Senior Manager, Creative - Lightbox Creative Solutions

Walmart • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $108,000 - $234,000

About The Position

About Walmart Connect: Walmart Connect is Walmart’s rapidly growing advertising platform designed to help brands engage with consumers across its vast omnichannel ecosystem. Our mission is to connect brands more meaningfully with customers through impactful advertising solutions. Leveraging Walmart’s unparalleled data and scale, we provide measurable results for our partners. Lightbox Creative is transforming the retail media landscape by delivering innovative and creative marketing campaigns for top global brands. We produce creative executions that are insights-driven, on-brand, and ultimately lead to a memorable experience for the end-user while driving impact for advertisers. The Sr. Creative Strategist leads the development of breakthrough, omnichannel creative strategies that drive measurable business impact for Walmart Connect advertisers. This role blends strategic rigor, storytelling, and creative leadership to translate data, insights, and business objectives into compelling narratives and high-impact marketing solutions. Working in close partnership with Art Directors and cross-functional teams, this leader shapes end-to-end creative strategy—from concept through execution—while elevating the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of Lightbox’s output. This role is ideal for a strategic leader who can connect the dots between media, creative, and measurement, inspire teams, and influence stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years in creative strategy, marketing, or related roles (agency, platform, retail media, or brand).
• Proven ability to lead strategic development for complex, multi-channel campaigns.
• Strong storytelling and business writing skills with executive-level presentation experience.
• Experience translating data and insights into creative direction and business recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of digital, social, and retail media landscape.
• Proficiency in Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), ChatGPT and Figma.
• Highly organized, with strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 3 years' experience in editorial content management or related field OR 5 years' experience in editorial content management or related field.

Nice To Haves

• After Effects/Motion experience is a plus.
• Digital Content Management, Editorial, Retail Management, Supervising Associates, WE-Working for or withCreative Agencies

Responsibilities

• Lead development of integrated creative strategies that align advertiser goals with Walmart Connect capabilities.
• Translate insights, data, and trends into clear, persuasive narratives and actionable creative frameworks.
• Partner cross-functionally (Sales, Product, Marketing, Merchants) to shape holistic, results-driven solutions.
• Guide and creative teams, setting a high bar for strategic thinking and storytelling.
• Develop scalable approaches, case studies, and frameworks that elevate overall creative output.
• Oversee multiple high-priority projects, ensuring strategic clarity and executional excellence.
• Define success metrics in partnership with Marketing Ops and quantify creative impact.
• Ensure alignment between advertiser solutions and Walmart’s broader marketing ecosystem.
• Establish and optimize processes across teams to improve consistency, speed, and quality.

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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees