Traffic Manager

Job Description

Image Comics is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Publishing Traffic Manager to oversee publishing schedules, manage metadata workflows, and maintain accurate title data across Airtable systems. This role serves as a central coordination point between production, marketing, and sales teams to ensure all publishing assets and deadlines are tracked and executed efficiently. A proactive individual with a keen eye for detail, but an intuition for creative, problem solving on-the-fly will be most successful in this fast-paced role. This role is currently fully remote, must reside in Washington, Oregon, or California.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, distribute, and maintain publishing schedules for titles across multiple workflows and departments
• Track deadlines and ensure timely completion of production and release milestones
• Maintain and update Airtable databases with title information, metadata, schedules, and status changes
• Enter and manage book/product metadata, including titles, ISBNs, UPCs, contributors, publication dates, formats, and pricing
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness across all Airtable records and reporting systems
• Coordinate with production, sales, marketing, and digital teams to gather and verify required information
• Monitor workflow progress and proactively identify scheduling conflicts or missing data
• Support process improvements and workflow optimization related to title management and metadata tracking
• Maintain organized records and documentation for publishing operations

Requirements

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in publishing operations, traffic management, production coordination, or metadata management preferred
• Strong proficiency with Airtable or similar database/project management platforms
• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and Airtable
• Familiarity with publishing workflows and metadata standards is a plus

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with production schedules
• Knowledge of ISBN, UPC, and metadata management processes
• Ability to analyze and maintain large datasets accurately
• Collaborative mindset with strong problem-solving abilities

Work Environment

• Fast-paced publishing environment with cross-functional collaboration

Success in This Role Looks Like

• An intuitive outlook, with an interest in long-term problem solving solutions
• Accurate and up-to-date Airtable records
• Smooth coordination of publishing schedules and deadlines
• Reliable metadata management with minimal errors
• Clear communication across teams

Image Comics offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Our benefits include no-cost employee medical/prescription drug insurance, dental, vision, health care/dependent care Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Healthcare Spending Account (HSA), Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k), Life/AD&D Insurance & generous paid time off.

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Wage range starting at $28/hr.

Please upload your resume to:  https://imagecomics.app.box.com/f/2c5013de57ae436db911570d7f24d29d

Image Comics is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, Stray Bullets, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com.