Manager, Digital Creative (Art Director)

Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableManager6+ years expUnavailable

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead digital creative across web, app, email, and motion from concept to deployment, balancing hands on work with 2–5 designer leadership.

  • Creative ownership: translate briefs into on-brand, conversion-focused work across UX, motion, and production with proactive risk management.
  • Team leadership: mentor 2–5 designers, set direction, allocate work, and drive accountability and output quality.
  • Technology and process: champion AI-enabled tools and new workflows to raise efficiency and scale creative output while staying ahead of digital and animation trends.

Job Description

  • Concept, art-direct, and design digital creative across web, app, email, animation, and select special projects, from concept through deployment
  • Split your time between hands-on design and team leadership —staying close to the craft while elevating others
  • Lead, mentor, and allocate work for 2–5 designers and motion designers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and creative ambition
  • Own creative quality, consistency, and on-time delivery across all assigned work
  • Set clear direction, anticipate risks, and proactively solve problems before they slow the work
  • Translate creative briefs and business goals into compelling, on-brand, conversion-aware creative solutions
  • Partner closely with the Senior Manager, Creative Director, Marketing, eCommerce, Brand Creative, and Creative Operations teams
  • Provide art direction for photo, video, and motion production as needed, guiding internal and external partners through shoot and post-production
  • Present work with clarity and confidence to peers, senior leaders, and executive stakeholders
  • Champion AI-enabled tools , animation, and new technologies to improve efficiency, scale output, and evolve creative execution— don’t wait to be told, go ahead and make it happen

PetSmart

At PetSmart, we’ll do Anything for Pets. ❤️🐾 And the people who love them! Because we’re those people, too. Pets inspire and motivate us to bring our best selves to work each day. Our associates are devoted to ensuring that pets’ lives are happy and healthy. So, naturally, we’re devoted to ensuring that PetSmart is a happy and healthy workplace, too. Whether based in a store, salon, PetsHotel, distribution center, or at our home office, you’ll find yourself inspired and empowered to go further, reach higher, and make the most out of your #LifeAtPetSmart.As the largest specialty retailer in North America, we’re proud to employ approximately 50,000 associates across 1,660+ stores, seven distribution centers, and two home offices. Through our work with PetSmart Charities® and PetSmart Charities of Canada®, we’ve helped 11 million pets find their forever homes, donated over $500+ million in grants to make a difference, and earned the title of the leading funder for animal welfare.PetSmart takes data privacy very seriously, so please be aware that PetSmart will never ask for personal information, such as a driver’s license number or financial information before a candidate accepts an employment offer. Candidates will be asked to provide a social security number in the job application via PetSmart’s secured applicant tracking system, which can be accessed only via www.careers.petsmart.com. Candidates will never be asked to provide any of this information via e-mail.

Founded in 1987
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
31K employees (992 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
14.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.3%
Direct
51.5%
Referral
6.6%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
755 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
7.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$15M
Last Raise
Debt Financing, 4 months ago

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