Manager, Creative

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

2d

About The Position

The Manager, Creative owns creative delivery end-to-end, from brief to final assets, ensuring brand consistency, strategic alignment, and attention to detail. The role oversees briefs, content matrices, and concepts, ensuring work is strategically grounded, visually compelling, and aligned with business objectives. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Creative, the Manager oversees either an external agency or an internal team of designers, copywriters, and production specialists, balancing creative vision with leadership to deliver high-quality, brand-consistent work that drives results. The position typically has 3 or more direct reports and may require overnight travel less than 5% of the time.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• At least 5 years of work experience.
• Strong portfolio or demonstrated experience in visual storytelling, campaign development, and strategic content thinking across platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage the creative development lifecycle from strategy through delivery.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and creative project management tools such as Workfront.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated stakeholder management experience.
• Strong understanding of campaign performance, asset optimization, and the creative implications of media strategy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing omnichannel campaigns.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to negotiate, handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances with internal and external customers.
• 7–10+ years of experience in creative leadership, including art direction and/or content strategy roles within an agency or in-house environment.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
• 2 years of leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead all stages of creative development, including creative briefs, content strategy, and execution; provide real-time feedback and ensure content aligns with defined objectives.
• Provide oversight and guidance to creative teams, agencies, and/or specialists, and support creative production through strategic oversight and real-time feedback.
• Support production shoot logistics and review shooting boards to ensure necessary content is captured and approved.
• Ensure creative concepts and final content align with available budget and resourcing; approve asset plans that may deviate from the plan as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed