1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating event-based automation in a collaborative cloud-based platform, the method comprising: receiving an event at a rule manager system of the collaborative cloud-based platform, wherein the event is received at the rule manager system responsive to an action taken by a collaborator of the collaborative cloud-based platform on a content item stored in one or more backend systems of the collaborative cloud-based platform, wherein the content item comprises electronic content that is remotely accessible to the collaborator user via a user device in communication with the collaborative cloud-based platform; and translating, by a computer processor of the rule manager system, the event into one or more job requests by: parsing the event to identify event criteria; accessing pre-defined rules from a memory in communication with the computer processor; scanning the pre-defined rules to select a first pre-defined rule that matches the event criteria; and generating a job request associated with the first pre-defined rule.