Traffic Coordinator Jobs in Durban, South Africa at Mr Price
Position: Traffic Coordinator Mr Price
To manage and coordinate the flow of marketing and creative work through the production process to ensure projects are completed efficiently, on schedule, and according to business priorities.
The role acts as a central point of coordination between marketing, creative, production, and external teams by managing schedules, allocating resources, monitoring deadlines, and ensuring smooth workflow and communication across all projects.
Manage project briefing and planning by receiving, reviewing, and validating briefs to ensure all objectives, deliverables, and timelines are clearly defined and aligned with brand requirements.
Facilitate effective stakeholder communication by scheduling and leading status update and creative review meetings, and updating the project management system to ensure accurate project tracking.
Coordinate workflow and resource allocation by assessing project requirements, team capabilities, workloads, and availability to assign work appropriately and optimise delivery.
Monitor project timelines and progress by proactively tracking deliverables, following up with brand and creative teams, and driving actions required to ensure on-time completion.
Collaborate with creative leadership to allocate resources on projects, ensuring the most suitable and experienced team members are assigned to deliver quality outcomes.
Manage creative review processes by coordinating internal and brand reviews, next steps, and ensuring all revisions are communicated and actioned through project management systems.
Conduct quality assurance checks by reviewing final creative outputs against the original brief to ensure all requirements, objectives, and brand expectations have been met.
Provide proactive risk management and escalation by identifying potential project delays, developing contingency plans, redistributing workload where necessary, and alerting leadership to risks.
Maintain accurate project administration and reporting by launching studio projects, tracking project timings, and ensuring data integrity to support reporting and resource planning.
Ensure system and workflow governance by maintaining the project management system updates daily, providing visibility of project status, timelines, and actions for both brand and creative teams.
Essential:
2 – 4 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas:
Traffic Coordination Marketing Operations Production Coordination Agency or Creative Studio Workflow Management Project Administration
Advantageous:
Diploma or Degree in:
Marketing Communications Business Administration Project Management Media or Production Management
What We’re Looking For
You’ll have experience managing and coordinating:
Creative workflows and job tracking
Production schedules and deadlines
Resource allocation across multiple projects
You’ll also bring:
A thorough understanding of the creative production process, from brief to final delivery
Knowledge of digital and print production workflows
An understanding of agency operations, social and digital campaigns, print production, and creative review processes
Experience working with project management software
Strong computer literacy
Skills & Competencies
We’re looking for someone who is:
Highly organised, systematic and detail-oriented
An excellent planner with strong time management skills
Assertive and confident in managing workflows, priorities and stakeholders
Deadline-driven, with a strong sense of urgency and accountability
Able to effectively follow up, challenge where necessary, and keep projects moving forward
Comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Resilient and able to remain calm in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
Able to thrive in a collaborative, close-knit team environment
Focused on accuracy and attention to detail
Success in this role requires a confident and proactive individual who can effectively coordinate multiple stakeholders, manage competing deadlines, and ensure projects remain on track from brief through to final execution.
Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.
Title: Traffic Coordinator
Company: Mr Price
Location: Durban, South Africa
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