Creative Operations Manager

PISTOLA Denim•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$90,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Creative Operations Manager manages creative projects from brief through delivery across two brands, coordinating timelines, milestones, responsibilities, approvals, and asset creation for e-commerce, email, paid media, organic social, wholesale, seasonal lookbooks, and brand campaigns. The role manages creative intake and request prioritization with Marketing and Creative, maintains Asana as the central source for project status and deliverables, coordinates internal and external creative resources, and keeps cross-functional stakeholders aligned on priorities, dependencies, and next steps. The position partners with Marketing and the Art Director on campaign, lookbook, and e-commerce photoshoots. It coordinates production logistics—including casting, talent, crew, locations, schedules, product readiness, samples, and shot lists—and serves as a production contact for external partners. The manager also supports shoots on set, oversees photo and video post-production and review workflows, consolidates stakeholder feedback, tracks asset versions and approvals, confirms technical handoff requirements with E-Commerce and Digital teams, and maintains an organized digital asset library.

Requirements

8+ years in creative project management, creative operations, or production.
Hands-on experience coordinating photoshoots and managing photo and video post-production with internal teams and external partners.
Ability to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, and detailed timelines across two brands.
Ability to anticipate dependencies, identify bottlenecks, and resolve issues before they affect delivery.
Clear, confident communication skills and ability to build strong working relationships and keep teams accountable.
Strong working knowledge of Asana or a similar project management platform, digital asset management systems, and creative review workflows.
Available to work on-site at the Los Angeles headquarters and attend local shoots.

Nice To Haves

Experience in fashion, retail, or e-commerce.
Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Responsibilities

Manage creative projects from brief to delivery, establishing timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and approval deadlines across both brands.
Coordinate asset creation for e-commerce, email, paid media, organic social, wholesale, seasonal lookbooks, and brand campaigns.
Manage creative intake and prioritize requests in partnership with Marketing and Creative, ensuring briefs are complete and teams have what they need to execute.
Maintain Asana as the central source for project status, deliverables, feedback, and deadlines.
Coordinate internal designers, copywriters, and external creative partners, balancing workloads and flagging scheduling conflicts or resource needs.
Support cross-functional project tracking across both brands, keeping stakeholders aligned on priorities, dependencies, and next steps.
Partner with Marketing and the Art Director to plan and execute campaign, lookbook, and e-commerce photoshoots.
Coordinate casting, talent availability, crew, locations, schedules, and production logistics in alignment with approved creative direction and budgets.
Serve as a production contact for photographers, agents, digital teams, and other external partners, aligning everyone on shoot requirements, deliverables, and timing.
Coordinate with internal teams on shot lists, product readiness, samples, and channel-specific asset needs.
Provide on-set production support to help keep shoots organized, on schedule, and aligned with planned deliverables.
Manage photo and video post-production workflows, including selects, retouching, editing, review rounds, and final delivery.
Consolidate feedback from internal stakeholders and communicate clear, actionable direction to external partners.
Track asset versions and approvals, ensuring final deliverables meet the brief, technical specifications, and launch deadlines.
Partner with E-Commerce and Digital teams to confirm asset formats, crops, naming conventions, and handoff requirements.
Maintain an organized digital asset library so approved files are current, accessible, and easy to locate.