Senior Manager, Creative Services

Cincinnati, OH (Remote)

$77K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own creative direction and end-to-end production for brand visuals, ensuring accessible, on-brand storytelling across social and web while scaling through freelancers and templates.

  • Creative Direction & Quality: set visual standards, review work, and align with project goals.
  • Studio Ops & Partnerships: manage design/video freelancers, timelines, and budgets for efficient production.
  • Publish & Accessibility: oversee publications and ensure inclusive design across materials.

Job Description

Own creative direction and end-to-end production for brand visuals, ensuring accessible, on-brand storytelling across social and web while scaling through freelancers and templates.

  • Maintain and uphold brand standards while adapting creative solutions to real‑world constraints such as timelines, budgets and staff capacity
  • Lead the development of compelling visual storytelling by providing creative input for the use of graphics, video and photography across social media and web platforms
  • Set creative direction and review work produced by staff and freelancers to ensure visual quality, brand consistency and alignment with project goals
  • Support video projects from planning through editing, producing work internally or managing external vendors as needed
  • Apply and enforce principles of accessibility and inclusive design to all creative work, ensuring materials are usable, readable and welcoming for a broad range of audiences and needs
  • Develop and maintain a suite of creative tools, templates and creative assets that support efficient plug-and-play use across teams and platforms
  • Manage incoming marketing and communications projects, translating requests into clear scopes, timelines and project plans using company project management software
  • Hold day-to-day responsibility for creative execution and freelance management, with shared accountability for budget decisions related to design and production
  • Direct the design and production of publications, reports and other marketing and communications materials, designing directly or managing freelance designers
  • Recruit, contract and manage freelance designers, videographers, photographers and other creative partners to extend the capacity of a small internal team
  • Best fit for someone with 8+ years of graphic design experience and a track record leading design end-to-end
  • Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Three to 5 years of experience managing designers or freelancers and setting creative direction
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Cell Phone Stipend
  • 401K Match Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Matching Gifts Program