Responsibilities

• Oversee the conceptualization, execution, and delivery of creative work across brand, demand, content, and digital experiences
• Develop creative strategies and lead presentations, approaches, and planning that advance client business objectives and reinforce our Make Your Market positioning
• Translate complex business challenges into compelling ideas that span channels and touchpoints—bringing them to life through stories, campaigns, experiences, and systems that guide buyers through their journey
• Set and sell a strong creative vision for integrated campaigns and experiences across marketing, digital, and sales touchpoints
• Direct, mentor, and elevate designers, art directors, content strategists, and copywriters
• Collaborate closely with strategy, account, media, and experience teams to ensure creative work is insight-led, executable, and commercially grounded
• Lead creative participation in new business development, pitches, and agency thought leadership
• Own SCHERMER’s POV on AI-enabled creative production and workflow, implementing tools and processes that improve speed, quality, and effectiveness
• Foster a high-performing creative culture focused on craft, clarity, accountability, and outcomes
• Champion professional development, succession planning, and long-term creative talent growth

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in design, art, marketing, communications, or equivalent professional experience
• 10+ years in marketing, including recent agency experience with meaningful leadership responsibility
• Demonstrated success leading and developing creative teams
• A portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking, executional craft, and strategic intent
• Ability to work through complexity, ambiguity, and evolving client needs
• Strong communication, collaboration and presentation skills
• Experience evaluating, implementing and using AI tools to improve creative workflows and production
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with in-office presence three days per week in Minneapolis.
• This role is not remote, and relocation assistance is not provided.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Preferred

• Experience in complex B2B and considered-purchase categories—such as SaaS, Fintech, Health tech, and Professional Services is valued
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to deepen B2B expertise

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%
• generous PTO
• onsite parking stipend
• professional development support