Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Armada is a hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure for organizations worldwide. The Creative Operations Manager keeps internal and external creative projects on track, manages contractors and vendors, and produces shoots by handling planning, budgets, logistics, and post-production coordination.
Responsibilities
- Own project management for all internal and external creative projects: set timelines, track status, flag risks, and keep every workstream moving
- Source, vet, and manage creative contractors and vendors: photographers, editors, motion designers, illustrators, print production houses, and equipment suppliers
- Produce shoots end-to-end: pre-production planning, budgeting, gear rentals, travel and lodging, on-set logistics, and post-production coordination
- Travel domestically and internationally to support shoots, events, and field productions
- Manage Armada’s merch program: vendor relationships, design approvals, quality control, order fulfillment, and ongoing inventory
- Help scope new creative endeavors: research vendors, methods, and costs to take ideas from zero to one
Skills
- • 4-7 years of experience in production, creative operations, or a hybrid producer/project manager role
- • Proven ability to run multiple complex projects at once. You hold every commitment, deadline, and detail in your head, and you build systems so you don't have to
- • Experience sourcing, hiring, and managing creative contractors and vendors, with a sharp eye for recognizing creative talent
- • Comfort building and managing budgets and tracking spend against them
- • Hands-on AV knowledge. You can spec a camera package, walk through an audio chain, and understand the gear that goes into a single or multi-camera shoot
- • Sharp soft skills. You can manage difficult vendor conversations and stay calm on set when something goes wrong
- • Open to travel on short notice, including international and to remote locations
- • Based in Los Angeles, with the ability to travel with the Creative Director on shoots and assist with gear and on-the-ground production
- • Experience at a technology company or startup, ideally in a fast-paced environment with limited existing infrastructure
- • Background in commercial, brand, or editorial production
- • Comfort working directly with C-level or founder-level creative leadership
- • Knowledge of the merch and apparel space, from design approval through fulfillment
Benefits
- This role is eligible for overtime.
- This role is a contract to hire opportunity with the intent to convert to full-time employment after 3 months contingent upon strong performance.
- Location: Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
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