Hybrid Senior Manager, Design Operations – Workfront Administration

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About the role

  • Senior Manager, Design Operations leading creative content planning and execution at Newell Brands. Managing a team to ensure operational excellence in delivering design assets.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee Manager, Design Operations and project teams to ensure execution aligns with strategic and financial goals.
  • Partner with Design Leadership, eCommerce, and Sales Delivery to establish and track resourcing, timelines, and metrics.
  • Collaborate with Creative Directors to support omni-creative execution planning.
  • Support recruiting, hiring, and development of production and project talent.
  • Manage internal systems and tools (e.g., Workfront), train teams, and champion best practices in project execution and deployment.
  • Oversee intake process to ensure readiness gates, prerequisites, and resourcing are in place.
  • Identify and escalate readiness gaps and roadblocks.
  • Lead end-to-end production workflows including routing, proofing, approvals, and deployment.
  • Maintain quality control, brand compliance, and technical accuracy.
  • Track performance metrics and lead initiatives that improve readiness, reduce risk, and accelerate content velocity.
  • Optimize studio workflows across Communication Design for consistency and efficiency.
  • Master Workfront setup and implementation; lead training across teams.
  • Build project timelines in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Present project delivery timelines with rationale to cross-functional partners.
  • Oversee timely and complete delivery of print and digital assets to global/local markets.
  • Manage DTC traffic drivers (email, paid social) and eCommerce deployment (Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc.).
  • Implement content governance workflows and ensure proper metadata tagging.
  • Manage server file structures.
  • Implement scalable governance across DAM, CMS, PIM, and deployment tools.
  • Ensure production data accuracy and support content updates across platforms.
  • Manage contractor spend.
  • Co-lead vendor selection and RFPs with Director, Design Ops.
  • Review and approve external production scopes and compensation agreements.

Requirements

  • University degree in Design, Art, Business, or related field (Bachelor’s preferred).
  • 10+ years in project/operations management within a creative or marketing environment.
  • 3+ years of people leadership experience.
  • Strong experience with DTC and digital shelf content creation.
  • Expertise in Workfront (Workfront Admin experience highly preferred) is a must have.
  • Familiarity with Jira, DAM, PIM, CMS systems, JSON, HTML/CSS, and typographic standards.
  • Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
  • Excellent presentation, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong attention to detail, business acumen, and deadline flexibility.
  • Ability to travel as needed.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Senior Manager, Design Operations – Workfront Administration

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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