Manager, Creative - Packaging Design, Photography

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

1d • $80,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... Coach less experienced team members and provide feedback to enhance skills, knowledge, and performance. Partner with more experienced creative team members to translate business needs into creative solutions. Apply up‑to-date expertise to develop, execute, and improve action plans by offering guidance, aligning efforts with business needs, and building commitment to proposed solutions. Maintain awareness of multiple creative briefs developed by Marketing Strategy & Planning, Customer Experience, or eCommerce Category Marketing. Build relationships with key stakeholders to identify business needs, determine necessary processes, monitor progress, and adapt to changing priorities or responsibilities. Review creative work from internal and external agency partners to ensure alignment with brand guidelines, including tone, color, and voice. Model compliance with company policies, values, ethics, and the Open Door Policy through daily work and leadership behaviors. Assist in assessing customer experience trends and recommend creative innovations or enhancements to tools and user experience. Provide input into customer experience strategy. Manage creative projects and communicate status updates to creative managers and team leads. Provide input into team budgets and manage budgets for assigned work. Work closely with agency partners from project inception to completion, resolving routine issues and ensuring quality. Collaborate with other Marketing teams (Advertising, CX, Digital, Strategy & Planning) and cross‑functional partners (e.g., Category Management) to ensure alignment of campaigns. Coordinate and oversee job‑related activities by building relationships, identifying goals, supporting business needs, measuring progress, and promoting continuous learning. Provide supervision and development opportunities for associates through hiring, training, mentoring, recognition, and fostering a sense of belonging. Ensure compliance with company policies, values, ethics, and the Open Door Policy by implementing action plans and providing direction to others. What You'll Bring Ability to coach and develop team members. Experience in creative asset development and translating business needs into creative solutions. Strong understanding of creative briefs and cross‑functional marketing processes. Knowledge of brand management principles and adherence to brand guidelines. Strategic thinking and familiarity with customer experience trends and innovation opportunities. Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple creative projects simultaneously. Budget management capabilities for personal workstreams. Strong collaboration skills with internal teams and external agencies. Ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and support business goals. Commitment to company mission, values, ethics, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Ability to coach and develop team members.
• Experience in creative asset development and translating business needs into creative solutions.
• Strong understanding of creative briefs and cross‑functional marketing processes.
• Knowledge of brand management principles and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Strategic thinking and familiarity with customer experience trends and innovation opportunities.
• Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple creative projects simultaneously.
• Budget management capabilities for personal workstreams.
• Strong collaboration skills with internal teams and external agencies.
• Ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and support business goals.
• Commitment to company mission, values, ethics, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Skills in creative strategy, project management, brand management, creative brief interpretation, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Content Management Systems
• Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field
• Working for or with creative agencies
• Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)

Responsibilities

• Coach less experienced team members and provide feedback to enhance skills, knowledge, and performance.
• Partner with more experienced creative team members to translate business needs into creative solutions.
• Apply up‑to-date expertise to develop, execute, and improve action plans by offering guidance, aligning efforts with business needs, and building commitment to proposed solutions.
• Maintain awareness of multiple creative briefs developed by Marketing Strategy & Planning, Customer Experience, or eCommerce Category Marketing.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to identify business needs, determine necessary processes, monitor progress, and adapt to changing priorities or responsibilities.
• Review creative work from internal and external agency partners to ensure alignment with brand guidelines, including tone, color, and voice.
• Model compliance with company policies, values, ethics, and the Open Door Policy through daily work and leadership behaviors.
• Assist in assessing customer experience trends and recommend creative innovations or enhancements to tools and user experience.
• Provide input into customer experience strategy.
• Manage creative projects and communicate status updates to creative managers and team leads.
• Provide input into team budgets and manage budgets for assigned work.
• Work closely with agency partners from project inception to completion, resolving routine issues and ensuring quality.
• Collaborate with other Marketing teams (Advertising, CX, Digital, Strategy & Planning) and cross‑functional partners (e.g., Category Management) to ensure alignment of campaigns.
• Coordinate and oversee job‑related activities by building relationships, identifying goals, supporting business needs, measuring progress, and promoting continuous learning.
• Provide supervision and development opportunities for associates through hiring, training, mentoring, recognition, and fostering a sense of belonging.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, values, ethics, and the Open Door Policy by implementing action plans and providing direction to others.

Benefits

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
• Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.
• Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager