Creative Manager jobs in Arizona

Responsibilities and Duties

• Greets all guests warmly, including, but not limited to, visitors, volunteers, vendors, staff, guests, donors, community groups, church groups, and public officials
• Supervises a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social-media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of messaging and deliverables
• Leads and reviews the work of the Creative Team for all web, print, and digital creative projects
• Prioritizes work and resources across engagements, based on short- and long-term needs, and develop schedules by collaborates with designers, copywriters, and production entities
• Demonstrates knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods, including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
• Conducts brainstorming sessions with the Creative Team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
• Plans, implements, and manages the creative teams designed to meet the strategic plan’s goals and objectives
• Reviews and approves art and copy developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address creative goals and challenges effectively
• Produces fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling print materials and digital experiences for all audiences
• Oversees the presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables
• Spearheads and manages content strategy for both small and large projects, connecting brand design, copy, art, and digital technology
• Develops internal creative campaigns that translate objectives across business units into clear and motivating creative strategies
• Meets budget requirements by forecasting and managing expenses
• Prepares development reports including plans, accomplishments, and challenges for senior leadership and board meetings
• Creates integrated content across all creative marketing channels including digital, social media, paid media, mobile, offline, and print
• Provides strategic leadership of owned assets and digital media to enhance the message
• Ensures brand management and provide consistency across all platforms, including social media, websites, marketing materials, internal publications, training materials, and other deliverables
• Enforces brand standards across all design assets, executing a high aesthetic and technical quality for all creative projects
• Supervises the creative workflow and schedule of design from inception to completion
• Improves results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes within the creative team and its workflow
• Coordinates with management and staff to stay updated on GRM news and events
• Communicates with administration and team on upcoming projects that generate donations and donor inquiries
• Develops, manages, and executes social media strategies, including paid and organic marketing campaigns
• Tracks and analyzes content performance
• Collaborates with external partners on strategic marketing campaigns
• Confers with creative, art, copywriting, or production team to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities
• Attends professional training and networking opportunities as directed 
• Attends staff meetings or other meetings as directed 
• Supports the Creative Team directly and conduct monthly coaching conversations and performance evaluations
• Manages web-based time and attendance records of subordinates
• Ensures personnel and administrative policies as being adhered to
• Ensures that the culture and process are correctly being used and train new staff as required
• Conducts or arranges for staff training and development
• Intervenes in staff conflict resolution as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Leadership Team Expectations

• Communicates meaningfully and consistently. Gives recognition and praise. Provides feedback, mentorship and training. Finds ways to foster a sense of community at work. Creates a safe space for failure. Provides strong leadership and a clear vision. Holds themselves and others accountable. Demonstrates good problem-solving skills and abilities. Avoids micromanaging – provide empowerment. Is an effective decision maker/solution provider. Puts people first. Is honest. Is dedicated. Upholds healthy work/life balance
• Provides full leadership and supervisory support to creative team and GRM teams
• Manages, addresses, and coaches team situations and responsibilities in collaboration with CDO and Director of Human Resources
• Upholds policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding behavior, conduct, and GRM practices; and escalate manage, and report issues with transparency and accountability
• Participates in interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, recognition, disciplining, and termination of direct reports as necessary
• Provides assistance to the CDO and/or Executive Team as required to resolve all complaints of guests, staff, volunteers, and partner/outside agencies or entities
• Attends professional training and networking opportunities as directed
• Manages employees’ web-based time and attendance records
• Supports and attend GRM team meetings
• Provides weekly reports as directed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Reports to:

• Chief Development Officer (CDO)

Vacation Level: 2