Director, Creative Operations

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, focused on creating economic opportunity for the global workforce. The Director, Creative Operations will build and lead the operational engine behind LinkedIn’s in-house creative studio, owning end-to-end workflows to scale high-quality creative across members and customers. The role is operations-first, partnering with marketing and creative leaders to improve visibility, collaboration, accountability, and efficiency through systems and AI-enabled automation.

• Own operational systems, workflows, and resourcing models enabling creative production across formats and channels.
• Operate and evolve a hybrid studio model across in-house teams, contractors, and agencies to scale output while maintaining consistency and integrity.
• Translate creative priorities into clear plans, realistic timelines, and on-brief, on-time execution with creative and marketing leadership.
• Design and run end-to-end creative intake, prioritization, and capacity planning processes.
• Maintain visibility into workstreams; identify risks, remove blockers, and drive consistent communication.
• Partner on creative content management systems and asset repositories to ensure access, compliance, reuse, and brand consistency.
• Implement workflow management tools to improve process efficiency and transparency.
• Define and evolve operating rhythms, SLAs, tooling, and key operational metrics for continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted operational partner to senior marketing leaders to align creative ambition with operational reality.
• Foster accountability, transparency, learning, and scalable best practices across cross-functional partners.
• Identify, test, and implement AI-powered tools for tracking, intake, tagging, version control, and reporting.
• Create AI-assisted templates and processes to reduce manual effort and improve speed, scale, and predictability without sacrificing quality.

• 10+ years of experience in Creative Operations, Studio Operations, Marketing Operations, or related operational leadership roles supporting creative/marketing organizations.
• 5+ years of experience leading creative operations programs or teams across complex, matrixed organizations.
• 5+ years of experience managing creative project workflows including intake, prioritization, and capacity planning across multiple stakeholders or business units.
• Deep understanding of creative development and production workflows across multiple formats and channels (preferred).
• Experience operating hybrid production models with in-house teams, agencies, and contractors (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to implement workflow/project tracking/operational tooling to improve visibility and collaboration (preferred).
• Experience introducing automation or AI-driven solutions to improve workflows, production efficiency, or asset management (preferred).
• Strong operational judgment balancing structure, rigor, and flexibility in fast-moving environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior marketing/brand/creative leaders and manage cross-functional stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to drive alignment.

• Hybrid work model; performed from home and a LinkedIn office on select days based on business needs.
• Role based in San Francisco Bay Area or New York.
• Total compensation may include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits, and/or other incentives.