Creative Manager
About The Position
As a Creative Manager at Access, you will partner with Sales and Creative teams to develop strategic, experience-driven proposals and client presentations. You will shape the creative vision for corporate events, translating client goals into environments, moments, and experiences that are both compelling and executable. This role operates in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment and requires strong organization, prioritization, and adaptability. You know how to paint a picture clients can step into. You don’t just describe what an event will look like. You explain why it works, how it supports the audience, and how it comes together within real-world budgets and logistics. This is not a graphic design or marketing role. It is an experiential role rooted in live events.
Nice To Haves
- 3+ years in DMC, corporate events, hospitality, or experiential design
- Experience building event concepts before execution and presenting vision to clients
- Knowledge of decor, entertainment, activations, and transportation for live events
- Comfortable discussing budgets, pricing decisions, and creative trade-offs
- Highly organized, collaborative, and calm under pressure
Responsibilities
- Event Design & Concept Development Develop event themes aligned to destination, audience, and client objectives
- Design guest environments including layouts, lounges, table scapes, entry moments, and custom elements
- Translate client goals into cohesive, end-to-end guest experiences
- Ensure concepts are both inspiring and operationally feasible
- Proposal Strategy & Storytelling Lead creative ideation for proposals and client presentations
- Build clear narratives supported by mood boards, imagery, and diagrams
- Partner with Sales to create concepts that are compelling, confident, and easy to sell
- Activations, Entertainment & Experience Elements Source and recommend interactive activations and specialty experiences
- Curate entertainment aligned to audience, energy level, and event objectives
- Ensure all elements feel intentional and connected to the overall theme
- Transportation & Guest Flow Design transportation strategies for programs ranging from 20 to 5,000+ guests
- Coordinate movement, arrival, and departure as part of the overall guest experience
- Budgeting & Vendor Strategy Price decor, entertainment, activations, and transportation with margin awareness
- Source and evaluate vendors, balancing creativity with budget and profitability
- Recommend solutions that maximize impact while remaining realistic
- Collaboration & Brand Stewardship Partner closely with Sales, Event Managers, and Creative teammates
- Present concepts with clarity and confidence
- Uphold the Access brand voice and creative standards across all work
Benefits
- CULTURE & EXTRAS Certified as a Great Place to Work – 3 years in a row and counting!
- 55+ years in the industry!
- Women-owned and women-led
- Fun, creative, and supportive culture
- Focus on recognition and employee value – including annual and quarterly awards
- Paid day off to serve your local community
- Annual all-company retreat to connect, learn, and have fun together
- Annual qualifier-based incentive trip for top performers (certain departments eligible)
- Regional team outings
- Monthly companywide meetings to connect, learn, and celebrate wins
- COMPENSATION Highly competitive total compensation, including strong base salary and quarterly bonuses
- Very strong performance-based quarterly commission plans
- 401k with company match (eligible after 1 year – up to 4% of salary matched, vested immediately
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- WORK LIFE BALANCE Flexible schedule opportunities
- Generous PTO
- Sick days
- 9 full holidays
- 5 half days off prior to holidays to unplug early
- 2 floating holidays off to be used on holidays of your choice
- ½ day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals)
- HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND FAMILY Extensive menu of health plans to choose from
- Paid parental leave
- Pet insurance program
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Mentorship program
- “Masterclasses” in industry/department-specific topics
- State-of-the-art technology platforms and tools – including training
- Annual and monthly meeting content that focuses on professional development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
