Senior Traffic Manager

Creative Traffic & Asset Manager / 6 week freelance contract / US-based applications only

A Travel company is looking for a Creative Traffic & Asset Manager who is responsible for communication, accountability, and deadline management across a broad range of creative deliverables.

For this role, they are looking for someone experienced in traffic management within an advertising agency or brand side creative organization
, candidates should be versed in managing and trafficking large scale campaigns including the creation of deliverables lists and tracking assets across multiple channels and shepherding those assets to final delivery.

The Creative Traffic & Asset Manager will be involved in projects from planning stages through assets being live. Familiar in working with a cross-functional team of stakeholders and an effective and concise communicator. Someone who thrives in maintaining organization, finding efficiencies and building, improving and simplifying processes.

• Develop and manage deliverables lists and timelines in accordance to broadcast clearance needs and final delivery dates for trafficking deadlines
• Partner with production, localization and agency teams and delivery platforms like Extreme Reach to manage the delivery process for creative across all channels
• Monitors and QC’s assets delivered for all campaign needs; TVC, paid digital, social and beyond
• Maintains accurate records of all trafficked assets, network clearance reports and requests and inputs AD-’s to deliverables list
• Work directly with production to receive handoff of English masters and liaise with internal and external loc teams and London production teams to kickoff transcreation
• Upload and organize all video assets to the DAM with accurate usage information received from BA and production
• Work across US and UK time zones. The hours are skewed to early US mornings/later UK evenings to allow for maximum hours spent with the UK and US offices

• 6+ years’ experience in traffic management within an advertising or brand side marketing department
• Ability to handle several work streams of work and large volume of projects
• Be able to forecast, plan, prioritize work alongside the brand teams, media, project management, production and outside vendors
• Knowledge of the broadcast clearance and traffic through Extreme Reach and/or similar platforms
• Familiarity with the global localization process of video assets
• Has a clear and up to date documentation and knowledge of naming conventions, standard specs and safety zones, etc

• Having both asset management and traffic management

Duration: 6 weeks

Location:

Remote, but candidates ideally LA based, or can be US based.