Senior Manager, Creative - Associate Creative Director

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$108K/yr – $234K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead Walmart's brand experience across stores, digital and touchpoints, translating strategy into scalable customer experiences while mentoring teams.

  • Shapes creative vision with the Brand Experience Director
  • Drives design systems and process improvements across platforms

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Director of Brand Experience to shape Walmart's creative vision across stores, digital, and emerging customer touchpoints.
  • Lead multidisciplinary creative from concept through execution, translating brand strategy into scalable customer experiences.
  • Inspire exceptional work through creative direction, mentorship, and collaboration while building strong cross-functional partnerships.
  • Champion design excellence, elevate creative quality, and guide teams through ambiguity with clarity and optimism.
  • Identify opportunities to innovate, improve processes, and strengthen the Walmart brand by embracing emerging trends, evolving creative systems, and delivering thoughtful, customer-centered solutions that balance strategic vision with operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years leading brand, retail, advertising, experiential, or integrated design
  • Proven leadership experience managing creative teams and delivering multiple projects successfully.
  • Exceptional portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and design systems.
  • Ability to interpret and apply creative briefs aligned with marketing and customer experience goals.
  • Skilled in collaboration with internal teams and external agencies to ensure campaign alignment.
  • Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing team members to enhance performance and skills.
  • Adaptability to evolving business needs and commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
  • Expertise in branding, typography, illustration, visual systems, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma.

Preferred

  • Digital Content Management
  • Editorial
  • Retail Management
  • Supervising Associates
  • WE-Working for or withCreative Agencies

Benefits

  • Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
  • You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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Walmart

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Sixty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world’s biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. When you join our Walmart family of brands, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. We are ecstatic to have been named a Great Place to Work® Certified May 2023 – May 2024, Disability: IN 2023 Best Places to Work, and Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2023. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and build a career you’re proud of.

Founded in 1962
Bentonville, Arkansas, US
530K employees (30,620 in marketing)
54% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
525.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$15.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
16.8%
Direct
59.4%
Referral
12.1%
Social
11.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~571.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
15,903 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
15

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