Studio Traffic Manager

Location:

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Work model:
Hybrid (in-office Tuesday to Thursday) with flexi hours. Need to be able to legally work in SA to be considered.

Salary: R35 000 - R55 000 CTC (depending on level of experience)

Hybrid working with flexi hours

Provident fund

Kind, respectful peopleA structured studio with clear systems

Great staff retention (lots of people leave and come back)
Fast-paced, varied work across retail, commercial and consumer brands

Our client is an established retail marketing agency with over two decades behind it and a growing portfolio of commercial and consumer brands. The work is high volume, detail-heavy and deadline-driven, so they need someone who can bring calm and order to a busy studio. This is a high-ownership leadership role for a systematic, optimistic team player with a heart of gold.

• Owning the workflow from brief through to studio and production output
• Leading and managing the creative operations team, including the studio coordinator
• Assessing briefs, deadlines and capacity, and scheduling work by priority
• Reprioritising quickly when urgent briefs or curveballs land
• Keeping a big-picture view of studio workload, capacity and competing priorities
• Sourcing, managing and allocating freelancers within budget, including invoicing and monthly reporting
• Monitoring workflow and delivery daily, and clearing bottlenecks before they become problems
• Translating deliverables into realistic creative and production timelines
• Championing the agency's values, systems and ways of working

• 5+ years' ad agency experience
• Proven experience leading a studio or traffic function
• Excellent computer skills, including Office 365, Outlook, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and Power Point
• A fully functional home office for remote days
• Outstanding multitasking skills and attention to detail
• Resourceful, practical and quick on your feet
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• The ability to lead with empathy while staying firm, fair and diplomatic

• Have used Chase for traffic, or know your way around Monday, Click Up or Basecamp
• Use AI tools day-to-day and like finding ways to streamline creative work
• Speak design and procurement, with a solid understanding of print techniques and processes
• Bring a calm head, empathy and good energy to the studio