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Creative Operations Manager

Toptal

Location: Canada Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: October 23, 2026 Freshness: Posted today Source check: Observed very recently

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionPay not disclosed
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence3 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternativesCurrent role context limitedCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: current same-currency market context.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.
Watch closely: Compensation · Application closing time

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

The available details do not point to a single standout advantage yet. The clearest issue to weigh is the pay picture is incomplete.

PayNot disclosed

A financial comparison will need the approved compensation range.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathHigher entry bar

One or more material qualification requirements are stated and may narrow the realistic applicant pool.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

3 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Work arrangement
  • Location eligibility
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Unknown information is never converted into a negative score. The questions above exist to prevent missing evidence from being mistaken for a favorable term.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

Nothing stands out strongly enough yet to call a clear advantage. The role may still be attractive for reasons the listing does not spell out.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • The pay picture is incomplete: No usable salary range is stated, so a meaningful financial comparison is not possible yet.
  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Ask for the approved compensation range before comparing this opportunity financially.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

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Salary not disclosed Worldwide remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

Technical Program Manager

Playson · Europe

Salary not disclosed Region-restricted remote 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

Amazon Supply Chain Manager

ScaleJet · Remote — Worldwide

Salary not disclosed Worldwide remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted

Different angle: Seniority is not explicit

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Operations & program roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles954

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented140

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure17%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated62%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated47%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time63%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample. This listing: 3/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (119) · EUR (2) · GBP (1) · CAD (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Stay in the same stated country 2 / 142 1%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Require worldwide remote evidence 11 / 200 6%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 34 / 200 17%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 36 / 200 18%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require usable compensation disclosure 123 / 200 62%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Stay around the same seniority band 166 / 200 83%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

Keep the same employment type 65 / 72 90%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 954 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing does not state usable structured compensation. About 62% of the bounded current role sample does.

This listingUsable pay not stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample62%

Pay disclosure is mixed but appears in at least half of the current role sample.

Current employer pattern0%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially less often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payNot usable / not disclosedListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 126,962119 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 162,871Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: current same-currency market context.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payVerify

The approved base-pay range is not established in the listing.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • What is the approved base-pay range for this role?
  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyOperations & program roles
Adjacent families worth exploringPeople & HR roles · Finance & accounting roles · Sales roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

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Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

operations manager

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • energy conservation
  • liaise with managers
  • corporate social responsibility
  • evaluate employees
  • establish daily priorities
  • supervise daily information operations
  • manage supplies
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • promote innovative infrastructure design
  • use measurement instruments
  • gas consumption
  • manage disaster recovery plans
  • monitor utility equipment

O*NET · U.S. occupation

General and Operations Managers

O*NET occupation skills
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Coordination
  • Critical Thinking
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Social Perceptiveness
Build my private skill preparation brief Your evidence · Practice · Interview questions

Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

energy conservationESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
liaise with managersESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
corporate social responsibilityESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
evaluate employeesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
establish daily prioritiesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
supervise daily information operationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
manage suppliesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
promote innovative infrastructure designESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
use measurement instrumentsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
gas consumptionESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
manage disaster recovery plansESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
monitor utility equipmentESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
MonitoringO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
CoordinationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Personnel ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Social PerceptivenessO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Finance & accounting roles

Director of Operational Finance

Mitratech · Remote — Worldwide

same seniority band · same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence
Sales roles

Senior Sales Director - Enterprise

Energy Transportation Group · Remote — Worldwide

same seniority band · same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Career move map

What sits one step away?

This listing is currently read as Leadership. Nearby roles one visible seniority step away can help you judge whether to widen the search, stretch upward or compare the responsibilities more carefully.

Broader-entry direction

Senior / lead

Sr. Project Manager

MustardSeed PMO · Remote — Worldwide

USD 92,000–138,000 / year Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted
Senior / lead

Real Estate Program Manager

Flexential · Remote — Worldwide

USD 104,000–120,000 / year Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted

These are live roles one visible seniority step away in the same broad occupation family. They can reveal nearby options, but they are not a guaranteed promotion path and do not account for your personal experience.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

Project Management is one of the signals this listing shares with skills appearing often across current Operations & program roles opportunities.

Skills named in this listing

Project Management

Shared with the current career sample

  • Project Management Seen in 42 sampled listings

Application edge

  • If these skills match your background, prepare one concrete example that shows how you used Project Management rather than relying on a keyword-only claim.
  • A degree requirement is stated. Verify the exact field, level and equivalency wording before treating your education as a match or mismatch.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: People & HR roles, Finance & accounting roles, and Sales roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 106 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Explicit requirement

Degree requirement stated

The listing appears to state a degree as a required or mandatory qualification. Verify the exact field and equivalency rules in the authoritative application.

Listing mention

Project Management

This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
  • Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?
  • Degree equivalency: Is the stated degree requirement strict, or can directly relevant professional experience or another credential satisfy it?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

Creative Operations Manager at Toptal becomes easier to judge once work-location flexibility has usable detail, qualifications reveal more than the job title alone, and the application route gives a few useful clues are viewed together. Here is the current read from the information available.

Work-location flexibility has usable detail

The work-location pattern is “Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions”, with Remote Freedom at 62/100. The most important location constraint is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

Qualifications reveal more than the job title alone

Degree requirement stated · 1 additional stated barrier. Unstated education or experience requirements stay open rather than being assumed.

The application route gives a few useful clues

Provider-mediated application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.

How this analysis is assembled

Built from the pay, location, qualification, mobility, application and source details available for this vacancy. Anything the listing leaves unresolved stays unresolved.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

50%Partial analysis evidence coverage
50%
Current-sample pay positionInsufficient comparable salary sample

Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityNo usable disclosed salary evidence

Missing compensation is not treated as negative evidence; this dimension simply remains unavailable.

Listing freshnessPosted today

The source posting date is today.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

No standout strength is supported strongly enough to list here. That is not a negative rating.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.
  • Degree requirement stated

Still unknown

  • There is not enough comparable salary evidence to establish this job’s current pay position.
  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Some explicit entry barriers stated

EducationDegree requirement stated
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers1
Explicit access signals0

Explicit requirements worth checking

  • Degree requirement stated: The listing appears to state a degree as a required or mandatory qualification. Verify the exact field and equivalency rules in the authoritative application.

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Opportunity Efficiency not assessed

The current pay position is not reliable enough to weigh compensation against the stated barriers.

Explicit stated barriers

1 explicit required barrier is visible in the available wording.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Current comparable pay position is unavailable.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Still check: Degree requirement stated · The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

No High Pay Score yet

Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.

Why this analysis?

  • Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.
  • Salary confidence: Not available. No disclosed salary can currently be normalized for comparison. Missing compensation is not treated as low-quality salary evidence.
  • Range quality: No disclosed range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at Toptal

Limited current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

0/100
0%
Salary disclosure0% · 0 of 34 sampled listings
Range qualityNo disclosed salary ranges
Bonus wording3 current listings
Equity wording0 current listings
Benefits wording4 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

Toptal — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible34
Salary disclosure0%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 34 of 34 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share18%
Known hiring countries3
Sponsorship evidence coverage3% · 1 of 34 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 1 unavailable
Pattern sample34 of 34 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth7
Stated closing-date coverage38%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days44% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location53% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing38% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship3% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Sales (8) · Executive (5) · Data & AI (3)

Visible seniority mix: Senior / lead (8) · Leadership (12)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (31) · Contract (1)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: Canada (10) · United States (7) · Romania (1)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

There are not yet five current disclosed salaries in one currency, so an employer pay median would be too thin to be useful.

Questions worth asking this employer

  • What compensation range applies to this role, and which parts of total compensation are fixed versus variable?
  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

About Toptal

Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.

We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an organized, adaptable, and proactive Creative Operations Manager to join our dynamic Creative Team. Reporting to the Director of Creative Operations, you will own the operational side of the creative process from intake through delivery, partnering closely with Creative Leads and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure projects are well-defined, appropriately prioritized, and delivered on time and aligned with brief.

This is a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift quickly. The ideal candidate is a confident problem solver and strong collaborator who can bring structure to complexity, anticipate challenges, and create clarity across multiple projects and stakeholders. You will also play an important role in identifying opportunities to improve workflows and create more efficient ways of working for the Creative Team.

You will provide regular visibility into project health, including work that is missing critical information, behind schedule, at risk, or otherwise impacted, and proactively work with the team to address issues before they become blockers.

This is a remote position, but candidates must work within one hour of Eastern Time (US). We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

Responsibilities:

The following information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or required skills.

  • Serve as a primary operations partner for complex creative projects, including advertising campaigns, video, podcasts, social, and other creative initiatives across channels.
  • Own project planning and execution from intake through final delivery, developing project plans, roadmaps, timelines, and milestones while maintaining accurate project information and status within project management tools.
  • Review incoming creative briefs and partner with the Director of Creative Operations to manage the Creative Team’s weekly intake process, ensuring projects are clearly defined, appropriately scoped, prioritized, and ready for the Creative Team before kickoff. Identify and resolve gaps or questions early while helping evaluate timelines, team capacity, and appropriate project assignments.
  • Partner with Creative Leads and cross-functional stakeholders to balance needs, business priorities, resources, and deadlines, while proactively identifying and resolving risks, capacity constraints, dependencies, and potential timeline impacts.
  • Facilitate project kickoffs and weekly status meetings, ensuring deliverables, owners, timelines, decisions, and next steps are clearly documented and communicated.
  • Provide regular project updates and reporting to maintain visibility into priorities, project health, as well as overdue, at-risk, blocked, or otherwise impacted work.
  • Escalate complex or high-impact issues to the Director of Creative Operations with clear context and recommended solutions.
  • Proactively identify risks, capacity constraints, dependencies, and potential timeline impacts, and develop solutions to keep projects on track.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve processes, and increase operational efficiency across the Creative Team.
  • Contribute to a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

In the first week, expect to:

  • Meet key Creative Team members, leads, and cross-functional partners.
  • Gain an understanding of Toptal, our business, and what sets us apart.
  • Become familiar with our brand strategy, guidelines, messaging, and governance processes.
  • Learn the team structure, roles, priorities, and ways of working.

In the first month, expect to:

  • Develop a strong understanding of incoming creative briefs and project requirements.
  • Independently create project timelines and establish clear milestones for deliverables.
  • Coordinate and facilitate project kickoffs, including documenting key decisions and next steps.
  • Become proficient in our project management tools and processes.
  • Establish a regular cadence for tracking and communicating project status with the Creative Team.

In the first three months, expect to:

  • Independently manage multiple creative projects from intake through delivery. Exercise discretion and independent judgment.
  • Build strong working relationships with Creative Leads and key stakeholders.
  • Proactively identify workflow challenges and recommend opportunities for improvement.
  • Establish a strong understanding of team capacity, priorities, and project dependencies.

In the first six months, expect to:

  • Effectively plan and manage timelines across multiple projects and quarterly priorities.
  • Take ownership of increasingly complex and cross-functional projects.
  • Contribute to improving and documenting Creative Operations processes.
  • Help develop scalable onboarding resources and processes for future Creative Operations team members.

In the first year, expect to:

  • Take a strategic view of Creative Operations processes and identify opportunities to streamline and optimize how the team works.
  • Implement improvements that increase efficiency, clarity, and predictability across the creative workflow.
  • Build strong partnerships across Creative and cross-functional teams.
  • Take on additional operational responsibilities and contribute to the continued evolution of the Creative Operations function.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree is required.
  • 5+ years of project or creative operations experience within an advertising agency, design studio, creative department, or similar environment.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple creative projects with competing priorities and deadlines.
  • Strong understanding of creative workflows and the ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable project plans.
  • Experience working with project management platforms such as Asana, Jira, Trello, Monday.com, or similar tools.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate project requirements, status, risks, and decisions.
  • Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
  • Ability to remain calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented when managing tight deadlines or shifting priorities.
  • Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across Creative and non-Creative teams.
  • A proactive mindset and demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency.
  • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and take ownership in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
  • At Toptal, you’ll be expected to be a world-class individual contributor. This role is not simply about coordinating work or telling others what to do, you’ll be expected to actively contribute, solve problems, improve processes, and help the team operate at its best.

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