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Envato is seeking a Production Lead to coordinate creative and marketing projects from briefing through final delivery within its Brand and Creative team. The role owns project timelines, resource planning, workflow improvement, vendor and freelance coordination, and production-budget oversight. It partners closely with creative, project, and business stakeholders to resolve blockers and maintain delivery visibility amid changing priorities. A key focus is adopting AI-enabled tools and automation to make the production pipeline more efficient. This is a full-time, remote-first role available across Australia or New Zealand.
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Dear Hiring Team,
I am excited to apply for the Production Lead role at Envato. My experience coordinating creative workflows, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and managing timelines, vendors, and production resources would enable me to keep high-quality work moving from brief through delivery.
I bring a systems-oriented approach to improving operational processes and use project-management platforms and automation to reduce friction, improve visibility, and adapt quickly to changing priorities. I am especially drawn to Envato’s creative mission and its focus on practical AI adoption to scale efficient, impactful production.
I would welcome the opportunity to help your Brand and Creative team deliver excellent work while building resilient production systems.
Sample interview questions
I begin by maintaining a single prioritized production view covering scope, owners, dependencies, capacity, risks, and key milestones. I review it regularly with project leads, identify constraints early, and make trade-offs explicit by proposing options such as sequencing work, reallocating resources, reducing scope, or using approved external support.
I would map the existing intake-to-delivery process, identify repeated handoff delays and unclear ownership, then create standardized briefs, status fields, approvals, and reporting in a project-management system. I would measure cycle time and rework before and after implementation, refine the process with team feedback, and document the new operating model so it scales.
I would start with low-risk, repetitive tasks such as drafting project updates, summarizing feedback, organizing asset metadata, and identifying overdue dependencies. Each tool would be tested against clear quality, privacy, and time-saving criteria, with human review retained for creative decisions, stakeholder communication, and sensitive information.
I set clear scopes, deliverables, timelines, budget limits, approval points, and communication expectations before work begins. I maintain regular check-ins, track progress and spend against plan, resolve issues quickly, and evaluate vendor performance after delivery to inform future resourcing decisions.
I clarify the requested outcome and assess its impact on timing, cost, quality, and dependent work. I then communicate practical choices, such as maintaining the deadline with reduced scope, moving the delivery date, or adding approved capacity, and document the agreed decision so the team can proceed confidently.
About Envato
At Envato, we empower creative pros to thrive.
We’re here to help creatives bring their ideas to life, supercharge their workflows, and equip them with an unparalleled toolkit they can use anywhere. With unlimited access to world-class assets, innovative AI tools, and hands-on tutorials, we deliver what creatives need today – and are continually evolving our offering. As AI transforms the creative landscape, we’re committed to building what’s next for the future.
We’re a purpose-driven company and we’ve long embraced flexible, inclusive ways of working. We’re proud of the connected culture we’ve built across our global team. Our values: Customer First, Build our Future, Make it Happen and Embrace Diversity guide everything we do, shaping how we work and grow.
You can read more about us on our blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024.
About the role
As our Production Lead, you will be the backbone core of our Brand and Creative team, keeping projects moving smoothly from initial brief through to final delivery. Reporting directly to our Creative Director, you will connect our internal creative team members, external partners, and stakeholders to keep work on track, eliminate blockers and navigate changing priorities with adaptability. You will also look at how we build and scale our workflows, blending traditional coordination with AI-driven tooling to keep our production pipeline highly efficient.
What you’ll be doing
Drive project delivery: Coordinate multiple concurrent creative and marketing projects, ensuring high-quality work lands on time.
Manage resource workflows: Build flexible project timelines, proactively balancing team capacity and shifting resources as priorities change.
Optimise operational systems: Continually refine production workflows to simplify processes, clear bottlenecks, and keep our team agile.
Partner with stakeholders: Collaborate closely with internal project leads to manage expectations, solve delivery challenges, and provide project visibility.
Oversee budgets and resources: Manage production spend, external vendor relationships, and freelance contracts to scale content production.
Embed AI efficiencies: Work with our AI Ops team to test, adopt, and integrate smart automation tools that reduce manual tasks.
About you
- Creative production background: proven experience managing creative workflows within an internal marketing or creative team environment.
Systems thinker: Highly proficient with database-driven project management tools, with a strong preference for Airtable or similar platform
Adaptable growth mindset: Resilient, flexible, and genuinely motivated to evolve production processes alongside a scaling business.
AI curiosity: A practical interest in emerging AI tools and a knack for using them to drive operational efficiency.
Strong communicator: Confident relationship builder who can navigate competing priorities, negotiate deadlines, and influence outcomes across cross-functional teams.
- Delivery & budget focused: Experienced in managing production budgets, external vendors, and freelance talent to drive complex projects through to completion
Compensation
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Life at Envato
• Flexible Working: remote-first across Australia or New Zealand with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need
• Work from Anywhere: apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year.
• Connection Budget: an annual budget to connect with the team IRL where and when possible.
• Learning Budget: study leave and an annual budget for you to put towards your learning and development.
• Home Office Allowance: a contribution towards your set-up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs.
• Wellbeing: access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health.
• Volunteer Leave: 2 days per calendar year to volunteer and give back to the community.
• Parental Leave:20 weeks paid primary carer leave, and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave.
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