordinate high-level individual contributors and managers.
Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties skills responsibilities knowledge etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
Benefits:
HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies including;
4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
Job -
MarketingSchedule -
Full timeShift -
No shift premium (United States of America)Travel -
Relocation -
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Required Experience:
Director