Elijah Nicholson
STUDIO MANAGER / CREATIVE OPERATIONS / WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
London, UK • [email protected] • LinkedIn
Profile
Studio Manager with a background in creative production, workflow optimisation and automation. Experienced in leading creative teams and designing monday.com systems that improve resource visibility, remove manual processes and connect creative and operational teams across global studios. Strong technical knowledge across Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, motion, print and digital production.
Selected Impact
- •80+ hrs/month saved through improved global briefing
- •99% fewer date errors across global briefing workflows
- •75+ hrs reclaimed per new hire with Figma onboarding
- •80% reduction in onboarding overhead
- •Zero data loss during global tracking system recovery
- •66 users / 1,650 holiday days automated via BambooHR/monday.com integration
Key Skills
Creative Operations
- Studio Management
- Resource Planning
- Workflow Design
- Process Improvement
- Team Leadership
Creative & Tools
- Figma & Brand Governance
- InDesign / Photoshop
- After Effects / Motion
- Print & Digital Production
Automation & Systems
- monday.com & Dashboards
- Make & Integrations
- Workflow Automation
- Capacity Management
- Reporting
Professional Experience
STUDIO MANAGER | WELLCOM LONDON
Based at Christie's
Lead a creative production team supporting complex international auction campaigns, with responsibility for workflow, resource allocation, technical delivery and process improvement.
- Manage studio workload, assigning work across the team while overseeing quality, deadlines and technical delivery.
- Designed and implemented interconnected monday.com workflows covering briefing, resource planning, assignment, production and handover.
- Built automated OOO/capacity checks, notifications, timestamps and designer availability updates to reduce manual administration.
- Created a global briefing workflow that saved 80+ hours per month in London and reduced date-formatting errors by 99%.
- Built centralised resource dashboards providing live visibility of studio capacity, workload and priorities across global teams, reducing freelance reliance.
- Automated holiday management for 66 users by integrating BambooHR with monday.com via Make, removing the manual entry barrier and ensuring up to 1,650 annual holiday days are automatically reflected in studio availability.
- Created a global Figma onboarding framework, reducing lead onboarding time by approximately 80% and reclaiming 75+ hours per new hire.
- Resolved a critical global tracking-system failure independently, restoring functionality with zero data loss.
- Act as a technical and operational link between Creative, Account Management and wider stakeholders.
CREATIVE ARTWORKER | WELLCOM LONDON
Based at Christie's
- Produced print and digital artwork for complex international auction campaigns.
- Led the integration of Shorthand digital assets into the auction production pipeline.
- Identified production bottlenecks and helped standardise campaign workflows, improving consistency and turnaround times.
- Provided technical production support across print, digital and motion.
MIDWEIGHT ARTWORKER | WELLCOM LONDON
Based at Wellcom
Produced print and digital artwork within a high-volume studio environment, developing strong technical and production knowledge.
JUNIOR ARTWORKER | WELLCOM LONDON
Based at Wellcom
Education
BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology and Design | 2:1
International Baccalaureate | 27 Points
References
Professional references from Wellcom London and Christie's are available upon request.