Creative Operations Specialist

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR CAREER TO NEW HEIGHTS? ARE YOU SEEKING A NEW CHALLENGE IN A DYNAMIC SECTOR?

This is a very exciting and highly innovative time here at Outside.

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Outside Interactive, Inc., the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offers best-in-class content and experiences to more than 70 million of the world’s most passionate outdoor, wellness, and endurance enthusiasts every month. We inspire a broad and diverse audience to do the activities they love with greater enjoyment, inspiration, and knowledge and are dedicated to making real change in the outdoor and fitness industries.

Do you love helping great ideas become exceptional campaigns? Do you thrive on bringing order to creative chaos? Brandworks, Outside Interactive’s in-house creative agency, develops award-winning custom content, video, creator marketing, and integrated campaigns for some of the world’s leading outdoor brands. We’re looking for a Creative Operations Specialist to keep those projects moving from pitch to production to delivery.

This role sits at the center of Brandworks, partnering with Creative Strategy, Sales, Production, Creator Marketing, Client Services, and external partners. The ideal candidate is equal parts project manager, producer, communicator, and problem solver — someone who enjoys managing details while helping creative teams do their best work.

• Assist in developing internal workflows, documentation, and best practices that improve efficiency across Brandworks.
• Proactively identify project risks and help solve production challenges to keep campaigns on schedule.
• Maintain and share a live campaign status/timeline tracker with Client Services, flagging at-risk milestones with defined lead time.

• Attend campaign kickoff and handoff meetings with Client Services to align on scope, timeline, and client expectations before production begins.
• Manage production timelines, pre-production decks, calendars, milestones, approvals, and deliverables.
• Assist producers with shoot logistics — crew coordination, travel, permits, locations, releases, rentals, and production research.
• Help coordinate post-production schedules, review cycles, version tracking, and client feedback.
• Manage final asset delivery, ensuring all deliverables meet client specifications and deadlines.
• Help identify, vet, onboard, and manage creator relationships alongside the Creator Marketing Manager.
• Assist Creative Strategists in developing pitch materials, creative concepts, production approaches, cost estimates, and talent recommendations.
• Maintain project files, creative assets, and documentation throughout campaign life cycles.
• Track campaign budgets, invoices, production expenses, and vendor paperwork.
• Ensure all contracts, releases, and production documentation are completed and organized.

• Become immersed in Brandworks’ custom content workflow, production process, and creative operations.
• Begin supporting active video productions, OCN campaigns, and client deliverables.
• Build proficiency in our project management systems and production calendars.

• Manage operational workflows for multiple concurrent custom content and video campaigns.
• Coordinate creator campaigns alongside the Creator Marketing Manager from kickoff through completion.
• Recommend workflow improvements that increase efficiency and communication across Brandworks.

• Serve as the operational hub for Brandworks creative production.
• Independently manage day-to-day custom content operations for complex integrated campaigns spanning video, creators, editorial, and social content.
• Develop scalable systems, templates, and best practices…