Creative Production Manager

Aquent is partnering with an innovative and dynamic brand known for delivering exceptional experiences and a vibrant, engaging market presence. In this pivotal role, you will be the driving force behind bringing compelling campaigns to life, directly shaping how customers connect and engage with beloved offerings across multiple platforms. By orchestrating the creation and delivery of high-quality content that fuels paid media campaigns, your production expertise will immediately elevate the brand's presence and maximize creative investments on a national scale.

About the Opportunity

Our client is a leader in its industry, celebrated for its unwavering commitment to quality, community, and memorable experiences. Through this partnership with Aquent, you will join a passionate, collaborative team where your expertise in creative production will directly contribute to the visual and experiential identity of a highly respected brand. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your production prowess in a fast-paced, creative environment that values innovation and efficiency.

What You'll Do

You will manage the end-to-end production of creative assets, transforming strategic visions into tangible, impactful content. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you will streamline workflows, anticipate needs, and ensure the timely delivery of diverse marketing campaigns. Key responsibilities include:

• Partnering with creative and marketing teams, alongside external agencies, to deeply understand campaign priorities, deliverables, and launch timelines.
• Translating agency requirements into comprehensive, forward-looking production calendars and identifying resource needs.
• Overseeing creative production across multiple advertising platforms, including paid social, programmatic, digital display, and video.
• Coordinating asset development by internal design teams, managing specifications, versioning, adaptations, reviews, and final delivery.
• Proactively anticipating ongoing creative refreshes, testing needs, and campaign updates to stay ahead of demand.
• Managing photography, video, and original content production, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, vendor relations, and post-production.
• Collaborating with creative leadership to align content needs with upcoming campaigns and paid media deliverables.
• Strategically planning content production to maximize asset utility across paid media, CRM, web, print, and organic social channels.
• Managing production workflows, approval processes, deadlines, and integrated schedules to proactively resolve challenges.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance production efficiency and establish scalable workflows.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in creative production, digital advertising production, or integrated campaign production.
• Strong understanding of paid media creative formats, specifications, versioning, and delivery requirements.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with paid media agencies and managing creative production across multiple digital platforms.
• Proven experience coordinating internal design teams, photography/video production, and external production partners.
• Ability to develop comprehensive production schedules, anticipate content needs, and effectively manage multiple competing deadlines.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and Trello, as well as project management tools such as Asana, Workfront, or Monday.com.
• Exceptional organizational skills, strong communication abilities, meticulous attention to detail, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.