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Datadog is seeking a Senior Creative Operations & Production Manager to build and lead a dedicated creative operations function within the Brand organization. This role is responsible for operational excellence across multidisciplinary creative work including design, video, motion, illustration, and experiential events.
Key responsibilities include managing day-to-day creative operations and production workflows, partnering with Creative Managers, Events teams, Brand stakeholders, and external vendors to coordinate complex creative productions. You'll own creative intake, project routing, task assignment, and workload visibility to ensure work is appropriately scoped and prioritized. The role includes providing production oversight for experiential and event-related initiatives, coordinating internal teams, external vendors, freelancers, and production partners through all phases of delivery.
You'll manage vendor relationships, onboarding, procurement, and contracts while identifying and operationalizing new creative partners and technologies. Additionally, you'll own administration and optimization of creative operations tools—including project management platforms, digital asset management systems, reporting dashboards, and workflow documentation—while identifying opportunities for automation and AI-driven efficiency improvements.
The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in creative operations, integrated production, creative production, project management, or related operational roles supporting multidisciplinary creative teams. Experience with creative production and experiential event delivery is highly valued. You're highly organized, comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects, and skilled at building strong relationships with creative teams, marketing partners, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders. You're curious about process improvement, familiar with platforms like Asana, Jira, Airtable, or Workfront, and interested in AI-enabled workflow optimization and emerging creative technologies.
