Traffic Coordinator - Design Studio (Marketing) Maternity Contract at Cape Union Mart

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage work coming in from coordinators to production teams, through to delivery. This includes:

• Liaising with coordinators to understand the business and project needs.
• Compiling studio schedules
• Constant update of Studio schedules
• Assessing briefs and assigning designers to a project
• Liaison between coordinator and studio on all design projects
• Monitor progress against deadlines and report to relevant project stakeholders
• Insuring that timelines are correct and deadlines are met.
• Project review and analysis
• Consolidating client (business) needs
• Setting up kickstarts, brainstorms and design presentations.
• Setting up monthly review decks
• Carefully look at how much time is being spent on certain tasks to examine where workflow processes could be improved.
• More involvement in understanding how much the company made from projects to better understand where design time should be spent 
• Managing team leave request
• Monthly check in with Leader to discuss design team status and progress.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in successfully managing Studio workflows essential
• Relevant Tertiary Education required
• Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Firm grasp of the creative process and development life cycle
• Able to manage time effectively, work to tight deadlines and maintain consistent output
• Versatile and able to work on a variety of projects simultaneously
• The agility and resilience to maintain high levels of drive and initiative under pressure
• Problem solving skills
• High-level of conflict management and negotiation skills
• Ability to exhibit initiative to adjust to ever changing business requirements
• Strong self-leadership ability