Creative Manager

Mammoth Distribution•Los Angeles, CA

4d•$95,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mammoth Distribution is seeking a Creative Manager to lead and elevate the creative standards across its brand portfolio. This role involves managing an in-house creative team and actively participating in the design process for packaging, campaigns, retail, and experiential projects. The ideal candidate is a CPG creative leader with a strong vision and the ability to deliver polished, production-ready work on time.

Requirements

CPG brand experience with a portfolio demonstrating strong campaign thinking and brand-building across multiple channels.
Hands-on packaging design experience, including the ability to guide work from concept through production-ready files.
Experience leading or managing an in-house creative team in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.
Advanced design craft and fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, with the ability and willingness to personally contribute to the work.
Experience art-directing photography and video, including briefing, pre-production, on-set direction, and post-production review.
Experience in cannabis, wellness, beauty, beverage, lifestyle, or another regulated consumer category.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the visual expression of the Mammoth portfolio brands, protecting brand distinctiveness while setting standards for typography, color, layout, photography, video, and packaging.
Review priority creative assets before release to ensure they are polished, accurate, channel-appropriate, and production-ready.
Translate campaign strategy, product stories, consumer insights, and commercial priorities into clear visual concepts.
Collaborate closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company leadership to interpret feedback and translate it into actionable creative direction.
Present creative work confidently and concisely, explaining the concept, its connection to objectives, and recommending a clear path forward.
Concept, design, refine, or art-direct high-visibility projects, guiding creative from concept through final production for packaging, retail, digital, experiential, photography, and video.
Provide direct, specific feedback to improve hierarchy, storytelling, craft, and commercial clarity.
Manage a workflow from brief through concept, review, production, approval, and handoff.
Partner with Marketing and project management to prioritize work based on business impact, deadlines, capacity, and dependencies.
Develop scalable templates, modular toolkits, file standards, and asset libraries to increase efficiency without compromising creative quality.
Coach and develop designers through clear expectations, thoughtful assignments, and consistent critique.
Identify and communicate tradeoffs early, manage stakeholder expectations, and protect the team from rework and unclear priorities.