Manager, Creative Job Description
Manager, creative
provides senior creative direction on all marketing needs including logo design, collateral development, advertising campaigns, brand guidelines, digital creative needs, copywriting, and content creation, including video.
Manager, Creative Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provide sign-off of creative work and present / sell-in to marketing, channel management
Delivers fresh and innovative creative solutions
Provides photo art direction to studio
Ability to set priorities and manager a direct report
Ability to interface with internal and external partners and manage projects is required
Strong organizational and time management skills – with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once
A strong design eye with ability to form and articulate opinions
Strong understanding of floorplans, drawings and be able to articulate graphic skills
Windows, event planning, graphic design experience
Understanding of manufacturing / engineering / construction
Manager, Creative Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Manager, Creative
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, PMI, FB, SEO, CAPM, CSM, IG, PRINCE2, CATTI, TEM-8
Education for Manager, Creative
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the manager, creative job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Marketing, Graphic Design, Advertising, Design, Communications, Business, Education, Management, Fine Arts, Journalism
Skills for Manager, Creative
Desired skills for manager, creative include:
Adobe Creative Suite
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
SPSS
Word
Microsoft Office
Quantitative reporting tools
Creative advertising and technical processes
Digital
Desired experience for manager, creative includes:
Demonstrable understanding of Discovery Portfolio / Channel brands & target audiences
Knowledge and awareness of contemporary creative trends, techniques, innovations and platforms
Be a key part of the UK creative function alongside AM and DM
Previous experience in a creative environment preferred
WordPress or other Content Management System experience preferred
Collaborate with PMs and group leads on a daily and weekly basis for intra-group resource sharing
Manager, Creative Examples
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Manager, Creative Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of manager, creative. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for manager, creative
- The Manager of Creative Production is responsible for the creation of all promo assets and secondary graphic elements in support of all show launches weekly episodic promos
- Maintain labor-tracking document for direct reports for budgetary purposes
- Actively participate in client kick-off meetings
- Manages and tracks the approval and clearance process on all advertising/marketing materials
- Leads in the assignment & monitoring of work into the Creative teams – by both actively acting as Resource Manager for larger businesses, collaborating with Project Managers who resource work into smaller businesses
- Ensures the on-time and orderly flow of advertising projects into the Creative team to assure projects get assigned promptly, capacity is monitored, resources are leveraged across businesses and creative output is delivered on-time
- Serve as first point of escalation and resource problem-solver when project demand for creative hours exceeds our internal resourcing capacity
- Leads in the deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement of a structured process/system – which includes leading or attending Traffic/Resource meetings – to assure resource planning is an efficient and effective process
- Understand the creative talent skillsets, both internally and that of our external partners, so that workload assignments are properly assigned in order to maximize our dollar and resources spend
- Expedites the “rush” jobs in such a way that process does not obstruct the orderly flow of every day work
Qualifications for manager, creative
- Highly creative, able to work across multiple projects at the same time
- Demonstrable track record of creative excellence (Promax winner)
- Manage creative department on a day-to-day basis, including scheduling, IT issues, personnel conflicts and project allocation
- Recruit freelance/contract hires and manage database
- Must be an effective visual and written communicator
- Experience in the administration and management of a creative production staff
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of manager, creative. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for manager, creative
- Liaise with internal tax team to define most appropriate strategy to mitigate both risk & costs
- Lead "kick off" call with client/agency and sales
- Solving complex problems requiring some independent thinking
- Strategize ways to support the Account Managers by automation and assisting in optimization for related campaigns
- Work cross-functionally with content, sales and operations to create and implement integrated advertising solutions
- Present to clients and internal stakeholders regarding Premium Formats
- Troubleshoot and QA rich media and non-standard executions
- Manages any personnel or discipline issues that may arise
- Lead and facilitate a multi-disciplinary team of direct reports and non-direct reports through each stage of the content design process
- Advocate for our customer in our content product development process and tell the user’s story in a meaningful way
Qualifications for manager, creative
- Creative - strong conceptual skills
- Articulate - excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- 4 year college degree required in marketing or finance
- Minimum of 5 years merchandising/licensing experience required
- Experience in a finance or business development position preferred
- Candidate must have effective and proven interpersonal skills, maturity, and sound judgment
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Our growing company is hiring for a manager, creative. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for manager, creative
- Completes all phases of design, production, file prep and printing or digital development in a timely manner
- Collaborate on imagery for website, social media, and digital communications
- Work with management as needed to contribute to audience/end user research and develop creative briefs and design concepts to meet grant/contract objectives/deliverables
- Translate conceptual ideas to visual representations at meetings and brainstorming sessions
- Convert complex written material and other forms of information into persuasive, functional, and informative visuals that effectively and simply convey key information and messages
- Develop and document print design standards
- Ensure all creative aspects of materials through the lens of equity and diversity as an approach to product development
- Consult regularly with the Leadership team on design issues
- Develop and implement project strategies in partnership with internal clients, creative teams and vendors that deliver high-quality, brand-compliant sales and marketing tools (verbal and visual)
- Provide creative solutions when competing priorities arise between workflow and resources, legal review, proofreading cycles, content validation, brand consultations, production and delivery schedules
Qualifications for manager, creative
- From a technical perspective, must have an established track record for overseeing and delivering projects to on-time and on-budget execution
- The successful individual will be an independent thinker and proven problem-solver, with the ability to influence results with no direct authority
- Highly skilled at relationship-building, this individual must be an engaging team player that takes initiative and understands how to drive accountability
- Must be an exceptional communicator with excellent writing, listening and interpersonal skills and an ability to work both collaboratively in a team-oriented environment and independently, with high levels of detail execution
- Minimum of 5 years experience in web production required
- Knowledge of video editing and compression for both Macintosh & PC
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Our growing company is hiring for a manager, creative. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for manager, creative
- Manages creative development and execution of cutting edge digital/print channels while partnering with Sr
- Guide creative concepts and translates to different mediums
- Maintains an understanding of University policies, services, and procedures
- Designs presentation materials (using various media) for senior level administration
- Source and manage external designers and photographers to serve creative needs
- Identify potential resourcing issues and present to Project Management team and/or Senior Manager Projects & Delivery with resolutions to such issues where applicable
- Recommend and implement process improvements for Resource Management
- Drive operational efficiency with analytics-based approach
- Work with Project Managers and Department Heads to identify appropriate resource requirements for each account and project, including assessing talent needs and assigning team members to projects based on skills required
- Act as point of contact for resource booking confirmation, conflict resolution, and development of solutions in support of business goals
Qualifications for manager, creative
- Knowledge of Agency capabilities
- 5+ years similar experience in a logistics role
- Team player with experience working on concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced, agile environment
- A self-directed thinker who operates with passion, urgency, focus, and discipline
- Ability to take on more for the greater good of the company
- Consultative approach to client objective fulfillment and relationship development
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Manager, Creative Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of manager, creative. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for manager, creative
- Partner with internal resources (PR/Brand, Marcom Leads, digital, tradeshow/events, PIs’s…) or external agencies to determine the creative direction of campaigns
- Confer with creative, copy-writing, digital to discuss PI requirements and presentation concepts, and to coordinate creative activities
- Shares final campaign briefs with Sr
- Briefs and manages agency third party vendors on execution of all creative initiatives to retain current customers
- Works with Business Owners, Loyalty Marketing and agency on providing best value estimates and workback schedules
- Applies Direct Marketing industry best practices to all creative with the goal of increasing performance and LTV with customer base
- Meets weekly with Sr
- Communicates any high-level directional program/campaign changes to Sr
- Ensures campaigns are produced on brand, strategy and time to adhere to budget
- Troubleshoots and resolves day-to-day issues or problems affecting the creative quality and delivery of campaigns/programs
Qualifications for manager, creative
- Web programming languages and techniques, including HTML, Javascript, and Flash ActionScript
- Entrepreneurial spirit, drive to take ownership and build a business
- Bachelor's degree with proven track record of success and leadership
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in management, operations or a related field
- Ability to multitask and manage project priorities under tight deadlines
- Ability to estimate and maintain accurate budgets and schedules