Traffic Manager - Production
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About the Role
We are seeking a highly organized Traffic Manager to oversee production planning, scheduling, and delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders. The role coordinates creative, production, editorial, and external vendors to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery.
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Responsibilities
- Manage end to end production workflows across multiple content streams and projects
- Develop and maintain production schedules, timelines, and resource allocation plans
- Coordinate content requests and ensure proper prioritization based on business requirements
- Monitor project progress and proactively identify bottlenecks, risks, and delivery challenges
- Act as the primary liaison between business units and production teams
- Establish and maintain production traffic processes, SOPs, and workflow standards
- Monitor and report on production KPIs including on time delivery rate, turnaround times, and resource utilization
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Media, Communications, Project Management, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field
- Minimum 8 years of experience in traffic management, production operations, project coordination, creative operations, or workflow management
- Experience within media organizations, government entities, creative agencies, broadcasting, publishing, or large scale content environments
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and cross functional teams
- Strong understanding of content production lifecycles and approval workflows
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Position Summary
- We are seeking a highly organized and detail oriented Traffic Manager – Production to oversee the planning, coordination, scheduling, and delivery of content production projects across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- The role will serve as the central coordination point between creative, production, editorial, social media, digital, design, video, photography, and external vendors.
- The successful candidate will manage production workflows, resource allocation, project prioritization, approval processes, and operational efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end to end production workflows across multiple content streams and projects.
- Develop and maintain production schedules, timelines, and resource allocation plans.
- Coordinate content requests and ensure proper prioritization based on business requirements.
- Monitor project progress and proactively identify bottlenecks, risks, and delivery challenges.
- Ensure all projects move efficiently through briefing, production, review, approval, and publishing stages.
- Coordinate workload allocation across internal production teams including Graphic Design, Video Production, Photography, Motion Graphics, Social Media Content, and Editorial Teams.
- Monitor team capacity and recommend resource adjustments when necessary.
- Balance competing priorities and ensure optimal utilization of production resources.
- Coordinate external agencies, freelancers, and production vendors when required.
- Act as the primary liaison between business units and production teams.
- Facilitate project kick off meetings and production briefings.
- Ensure all project requirements, timelines, and deliverables are clearly documented and communicated.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Media, Communications, Project Management, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in traffic management, production operations, project coordination, creative operations, or workflow management.
- Experience within media organizations, government entities, creative agencies, broadcasting, publishing, or large scale content environments is highly preferred.
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and cross functional teams.
- Strong understanding of content production lifecycles and approval workflows.
- Experience coordinating large scale production schedules and resource planning.
Must Have Technical Skills
- Traffic Management & Workflow Coordination
- Production Planning & Scheduling
- Resource & Capacity Management
- Creative Operations Management
- Project Management Methodologies
- Production KPI Reporting & Dashboards
- Workflow Automation & Process Optimization
- Content Approval Workflows
- Stakeholder Management
- Vendor & Agency Coordination
- Microsoft Project, Monday.com, Asana, Wrike, Airtable, Trello, or Similar Platforms
- Excel & Reporting Tools
Preferred Competencies
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines.
- Strong problem solving and decision making capabilities.
- High attention to detail and operational excellence mindset.
- Experience working in bilingual Arabic English environments is preferred.
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