Studio Manager

As Studio Manager, you will be the engine that drives the smooth operation of the creative studio – enabling outstanding creative work across internal campaigns, events, and brand initiatives. This position plays a key role in planning, resourcing, and managing timelines for a busy multi-disciplinary team delivering content across print, digital, social, events, and branding.

You will be highly organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about process – bringing a calm, structured approach to managing creative workflows and production schedules. Working closely with the Head of Creative Design, senior creatives, and external partners, you’ll help balance day-to-day delivery with long-term planning, ensuring the creative team is empowered to do its best work.

This role spans support for internal HR-led campaigns, Formula One initiatives, the Experience Centre, Commercial partnerships, Heritage, and Fan Engagement – all requiring a high standard of delivery and coordination.

Main Duties:

• Work with relevant stakeholders to interrogate briefs and ensure clarity, purpose, and alignment with wider campaign or business objectives.
• Own and manage the creative studio schedule – tracking and allocating resource to projects in a fast-paced environment. Monitor workload and priorities across the team, facilitating regular check-ins and weekly status meetings.
• Act as a key liaison between stakeholders and the creative team, ensuring clarity in briefs, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Communicate updates and decisions quickly and clearly, ensuring stakeholders and creative team are aligned. 
• Drive the planning and delivery of multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timelines are met and risks are flagged early.
• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and suppliers to extend studio capacity and ensure consistent output.
• Build and manage a roster of trusted freelance creatives and suppliers to support peak delivery periods and specialist briefs.
• Oversee production logistics including print management, digital delivery, and quality control.
• Advise stakeholders on project feasibility against budget constraints, including recommendations for outsourcing when internal resource is at capacity. Support budget tracking, procurement, and production cost estimation for creative campaigns.
• Implement and maintain processes and tools that support efficient workflow and collaboration. Continuously look for ways to improve the operational efficiency of the studio.
  
  

Key Accountabilities:

• Embody and promote Williams Values & Behaviours within the team.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety and legal requirements.
• Maintain high standards of conduct and act as a positive ambassador for the Creative team.
• Drive adherence to brand guidelines and studio protocols.
• Champion a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  
  

Core Competencies:

• Exceptional organisational and project management skills – able to manage multiple priorities calmly and confidently.
• Clear communicator and collaborator – ensuring creative and non-creative stakeholders remain aligned and informed.
• Process-driven mindset – always looking to streamline and optimise workflow across teams and tools.
• Problem-solver – anticipates issues, identifies bottlenecks, and implements solutions with minimal disruption.
• Commercial awareness – understands project budgets, resourcing models, and the cost implications of decisions.
• Team-first approach – fosters a positive and productive working environment, supporting both team wellbeing and creative excellence.
  
  

Qualifications and Experience Level:

• Proven experience in a Studio Manager, Creative Operations Manager, or Project Manager role within a fast-paced creative environment.
• Background in managing creative teams across design, content, production, or brand.
• Experience within sports, media, entertainment, or agency environments is highly desirable.
• Proficient in project and resourcing tools.
• Familiarity with creative workflows (print, digital, video, animation).
• Strong understanding of design, production, and asset delivery processes.
• Ability to work under pressure, balance priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.
  
  

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

Company Description

For almost 50 years, Atlassian Williams Racing has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name.

Since its foundation in 1977 by the eminent, late Sir Frank Williams and engineering pioneer Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors’ Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers’ Championship trophies being lifted by true icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history before and is out to make it again with a long-term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

Additional Information

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.