Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long…
Creative Workflow Co-Ordinator - M&G plc.
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Job Description
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Creative Workflow Co-Ordinator
The Creative Workflow co-ordinator will manage, coordinate and optimise the end-to-end delivery workflow across Creative Services. This role ensures resource is allocated effectively, timelines are met, risks are surfaced early, and creative output moves through the pipeline smoothly, consistently and compliantly through forward resource planning and work forecasting.
The role acts as the operational heartbeat of the team, maintaining control, predictability and delivery discipline.
Key Responsibilities (Strategic & Operational)
Run and continuously refine the day-to-day workflow engine for Creative Services, ensuring all jobs are accurately tracked, triaged and prioritised
Allocate Designers and Junior Designers to tasks based on capability, workload, deadlines and complexity, ensuring resources are balanced across competing priorities
Lead daily stand-ups and maintain workflow/task boards, providing full visibility of progress, risks and bottlenecks
Monitor work-in-progress across all active jobs, ensuring that creative teams have clarity on expectations, deliverables and timelines
Identify delivery risks early and coordinate rapid mitigation plans, escalating when needed to the Account Manager or Brand and Creative Lead
Maintain and update delivery timelines, ensuring stakeholders are kept informed of changes, blockers and impacts
Own operational housekeeping, including file management, version control, naming conventions, folder structures and production checklists
Ensure all assets follow the correct approval's workflow, including Compliance review, evidence capture and audit documentation
Support the creation, rollout and improvement of standard operating procedures (SOPs), templates, trackers and workflow guides
Analyse delivery metrics such as cycle time, utilisation, throughput and rework, using insights to recommend process improvements
Collaborate closely with the Account Manager to plan capacity, manage forecasting and support quarterly/annual operational planning
Act as the day-to-day point of contact for Creative Services operations, helping stakeholders navigate the delivery process and understand timelines
Knowledge & Skills
Strong traffic management and workflow coordination expertise, ideally within creative or marketing environments
Background in forecasting and resource planning
Excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail, accuracy and structure
Ability to manage multiple concurrent workflows, balancing speed with quality
Understanding of creative production processes across digital, print, social and motion
Proficiency in workflow/project management tools (e.g., Trello, Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or enterprise equivalents)
Confident communication skills to engage designers, marketers, agencies and compliance reviewers
Problem-solving mindset, with the ability to anticipate bottlenecks and plan ahead
Experience
Proven background in creative operations, traffic management, production coordination or similar roles
Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary creative teams in fast-paced environments
Track record of improving workflows, processes or delivery frameworks
Experience working with compliance or regulated approval processes is beneficial
Experience in Workforce planning and forecasting
Key Stakeholders
Designers and Junior Designers
Account Manager
Brand and Creative Lead
Marketing Planning and Strategy team
Compliance Reviewers
External Agencies (Creative, Production, Media)
KPIs
Resource utilisation and workload balance
Cycle time reduction across asset types
On-time delivery against committed timelines
Reduction in rework and late-stage changes
Zero missed deadlines on regulatory, critical-path or high-priority deliverables
Stakeholder satisfaction with delivery operations
Location: Stirling or Edinburgh Work Level: Colleague Recruiter: Amy Curtis Closing Date: 22nd May 2026
What we offer
At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:
As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy - to balance your work and personal commitments.
Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare , Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.
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