TRAFFIC MANAGER: IN-HOUSE: GAMING/ENTERTAINMENT
Traffic Manager – Operations / Traffic / Production
Cape Town – Western Cape
All bets are on! A renowned gaming and entertainment company (part of an international Group) has an excellent on-site opportunity for a Mid-weight Traffic Manager to traffic the Marketing Creative team at their HQ in Cape Town’s CBD.
As Traffic Manager you will be the point of contact for incoming Marketing projects, work requests, and briefs from both within the business (and the greater Group), which you will translate into clear Marketing briefs. You will be responsible for the recording, tracking and delivery of multiple project plans, content coordination, quality assurance of end products, and project support. You will achieve this in line with deadlines and brand and company quality standards, ensuring the seamless implementation and consistent delivery provided by the Marketing Creative team in line with artistic briefs.
The Traffic Manager manages the traffic requests and delivery of creative design products by the internal creative team. You will also serve as the custodian of the Project Management platform (Asana) for the Marketing team.
Don’t miss this winning opportunity to work at this legendary company – apply today!
Responsibilities
- Be the point of contact for the creative team and receive and channel traffic flow requests from the team for the delivery of creative work
- Translate requests into usable marketing briefs and bookings / allocations of all related tasks onto the project management platform (Asana)
- Keep a daily status update of all requests / projects received by the department, and manage the production of creative content against brief and timelines
- Develop project plans / calendars and compile, track and manage timelines, plans for various projects in consultation with various team members
- Co-ordinate, allocate and manage resources and prioritisation of jobs
- Compile campaign plans and deliverables with timelines and activities
- Monitor tracked time and utilisation rates
- Set-up reviews and ensure relevant stakeholders are available to attend.
- Develops and sustains strong professional relationships with key internal customers as well as external suppliers
- Acts as an art and freelance buyer for photography, illustrations and designers when required
- Manage the relationship with the creative team around any obstacles, challenges or delays
- Act as a resource on special projects and provide project support as required by the marketing team
- Understand costs relating to freelance creative design, photography, storyboard design, etc.
- Project co-ordination / project management from inception to completion
- Works closely with printers around planning to ensure that creative concepts are ready for production
- Works closely with creative team to ensure the preparation of final materials for publication
- Hold daily and weekly project status meetings to share progress and updates and provide input and compile minutes to record deliverables by each accounts manager.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- 3-Year Degree / Diploma in marketing, communications or journalism
- At least 5 years’ previous Traffic management experience running projects and traffic management in the creative industry in an agency/inhouse or design studio – essential
- Assertive, level-headed, calm and presentable individual
- Knowledge of Asana or similar tool
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Project co-ordination
- Advanced proficiency in MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and database software
- Financial acumen
- Planning & Co-ordinating
- Checking / Attention to detail
- Sourcing information
- Applying expertise and technology
- Taking ownership
- Responding with urgency
- Integrating (Connecting; Collaborating; Managing conflict)
- Emotional resilience
- Travel to all units required on a regular basis
- May be required to work outside of normal working hours, in line with operational requirements (including weekends, public holidays).
Should you not receive a response within 10 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Mid
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Christine
Reference Number: #Chris2441
