Digital Studio Production Manager

The Manager, Digital Studio Production, is responsible for executing digital content initiatives across web and app channels within an in-house creative studio. This role serves as a digital production subject matter expert, translating creative and business needs into structured, executable plans and high-quality outputs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of digital producers (intake partners).
• Prioritize company business objectives.
• Ensure consistency in how work is scoped, estimated, and routed into production.
• Partner with senior manager on intake, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment.
• Uphold intake quality, ensure requests are digitally feasible, and translate requests into clear production plans, including timelines, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Develop and ensure project budgets align with internal cost and efficiency expectations. Track actuals vs. estimates, identifying variances, and correcting.
• Help manage end-to-end workflows and deliveries across projects.
• Assert proactive risk and priority management as needed to drive execution forward.
• Build partnerships with digital, marketing, and tech teams to deliver shared outcomes.
• Apply working knowledge of UX/UI principles to guide layout, interaction, and content behavior.
• Ensure deliverables are complete and executed per creative intent, consulting creative team as needed.
• Ensure outputs are optimized for digital channels.
• Provide clear reporting on project status, risks, and performance.
• Promptly escalate production challenges and risks to senior manager.
• Share resources and knowledge across teams.

Core Competencies & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, or relevant field.
• Five+ years’ experience in digital production, with two+ leading producers or intake teams.
• Trusted expert in digital production.
• Fluent in digital tools and workflows, and able to operate effectively across digital, marketing, brand, and tech teams.
• Experience delivering web and app-based content projects.
• Strong proficiency in Workfront, SharePoint, Figma, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Communicate clearly across all levels.
• Comfortable escalating for support as needed.
• Well versed in controlling actuals vs. plan.