Director, Creative & Content Operations, Blavity, Inc. - Est. Salary: $115K - $145K
Blavity, Inc. is a venture-funded technology and news media company, founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable Black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & Gen Z through original content, video, and unique experiences. The company has grown into a market leader for Black media, reaching 250 million users per month through our growing brand portfolio, including Blavity News, Blavity Politics, 21Ninety, AfroTech, Travel Noire, and Shadow & Act. Assembled of passionate, high-energy, and focused rock-stars, our Blavity, Inc. Team executes our values at the forefront of mind: Love of Community, Transparency and Communication, Collective Responsibility, and Fail Fast. Blavity, Inc. is continuously looking for new team members to help us continue to scale, cultivate our community, and advance our strategic direction.
Job Summary:
Blavity Inc. is seeking a Director, Creative & Content Operations to manage the operations of all incoming owned and operated creative and content requests from brief to final distribution of assets across Blavity Inc’s portfolio of brands. This person will oversee a team of project managers, graphic & UX/UI designers, post-production video & audio and copy editors.
This department helps organize and evolve our creative and content processes, systems, resources, tooling, projects, and programs that enable our teams to scale and create world class content.
Process planning, workflow efficiency, attention to detail and exceptional communication are second nature to this analytical and thorough leader and will have a proven track-record developing great teams, systems and excellent project management experience.
This role will report directly to our CBO/CFO.
Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain processes to ensure the highest level of operational excellence for Creative Services team, including but not limited to, templatization of service proposals and project kickoffs, communications or analysis to ensure projects follow brand guidelines/standards and workflow management to improve efficiencies and capacity utilization
Oversee project intake & workflow, review creative briefs, assign resources and manage the production schedule for all incoming projects, including but not limited to: creative design, asset creation, copywriting, O&O video and audio production, O&O landing pages and microsites, 360 digital tentpole campaigns
Work closely with our VP of Creative Strategy and Creative Director to ensure efficiency and a high-level of communication across the creative ecosystem
Institute, monitor, and continuously improve upon project management systems, templates and tools across all creative & content operations
Develop effective and actionable reports to provide weekly updates to various stakeholders across organization
Evaluate outside service providers or contractors; provide direction in the development of tailored services and is responsible for resource allocation and approval of said contractors project to project
Optimize and maintain an ideal asset management system
Responsible for managing the team’s budget and KPIs
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree
Required Experience:
5+ years of project management or creative operations experience
5+ years of people management experience
Additional Qualifications:
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and overall quality of output
Deep experience of implementing process improvements
A healthy appreciation of GIFs and Black culture
Details:
This is a fully remote role, occasional travel may be required.
Candidates must be available to work at least 50% in alignment with the Pacific Time Zone.
The salary range for this role is $115,000 - $145,000.
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter online by tapping “Apply Here”