Creative Manager
Summary
The Creative Manager partners with the Director of Creative & Brand to ensure projects align with the overall vision and strategy of the Workiva brand. The Creative Manager will work cross functionally, aligning with the design team and keeping the creative process moving forward. This position will be instrumental in balancing day-to-day tactics and long term strategy as well as seamlessly implementing our brand design systems to ensure consistency and quality of the brand experience at every touch point.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and champion creative consistency across all channels
- Monitor business and team goals to ensure projects are in alignment
- Establish and implement design systems and processes of our brand that allow the team to scale
- Relentlessly and resourcefully improving existing processes and making suggestions to our systems to ensure proper execution of our brand
- Supports a team of designers and partners closely with web dev, production, operations and others to develop & ensure strong design solutions
- Oversee operations of our library of creative assets
- Oversee and coordinate production/creative and expedite creative output and continuity
- Work closely with and report to the CD on project flow and provide updates on any obstacles or issues with projects or personnel
- Balance projects and Creative team workloads daily with strong delegation, adjusting assignments and deadlines accordingly
- Manage day-to-day operations of the design team with expert prioritization by coordinating with marketing leads to align priorities, assign resources, and ensure deadlines are met
- Works with marketing leads to resolve identified roadblocks
- Collaborates with marketing leads to build processes to mitigate back channel requests
- Solve design problems with solutions that delight
- Provide efficient resource planning, knowing when to engage freelance support
- Manage freelancer/agency relationships ensuring they are an extension of the team
- Adapt to and produce work for different areas of our brand and project types in a fast-paced environment
- Provide context, guidance & support per job as the team works thru objectives
- Provide training to new hires and ensure they have the right tools to be successful
- Support the overarching integration of the marketing activities throughout the company by ensuring that all affected departments are kept in the communication loop on project status
- As needed, the creative manager will work with stakeholders to adjust job deadlines while still balancing and meeting the teams needs
- Self-manage while giving progress updates on existing projects and communicate any foreseeable issues
What You'll Need
Education
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
- Must possess a positive team spirit with strong communication skills.
- Highly proactive with a keen ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong communicator and keen ability to relay information across silos
- Great sense of creativity and passion for design that makes brands shine in the real world.
- Always on top of current trends and cultural mindsets.
- Great team-building skills, an inspiring voice for creative bravery.
- 5+ years experience as a graphic designer, production or similar creative role
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience with Figma a plus
- Solid presentation design skills
- Expert multi-tasker in a fast-paced environment
- Experience leading a team of creatives, creative resources or doing Art Direction preferred
- Experience designing for 100+ person events, a plus
- Experience with film & animation preferred
- 10%
- Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.
How You'll Be Rewarded
Base Pay Range in Colorado: $100,000- $133,000
Discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
401 (k) match
The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities.
Where You’ll Work
Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.
Customer Success: Always delight our customers.
Trust: Rely on each other.
Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.
At Workiva, you’ll enjoy:
Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
Involvement: Ability to participate in Employee Resource Groups, (Women in Tech, Women in Sales, Ethnic Diversity, Veterans, Rainbow (LGBTQ), Remote Employees, Caregiving) Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.
Learn more about life at Workiva: www.linkedin.com/showcase/workiva-life-and-careers/
Learn more about the company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/
Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment. Effective October 18, 2021, proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to visit any Workiva office, attend in-person meetings, or travel for business purposes.
