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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.
Description
Principal Objective:
The Haircare Cluster is looking for a 360 Project Manager to join their MN team. This 360 Project Manager is focused on Aveda global campaigns—project managing from beginning to end, encompassing concepting, design and execution. They are a problem solver that knows every detail of a project, from a strategic standpoint to the specific details of project management: timeline, scope and resourcing. Reporting to the Director, Creative Operations of Aveda and Bumble and bumble, this individual is responsible for establishing, facilitating and maintaining workflow and communication between Creative, Marketing and Online teams.
Accountabilities:
- Lead end-to-end comprehensive program management of creative campaigns for 360 product launches.
- Lead process documentation and evolution with the Director, Creative Operations
- Evolve creative concepts into timelines and clear sets of deliverables to be deployed to local markets.
- Create clear weekly priority lists with actionable next steps for the creative department for all projects under the project managers purview
- Manage weekly resource allocations for interdisciplinary teams of designers and copywriters assigned to his/her projects
- Oversee each phase of the internal and external routing and approval process: including the approval of concepts, video storyboards, pre- and post-shoot 360 assets, layouts and regional variants.
- Keep projects on track through clear project plans in Wrike, issue tracking and status reports.
- Proactively communicate project issues and resolution to internal stakeholders and Creative Ops team
- Lead or participate in various cross functional meetings, including Creative Reviews, Marketing Reviews, Legal Review, Resource Allocations—effectively setting up the presentation of creative work, capturing recaps, and circulating notes and actionable next steps
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience in project management for an in-house creative team or agency.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Strong partner to creative and internal stakeholders
- Proactive and positive approach, presents solutions and strives to solves problems
- S/he is comfortable presenting creative work to senior leadership and running high level meetings
- Has a flexible attitude and can work in ambiguous situations
- Is used to being the point person for internal or external clients
- Is a natural leader with excellent communication skills
- Loves solving problems and managing conflicts
- Has a deep understanding of creative project management, workflow and infrastructure
- Has experience using Wrike, Float, Monday or other project management tools to develop project plans, assign tasks and report of program status
Pay Range:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $78,800.00 to $129,450.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.
Michigan Applicants: Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for employment must notify the company in writing of the need for an accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed.
Philadelphia Applicants: Philadelphia's Fair Chance Hiring Law
Rhode Island Applicants: The company is subject to chapters 29-38 of title 28 of the general laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state's workers' compensation law.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.
Description
Principal Objective:
The Haircare Cluster is looking for a 360 Project Manager to join their MN team. This 360 Project Manager is focused on Aveda global campaigns—project managing from beginning to end, encompassing concepting, design and execution. They are a problem solver that knows every detail of a project, from a strategic standpoint to the specific details of project management: timeline, scope and resourcing. Reporting to the Director, Creative Operations of Aveda and Bumble and bumble, this individual is responsible for establishing, facilitating and maintaining workflow and communication between Creative, Marketing and Online teams.
Accountabilities:
- Lead end-to-end comprehensive program management of creative campaigns for 360 product launches.
- Lead process documentation and evolution with the Director, Creative Operations
- Evolve creative concepts into timelines and clear sets of deliverables to be deployed to local markets.
- Create clear weekly priority lists with actionable next steps for the creative department for all projects under the project managers purview
- Manage weekly resource allocations for interdisciplinary teams of designers and copywriters assigned to his/her projects
- Oversee each phase of the internal and external routing and approval process: including the approval of concepts, video storyboards, pre- and post-shoot 360 assets, layouts and regional variants.
- Keep projects on track through clear project plans in Wrike, issue tracking and status reports.
- Proactively communicate project issues and resolution to internal stakeholders and Creative Ops team
- Lead or participate in various cross functional meetings, including Creative Reviews, Marketing Reviews, Legal Review, Resource Allocations—effectively setting up the presentation of creative work, capturing recaps, and circulating notes and actionable next steps
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience in project management for an in-house creative team or agency.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Strong partner to creative and internal stakeholders
- Proactive and positive approach, presents solutions and strives to solves problems
- S/he is comfortable presenting creative work to senior leadership and running high level meetings
- Has a flexible attitude and can work in ambiguous situations
- Is used to being the point person for internal or external clients
- Is a natural leader with excellent communication skills
- Loves solving problems and managing conflicts
- Has a deep understanding of creative project management, workflow and infrastructure
- Has experience using Wrike, Float, Monday or other project management tools to develop project plans, assign tasks and report of program status
Pay Range:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $78,800.00 to $129,450.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.
Michigan Applicants: Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for employment must notify the company in writing of the need for an accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed.
Philadelphia Applicants: Philadelphia's Fair Chance Hiring Law
Rhode Island Applicants: The company is subject to chapters 29-38 of title 28 of the general laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state's workers' compensation law.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in creative operations manager jobs.
- Experience managing end-to-end creative production workflows across multiple concurrent projects
- Proficiency with project management and creative workflow platforms
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with marketing, design, and brand teams
- Digital asset management experience including file organization and version control
- Demonstrated ability to build and optimize creative operations processes or SOPs
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, design, or a related field
Tips for Your Creative Operations Manager Job Search
Quantify workflow improvements on your resume
Creative operations roles live and die on efficiency gains. Instead of listing tools you've used, describe the before-and-after: turnaround time reduced, review cycles cut, or campaign volume scaled. Hiring managers for this role want to see systems thinking, not just task lists.
Tailor your resume to in-house versus agency
In-house creative ops roles prioritize cross-functional alignment and brand consistency, while agency roles emphasize multi-client throughput and billing structures. Adjust your bullet points to mirror the environment you're targeting so your experience reads as directly transferable.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists creative operations manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight your project management tool fluency
Job postings for this role frequently name specific platforms by category: creative workflow tools, project trackers, and digital asset management systems. Match your resume language to the tool category the posting mentions, even if the specific software differs from what you've used.
Prepare a process improvement case study for interviews
Interviewers for creative operations manager roles almost always ask you to walk through a process you built or fixed. Have one detailed example ready: the problem, your diagnostic approach, the solution you implemented, and the measurable outcome. Generic answers about being organized won't land.
Negotiate scope alongside title and compensation
Creative operations roles vary widely in authority. Before accepting an offer, clarify whether you own vendor relationships, headcount decisions, or budget sign-off. A title upgrade without operational authority puts you back in a coordinator function regardless of what the offer letter says.
Creative Operations Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most creative operations managers?
The most active employers for creative operations managers right now are Whatnot, The Estée Lauder Companies, and TikTok, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at large in-house brand teams and media companies scaling their content output.
How many creative operations manager jobs are remote?
About 76% of creative operations manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much of the role centers on digital tools and async collaboration. Sub-specializations in workflow management and digital asset operations tend to have the highest remote availability, while roles tied to on-site production teams or studio environments skew toward in-person or hybrid arrangements.
How do you become a creative operations manager?
Most creative operations managers move up from project coordinator, traffic manager, or producer roles where they built hands-on experience managing creative workflows. From there, developing fluency in process design, stakeholder communication, and creative project management tools positions you for the step up. Earning a PMP certification or equivalent credentials can accelerate the transition, particularly at organizations with structured hiring criteria.
Can you get hired as a creative operations manager without direct experience in the role?
Yes, candidates from adjacent backgrounds regularly make this transition. Strong fits include production coordinators, project managers who've supported creative teams, and traffic managers with workflow ownership experience. The key is framing your experience around the operational outcomes creative ops managers are accountable for: throughput, process consistency, and cross-functional alignment, rather than the creative output itself.
What does the creative operations manager interview process look like?
Most processes run three to five stages: an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your operations experience, and one or two panel interviews with cross-functional stakeholders such as design leads or marketing directors. Expect at least one scenario-based question asking you to walk through a process you built or fixed. Some employers add a take-home exercise involving a workflow audit or project plan.
Where can I find and apply to creative operations manager jobs?
You can find and apply to creative operations manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to each listing.
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