Description & Requirements
Design and Creative Services Manager
Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic leader who is dedicated to turning mission driven ideas into measurable impact? As a Design and Creative Services Manager, you will be responsible for setting and executing the cohesive, modern, and institutional design standard that reflects our client’s mission. In this role, you will drive creative directions for editorial content, events, marketing campaigns, and digital experiences, ensuring clarity, consistency, and excellence across every audience touchpoint. The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and hands-on designer and animator who can elevate our client’s visual identity while delivery high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Best-in-Class Benefits and Culture:
We value the time and effort of our employees. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by competitive compensation, depending on experience, and an extensive benefits package including:
- Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance provided.
- Robust retirement planning: 401(k) plan available with employer matching
- Financial security: Life and disability insurance for added protection.
- Flexible financial options: Health savings and flexible spending accounts offered.
- Well-being and work-life balance: Paid time off, paid holidays
Additionally, we strive to create an optimal environment for our employees, where they can learn, grow, and thrive. We strive to create a collaborative and creative environment where everyone feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.
To succeed as a Design and Creative Services Manager, you’ll need these qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of five years of professional graphic design, visual communications, or creative marketing experience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, agency, or corporate environment.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Canva, and Microsoft Office, with demonstrated experience creating digital, print, multimedia, animation, and HTML-based interactive content.
- Strong understanding of design principles, branding, visual storytelling, user experience, and accessibility, best practices across multiple communication channels and media formats.
- Exceptional project management, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, analyze performance data, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated creativity, professionalism, and sound judgment, with a commitment to continuous learning, maintaining confidentiality, upholding organizational values, and contributing positively within a collaborative environment.
Your responsibilities as a Design and Creative Services Manager will include:
- Lead the development and execution of a cohesive visual design strategy across the organization and its sub-brands, ensuring brand consistency and compelling storytelling across all channels.
- Create and produce high-quality digital, print, environmental, and multimedia assets—including graphics, animations, and interactive content—that effectively communicate organizational messages and engage target audiences.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to identify communication needs, develop creative solutions, and design templates and tools that support efficient self-service content creation.
- Manage creative projects from concept through completion by coordinating timelines, overseeing external vendors and production partners, and ensuring deliverables meet quality, budget, and deadline expectations.
- Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of design and marketing initiatives using performance data and stakeholder feedback to optimize future campaigns and continuously improve creative impact.
Put Your Marketing Expertise to Work for Impact.
If you are a driven design professional ready to apply your skills in creative design within a mission-driven organization, we want to hear from you. Apply today and help power the integrity behind work that advances timeless values.
We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.