Director, Creative Design Services

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $223K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead and inspire a creative team to deliver best-in-class marketing, shape brand storytelling, govern design standards, and drive data-informed, scalable solutions across the organization.

  • Own strategic leadership across matrixed organizations
  • Develop and retain top creative talent

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and inspire a talented team of designers and creative professionals, ensuring best-in-class creative execution across all U.S. marketing initiatives
  • Drive compelling storytelling and innovative design solutions that simplify complex experiences and differentiate the brand in a competitive marketplace
  • Establish and enforce governance for brand and design standards, ensuring consistency and quality across all touchpoints
  • Leverage data-driven insights, including NPS and Human-Centered Design (HCD) principles, to inform creative strategies and enhance customer engagement
  • Apply change-management strategies to influence the adoption of new processes and tools, demonstrating agility in a transformative environment
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external agencies to optimize resources and deliver scalable, tiered creative solutions
  • Foster a high-performance culture that values creativity, collaboration, and accountability, engaging employees and leaders across the organization
  • Champion organizational behaviors that drive innovation, teamwork, and forward-thinking solutions
  • Attract, develop, and retain top creative talent, providing mentorship and growth opportunities to build a world-class team
  • Provide strategic leadership across matrixed organizations, aligning creative priorities with broader business objectives and global resourcing strategies

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience leading creative and design initiatives in a complex, multi-channel environment
  • Proven expertise in UI/UX design and end-to-end product design
  • 10+ years of supervisory and/or project management experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Preferred

  • Deep understanding of digital and traditional media, with a successful track record of overseeing production-ready user experiences
  • Proficiency in leading design tools (e.g., Figma and related platforms)
  • Strong communication skills with an emphasis on collaboration, transparency, and accountability
  • Strategic thinking and vision-setting
  • Creative and operational leadership
  • Stakeholder engagement and influence
  • Decision-making and problem-solving
  • Collaboration across matrixed teams
  • Attention to detail and commitment to quality

Benefits

  • Health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.
  • Retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
  • Generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.
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Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We have more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents serving ~34 million customers worldwide, and over $1.3 trillion in assets under management and administration.Visit www.Manulife.com to find out more.For Manulife terms of use, please visit http://bit.ly/SM_Terms

Toronto, Ontario, CAN
33K employees (1,008 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.6M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18.2%
Direct
59.1%
Referral
18.6%
Social
3.3%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~33.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
775 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$3.3B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Debt, 3 months ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1B
  • Jun 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $363.5M
  • Mar 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $1.2B

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