Starling

Senior Creative Operations Manager

Starling  •  London, GB (Hybrid)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Senior Creative Operations Manager

Location: London

Reporting to: Head of Integrated Brand and Production

Closing date: Thursday, 15th October at 5pm

About Starling

At Starling, we are on a mission to provide people with a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to traditional banks. We are building a leading digital bank, driven by fast technology, fair service, and honest values. Our vision is to create a banking industry that serves everyone, which we accomplish by developing best-in-class proprietary technology, offering an exceptional customer experience, and establishing a strong, sustainable business.

Our five core values – Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim for Greatness – are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our strategy and shaping our culture. We're a branchless, largely paperless bank, committed to responsible banking, sustainability, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Working Hours: You will work a 37.5 hour week, with shifts between the hours of Monday - Friday 9am - 5:30pm

Hybrid working: All Starling colleagues spend a minimum of 10 days per month in the office with flexibility to work the rest from home.

The Opportunity

The Senior Creative Operations Manager manages creative workflows, project schedules, and operational processes for Starling’s in-house Creative Studio. Operating independently, this role ensures every project has clear briefs, adequate resourcing, and realistic timelines to deliver effective creative work across all channels.

What You'll Do

  • Oversee creative operations end-to-end, including project setup, brief intake, quality checks, workload traffic, resource allocation, and final project delivery.
  • Lead critical brief assessment meetings, working with Head of BI/Production and 2 x Executive Creative Directors to assess briefs, agree production and creative team allocation, as well as time required to deliver.
  • Implement a new workflow management platform and integrate practical AI tools into daily processes to improve efficiency.
  • Track team capacity, workload requirements, and resourcing to ensure smooth project delivery.
  • Manage stakeholders effectively by enforcing deadlines, securing necessary approvals on time, and resolving delivery issues as they arise.
  • Collaborate closely with Producers, Creatives, Channel Owners, and Brand Integration teams to produce effective creative assets.
  • Maintain a clear overview of all active projects and prioritise high-impact work when demand is high.
  • Use AI tools to automate routine tasks and streamline project management workflows.
  • Convert creative briefs into structured project plans, schedules, and resourcing models, while maintaining clear dependency maps and status updates.

Requirements

Behaviours & Competencies:

  • Solid understanding of end-to-end creative and production processes.
  • Proven track record of managing operations across multiple concurrent creative projects and teams.
  • Strong attention to detail and organized execution, with a focus on driving tasks through to final completion.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast and sometimes stressful work environment.
  • Proficient in managing project timelines, budgets, and operational dependencies.

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • At least 5 years of experience in a creative operations role within an in-house studio, agency, or production environment.
  • Hands-on experience using AI software to improve workflow efficiency.
  • Proficient with workflow management platforms such as Jira or Monday.com.
  • Experience collaborating with senior stakeholders and navigating corporate structures.
  • Experience working in structured, process-oriented, or regulated business environments.

Benefits

Why Join Starling?

  • Make an Impact: Work on projects that directly shape the future of banking and improve the financial lives of our customers. Starling is technology-led, and you'll have the freedom to accomplish your goals in innovative ways.
  • Culture of Excellence: Be part of a collaborative, empowered, and forward-thinking team. We encourage experimentation, ownership, and a relentless focus on "doing the right thing.”
  • Growth and Development: We are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities to learn new technologies, take on new challenges, and own interesting things from day one.
  • A Bank That Cares: We're a Living Wage employer, committed to flexible working, and dedicated to creating a fair, open, and safe working environment with compassion and inclusion at its core.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

We use AI tools to support various parts of our recruitment process, helping our team manage applications and assessments more efficiently. These tools are strictly used for support and do not replace human judgment with all final hiring decisions being made by our team. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please reach out to us.

Starling

About Starling

Hello, we’re Starling.

Banking was broken – so we decided to fix it. The vision? Fast technology, fair service and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

We built Britain’s first digital bank.

One hard-won banking licence later, we set about giving people a new way to spend, save and manage their money (and take better care of the planet, too).

We’re changing banking for good.

Back then, we were obsessed with unravelling the knotty world of finance and solving people’s problems rather than selling them stuff. We still are.

Since then, we’ve grown. A lot.

Over four million accounts (and four account types!). A team of thousands. Headquartered in London with offices in Cardiff, Dublin, Manchester and Southampton. Seven years voted Which? Recommended Provider and Britain's Best Banking Brand. Still zero branches.

Our culture is open, inclusive and focused on solving real customer problems, with an emphasis on doing the right thing, even when it’s not always the easy thing. From our approach to working together and sustainability to how we build our products, our decisions need to make the world – and Starling – a better place to be.

Everyone at Starling is essential to our mission, which is really quite simple: to solve our customer’s problems – and build the best bank in the world!

And now we're providing Starling to other banks, via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) proposition through our subsidiary Engine by Starling, using the proprietary technology platform that it uses to power our own bank.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2014
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