ANGEL MANDIWANA
Traffic Manager
Germiston
Summary
Traffic Manager coordinating creative studio scheduling, task flow, and resourcing across departments. Manages a studio team of 10, steers quality assurance and internal reviews, and resolves execution issues before work moves forward. Aligns scopes, milestones, and talent needs to keep campaigns moving on schedule.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Traffic Manager
Promise Brand Specialists
07.2025 - Current
- Manage end-to-end traffic and workflow coordination across Creative, Production, Strategy and Client Service teams, ensuring projects move efficiently from briefing through to delivery.
- Manage and monitor team workloads and resource capacity, allocating tasks and prioritising work during high-volume campaign periods.
- Managed team workloads and resource capacity, allocated tasks, and prioritised work during high-volume campaign periods to maintain project momentum.
- Use Wrike and WorkBook to manage workflows, task allocation, project tracking, timelines and team visibility.
- Facilitated cross-department communication to ensure clarity in briefs, requirements, feedback, priorities, and deadlines, fostering collaboration.
- Monitored project progress and flagged risks, competing priorities, and capacity constraints to stakeholders, enabling timely interventions.
- Contribute to improving workflow efficiency and streamlining traffic processes across the agency.
Traffic Manager
Limelight SA
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Oversees the flow of projects across different departments
- Oversaw project flow across departments to enhance collaboration and efficiency
- Managed a studio team of 10, including 1 ECD, 1 junior CD copywriter, 2 art directors, 2 copywriters, 1 DTP, and 3 freelance graphic and motion designers
- Evaluated campaign needs to create project scope, milestones and schedules
- Detect and resolve issues during project executions
- Spearheaded creative brainstorming meetings, fostering innovative ideas for campaign development
- Sourcing / scouting of talent needed either for freelance/permanent work
- Diary management across all departments
Traffic Manager
Prodigious
05.2019 - 06.2022
- Assisted in managing a studio team that consisted of 12 ( x2 CDs ,x3 Copy writers , 1 Proofreader , x6 Graphic and Motion designers)
- Ensured timely delivery of all projects.
- Managed project resourcing to maintain budget compliance.
- Planned resourcing, tracked timelines, and provided project progress updates to client service team.
- Making use of project management tools like Chase
- Assisted in Office Administration; making boardroom bookings for meetings, filing, managing stationery and other office supplies
Production Assistant Intern
Kan Communication
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Created schedules and drafted budgets and timelines using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to ensure efficient project management
- Booking travel and accommodation arrangements
- Coordinated with TV, radio, and media personalities' management for bookings, liaising with high-profile clients to secure production needs
- Reserved venues and arranged equipment rentals to support production requirements
- Multi-tasking
Education
Short Course -Certificate in Business Management -
NYDA
Gauteng, South AfricaP.R N6 Certificate of Higher Education - Information Processing, Public Relations, Office Practice, Communication
Tshwane college
Pretoria01-2016
Grade 12 - ENG H/L, L.O, AFR F/L, ECO, BSS, GEO, MTH
Louis Trichardt Hoerskool
Louis Trichardt, Limpopo01-2012
Skills
Creative workflow coordination
Project scheduling
Quality assurance
Talent sourcing
Stakeholder communication
Microsoft Office proficiency
Diary management
Task delegation
Time management
Multitasking
Timeline
Traffic Manager
Promise Brand Specialists
07.2025 - Current
Traffic Manager
Limelight SA
06.2022 - 06.2025
Traffic Manager
Prodigious
05.2019 - 06.2022
Production Assistant Intern
Kan Communication
01.2016 - 06.2017
Grade 12 - ENG H/L, L.O, AFR F/L, ECO, BSS, GEO, MTH
Louis Trichardt Hoerskool
P.R N6 Certificate of Higher Education - Information Processing, Public Relations, Office Practice, Communication
Tshwane college
Short Course -Certificate in Business Management -
NYDA