Creative Operations Manager

Sport Clips - Support Center

Creative Operations Manager

Georgetown, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    401(k)

    401(k) matching

    Bonus based on performance

    Dental insurance

    Employee discounts

    Health insurance

    Opportunity for advancement

    Paid time off

    Vision insurance

    Wellness resources

    At Sport Clips Haircuts, creativity fuels our brand—and strong operations make that creativity scalable. We’re looking for a Creative Operations Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our internal creative engine, ensuring our work moves seamlessly from brief to activation while maintaining speed, quality, and consistency across the system.

    This role is critical to powering our Brand-Led Campaign Engine and supporting all internal creative project requests. You’ll design, implement, and optimize the systems, workflows, and tools that allow our creative teams to do their best work—on time, on budget, and on brand.

    This is a hybrid role based in Georgetown, TX, requiring in-office presence at least three days per week.

    What You’ll Do

    Reporting to the VP of Brand & Creative, the Creative Operations Manager partners closely with Brand Marketing, Franchise Partners, Internal Stakeholders, Media, Digital, Social, CRM, Field Marketing, and Operations to ensure creative execution is efficient and aligned with business priorities.

    You will:

    Own and optimize creative workflows and project management systems

    Govern phase-gate processes from intake through delivery

    Manage creative project intake and prioritize work based on business impact

    Lead resource allocation and capacity planning across designers, copywriters, video, and motion teams

    Align timelines and expectations across stakeholders and channel teams

    Coordinate production and oversee day-to-day project execution

    Lead vendor management, including selection, onboarding, contract negotiation, scope control, and performance evaluation for agencies, freelancers, production partners, and print vendors

    Ensure brand standards and quality expectations are consistently met

    Track budgets, manage spend, and forecast costs for owned projects

    Oversee DAM governance and asset library management

    Report on creative performance metrics and operational efficiency

    This role ensures all creative work—campaigns, evergreen assets, partnerships, social, CRM, internal initiatives, and field marketing—is delivered efficiently and consistently across the Sport Clips system.

    What You Bring

    Functional Expertise

    6+ years of experience in creative operations, marketing operations, or internal agency management

    Proven experience leading workflow systems for high-volume creative teams

    Deep understanding of the full campaign lifecycle across paid, owned, and earned channels

    Strong working knowledge of project management tools (Monday.com preferred)

    Experience managing creative resourcing across multiple disciplines

    Familiarity with DAM systems and asset governance (Ansira preferred)

    Experience tracking budgets and managing external production and creative vendors

    Experience in franchise, QSR, retail, or multi-unit environments preferred

    Familiarity with Adobe Firefly capabilities is a plus

    Bachelor’s degree required

    Self-Leadership

    Highly organized, systems-oriented, and process-driven

    Calm under pressure and effective in fast-paced, high-volume environments

    Proactive in identifying and resolving bottlenecks

    Detail-focused with timelines, approvals, routing, and quality control

    Bias toward action and continuous improvement

    Cross-Functional Leadership

    Clear, confident communicator who simplifies complexity

    Trusted partner to stakeholders and channel leads

    Comfortable pushing back when scope or timelines are misaligned

    Escalates risks and issues early

    Protects creative focus while balancing business needs

    Flexible work from home options available.