TRAFFIC
Gauteng
Traffic Officer Global Grade 10
Barloworld Equipment (Pty) Ltd
South African Rand . ZAR 300,000 - 400,000
Job Description
Key Outputs 
- Manage the scheduling and trafficking of all creative jobs from briefing to final delivery, including print, digital, video, and event-related assets.
- Maintain a centralized project tracker and assign tasks to designers, copywriters, editors, and external vendors.
- Prioritize workload based on business objectives, urgent requirements, and team capacity.
- Ensure all stakeholders are aligned on timelines, expectations, and deliverables at every stage of a project.
- Coordinate with internal teams (marketing, digital, brand, events, etc.) to gather briefs and clarify requirements.
- Monitor deadlines, flag bottlenecks, and drive timely delivery of all marketing and creative outputs.
- Facilitate daily or weekly status meetings and update stakeholders on project progress.
- Liaise with printers, photographers, agencies, and other external vendors to track jobs and delivery timelines.
- Ensure that all creative output adheres to brand standards and review protocols before being released.
- Centralised Project Tracker: A live, up to date "master list" (using tools like Trello, or Excel) showing exactly what every team member is working on and when it's due.
- Production Schedules: Detailed timelines for every project that show key dates-from the first creative brief to the final print or digital go-live.
- Daily/Weekly Status Reports: Clear updates for managers and stakeholders that highlight what has been finished and what is coming up next.
- Completed Creative Briefs: Ensuring every job has a clear "to-do" list with all the right info before a designer even starts work.
- Capacity & Workload Plans: Weekly views of the team's "bandwidth," showing who is too busy and who has space to take on more work.
- Vendor Delivery Logs: A record of all jobs currently with external printers, agencies, or photographers, including their expected delivery dates and costs.
- Bottleneck Alerts: Early-warning reports that flag if a project is stuck (e.g., waiting for an approval) so it doesn't delay the final launch.
- The Final Sign-off Record: A "quality check" log confirming that every asset has been approved by the brand and legal teams before it is released
- Diploma or degree in Marketing, Project Management, Communication, or a related field.
- Advantageous: Post graduate degree in marketing, communications or psychology
- Two to Four years' experience in traffic coordination, project management, or agency operations role.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Trello, Asana, Microsoft Project, or similar).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent Microsoft Office suite skills (word, excel, PPTX)
- Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines
- Familiarity with creative processes, print production, and digital content workflows
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Strong coordination and planning skills
- Deadline-driven and detail-oriented
- Excellent interpersonal communication
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Collaborative mindset and team facilitation
- Conflict resolution and expectation management
- Strong attention to detail
- Concern for communicating clearly
- Commitment to behaving correctly and ethically
- Customer Centricity and Focus
- Focus on convincing and persuading
- Openness to accept feedback
- Strategic thinker able to identify long-term opportunities and trends
Job Overview
Date Posted
20 Feb 2026
Salary
South African Rand . ZAR
300,000 - 400,000
Location
Gauteng, South Africa