Creative Operations Manager

About Us Stio® is an omni-channel mountain brand that designs, develops and sells beautiful, functional, and innovative apparel, footwear and other accessories infused with the soul of the mountain lifestyle. With headquarters in Jackson, Wyoming, Stio draws inspiration from the surrounding Teton Range and offers product via Stio.com, catalog, B2B and its Mountain Studio® retail locations. We live and love mountain life, and as such see ourselves as caretakers of the resources that provide it. We are proud partners of Protect Our Winters and the Conservation Alliance among many other organizations. We have a strong preferred materials platform, use Bluesign® approved textiles wherever possible, audit our supply chains for best practices, and operate our workplaces responsibly. We think that outside is the best side and that you can't improve on nature. It's good for mind, body and soul, and it's our responsibility to help enable access for all people, regardless of race, gender, beliefs, background or ability. We strive for inclusion at Stio and in our local and national communities. YOUR ROLE The Creative Operations Manager is the organizational engine behind Stio's creative function, the person who makes sure great work gets made efficiently, consistently, and on time. This role owns the systems, workflows, and processes that keep the creative team running at full capacity across every season, channel, and workstream. Reporting to the Associate Creative Director, you will partner closely with Brand, Performance, E-commerce, Retail and Product teams to manage the full creative project pipeline, maintain asset and resource workflows, and ensure Stio's growing library of creative assets is organized, accessible, and channel-ready. This is a role for someone who takes genuine pride in building the machine and keeping it humming. Your Responsibilities Project & Traffic Management Own the creative team's full project pipeline from brief intake through final delivery. Managing priorities, timelines, and stakeholder alignment across every workstream Build and maintain detailed workback calendars across seasonal campaigns, product launches, channel executions, and evergreen creative needs Serve as the primary coordination point between Creative and cross-functional partners including Brand Marketing, Digital, E-commerce, Retail, and Product Facilitate project kick-offs, weekly check-ins, and milestone reviews with clear agendas and action-oriented follow-ups Track and communicate project status, team bandwidth, and key deadlines to creative leadership; surface roadblocks early and help resolve them Partner with the go-to-market team to ensure creative production timelines ladder up correctly to seasonal launch dates Process & Operations Own, maintain, and continuously improve Stio's creative workflow systems including Asana project architecture, intake processes, and team operating rhythms Establish and enforce consistent brief standards, ensuring clarity and completeness before work begins to reduce revision cycles Lead creative capacity planning. Balancing workload across the team, setting realistic expectations, and advocating for the team's bandwidth Identify process inefficiencies and implement solutions that bring structure and consistency to how work moves through the creative function Champion adoption of AI tools across the creative team. Identifying opportunities to streamline production, automate repeatable tasks, and improve output quality Asset & Resource Management Own Stio's Digital Asset Management platform (Bynder) overseeing asset organization, taxonomy, standards, and team adoption Establish and maintain DAM governance: naming conventions, metadata