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SVP, Creative & Campaign Management

Starz, Santa Monica, CA, USA

Pay: $325,000-$375,000/yr

Job type: Full Time


Job Description

The SVP, Creative + Campaign Management is a senior executive leader responsible for overseeing the end-to‑end creative and campaign infrastructure that drives the network's marketing output. This leader owns two interconnected divisions — Creative Services (AV Production, Print Design, Digital Design, and Motion Graphics) and Campaign Management (campaign operations and workflow oversight) — ensuring that great ideas are executed with speed, quality, and strategic intent.

This is a role for an operator and creative executive in equal measure: someone who can shepherd compelling campaign creative from brief to delivery while simultaneously running a high‑performing, cross‑functional team. The SVP will be a key senior partner to the EVP of Marketing, the Originals and Brand marketing leads, and the broader network marketing organization.

Reporting Structure
Reports to: EVP, Marketing

Direct Reports

AV Creative (video/audio production)

Design (Print, Digital, and Motion Graphics)

Campaign Management / Campaign Operations

Key Responsibilities

Creative Services Leadership

Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary in‑house creative team spanning AV production, print design, digital design, and motion graphics.

Drive a consistent, high‑quality creative standard across all deliverables — from tentpole campaign toolkits and key art to digital assets and motion packages.

Partner closely with Originals Marketing, Brand Marketing, and Digital Marketing to ensure creative output ladders up to campaign strategy and audience intent.

Establish and maintain creative guardrails, templates, and brand systems that enable both consistency and creative flexibility across the slate.

Champion innovation in creative execution — pushing the team toward work that is distinctive, culturally aware, and platform‑native.

Oversee AV production processes including trailer/promo development, edit workflows, and final delivery across linear and digital platforms.

Campaign Management / Operations

Oversee the Campaign Management team responsible for end‑to‑end campaign trafficking, asset delivery, and cross‑functional coordination.

Build and maintain systems and workflows that allow the marketing org to move efficiently from strategy to execution — minimizing bottlenecks and maximizing throughput.

Serve as the operational backbone of marketing campaign launches, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of assets across all channels and platforms.

Develop and enforce clear project management frameworks, approval processes, and accountability structures across campaigns.

Partner with media, digital, and marketing leadership to align campaign timelines with network priorities and air dates.

Monitor campaign operations for quality control, flagging gaps or risks and leading course‑corrections as needed.

Leadership + Cross‑Functional Partnership

Lead, develop, and retain a high‑performing team — setting clear expectations, building capability, and fostering a culture of craft and accountability.

Act as a senior strategic partner to the EVP of Marketing, contributing to department‑wide planning, resource allocation, and org evolution.

Collaborate with network leadership, production, communications, and digital teams to align creative and operational efforts with business goals.

Represent creative services in senior‑level planning conversations, bringing both a creative and operational POV to the table.

Stay current on platform trends, creative best practices, and the competitive landscape across streaming and cable to ensure the network's marketing remains culturally relevant and forward‑leaning.

Qualifications

Required

12+ years of experience in marketing creative and/or campaign operations within entertainment, television, or media.

Proven track record leading in‑house creative services teams — including AV production, design, and/or motion graphics — in a network, studio, or streaming environment.

Deep understanding of the full campaign lifecycle, from brief and concept through asset production and trafficking.

Experience managing or overseeing campaign operations/management functions with strong knowledge of workflow systems and delivery pipelines.

Strong creative instincts paired with sharp operational discipline — able to evaluate creative work and also fix broken processes.

Demonstrated success managing and developing multi‑functional teams of 10+ people.

Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present to and influence senior leadership.

Preferred

Experience at a cable or broadcast television network in a creative services or integrated marketing leadership role.

Familiarity with campaign trafficking platforms, project management tools (e.g., Wrike, Asana, Monday.com), and asset management systems.

Background in female‑skewing, premium, or prestige content marketing is a plus.

Experience partnering with external agencies while managing robust in‑house creative teams.

What We're Looking For
The right candidate is a creative leader who pairs creative vision with operational excellence. You lead with taste and vision, but you also know that great creative dies in bad process. You're as comfortable reviewing a motion graphics package as you are restructuring a workflow. You elevate the people around you, bring calm to complexity, and consistently deliver work that moves the needle — for the shows, for the network, and for the audiences we serve.

Compensation
$325,000 - $375,000

Our Benefits

Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental

Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase

Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and wellness days

401(k) company matching

Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

EEO Statement
Starz is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Starz will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Starz will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.

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