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Design Traffic Manager (Studio Manager)

The Matrex Design Traffic Manager’s duties are to oversee the flow of design projects through various departments while in the design process, assign projects to the correct designer, and ensure departments complete projects on time. As a traffic manager, you also build out schedules and work with account teams and all departments to establish deadlines for each project stage. A successful design traffic manager keeps everything running smoothly and provides client satisfaction.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Proven experience in creative traffic management and content delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and multi-tasking skills.
• Able to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.

Scheduling Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with all departments to develop and implement traffic plans with deadlines that ensure the timely and accurate delivery of content.
• Have ownership to solve schedule challenges, remove barriers, and rebalance workloads.
• Monitor activity and keep daily Design Schedule reports current.
• Have daily morning check-in with each designer to identify barriers and project status.
• Have a constant awareness of upcoming design work through conversation with account teams.
• Prepare and maintain detailed reports on content delivery performance.

Project Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assure completion of required account team paperwork.
• Keep the financial team abreast of upcoming quotes to approve.
• Assure account team has all kick off meeting material organized.
• Record notes during meetings and distribute for review immediately following.
• Help set tone for well managed meetings.
• Initiate conversation for a constant awareness of potential project delivery challenges that might arise.

Vendor Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain good vendor partner relationships.
• Assure vender relationships in all creative areas of expertise.

All inquiries will remain completely confidential.

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The Digital/Interactive Producer leads and facilitates the development cycle of all Matrex’s interactive and digital projects, including strategy, design, development, production, and delivery on a range of jobs from interactive engagement to live productions in a range of professional environments. This highly collaborative position requires the Producer to work with the internal strategy, creative, resourcing and account services teams, as well as outside suppliers, to produce exceptional work, to exact specifications, on-time, and on-budget.

This is not a remote position.

Requirements/Responsibilities:

· Implements and drives process including project schedules, resources, budgets, and scope of work deliverables under the direction of Senior Digital Producer

· Provides project team with specifications, technical briefings, best practice guidelines and feedback

· Identifies potential problems in the project and addresses them before they interfere with project completion

· Researches, negotiates competitive bids and hires suppliers (developers, talent, facilitators) in an effort to develop strong relationships to achieve best value for client and agency, and to stay current on opportunities

· Responsible for application testing, interactive maps/layouts, quality control on project deliverables

· Manages the collection, analysis, and reporting of lead collection data

· Serves as digital evangelist within Matrex and with clients to educate about digital technologies, tactics, strategies, and trends

· Comfortable with all facets of hardware management, including research, pricing, purchasing, configuration and coordination of logistics and fulfilment for projects

On-site Responsibilities

· Installs hardware/software on-site

· Maintains systems throughout the event and troubleshoots when necessary

· Manages facilitators / performers

· Provides instruction to client personnel in the use of interactive activities

· Observes, strategizes, and improvises to make the most of the interactives at each unique show situation site

Skill Set Requirement

· Significant client exposure and/or must be adept at client engagement

· Articulate with strong verbal and written communications skills

· Experience managing multiple and complex projects simultaneously

· Deep and thorough understanding of the interactive development process and technologies

· Need to understand the workflow process of creative digital projects from concept through on-site implementation

· Knowledge of and experience with new technologies including hardware and software, programming, and content development methodologies

· Must be an excellent communicator able to convey complex technical details in a concise manner for both clients and internal teams

· Must be positive, energetic, self-motivated, proactive and team oriented

· Must be comfortable communicating within all internal departments to achieve project goals

· Understands screen configurations and ratios common in digital adverting media

· Basic understanding of website architecture as it could relate to a digital interactive engagement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office, Teams, Word and Excel
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign knowledge
• Experience in VR/AR, touch applications

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