Senior Manager of Creative Services

SLB•Houston, TX

31d

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Creative Services leads SLB’s multidisciplinary Creative Services team, turning business and communication strategies into impactful visual storytelling and creative execution. Reporting to the Director of Brand and Creative Services, the role oversees creative delivery across design, multimedia, photography and video, 3D, and immersive content. It provides people leadership, creative oversight, and operational direction while partnering with Brand, Marketing, Communications, business stakeholders, and external agencies. The role translates complex business needs into compelling visual solutions, develops and empowers creative talent, and ensures work is delivered with high standards of quality, efficiency, and brand alignment. The position leads creative talent and operations, guides high-visibility work, manages creative portfolios and external partners, and advances the organization’s creative capabilities and practices.

Requirements

Significant experience in creative services, creative operations, design, multimedia, brand communications, agency leadership, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary creative teams.
Strong understanding of brand systems, visual storytelling, creative production, and integrated communications.
Experience managing complex creative portfolios, competing priorities, resources, budgets, and external partners.
Strong creative judgment and ability to provide clear direction and constructive feedback across multiple creative disciplines.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills, including experience working with senior leaders.
Ability to operate effectively within a large, global, matrixed organization and build partnerships across functions and geographies.
Familiarity with creative workflow and project-management platforms, digital asset management systems, Adobe Creative Cloud, and evolving creative technologies.
Bachelor’s degree in design, communications, marketing, advertising, media, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
7–10 years of experience.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of designers, animators, photographers, videographers, multimedia specialists, and other creative professionals.
Set team expectations and priorities, fostering collaboration, accountability, innovation, and professional growth.
Provide creative direction and constructive feedback across the team’s work.
Identify team development opportunities, emerging skill requirements, and evolving creative needs.
Translate business, brand, marketing, and communications objectives into creative direction and visual storytelling.
Champion the SLB brand and ensure creative work reflects it consistently.
Oversee high-visibility initiatives, including corporate campaigns, executive communications, major events, brand storytelling, and business-critical communications.
Partner with Brand leadership to operationalize and improve creative standards, guidelines, tools, and best practices.
Oversee the Creative Services portfolio, including project prioritization, resource planning, workflow, budgets, timelines, and delivery.
Balance global business priorities and creative resources across a high volume of requests while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
Drive effective use of creative workflow, collaboration, and digital asset management platforms and processes.
Improve creative operations, simplify processes, increase efficiency, and strengthen the stakeholder experience.
Manage external agencies, production partners, freelancers, and specialized vendors as needed.
Serve as a trusted creative partner to Marketing and Communications teams, business lines, functions, and senior stakeholders.
Translate complex technical and business topics into clear, compelling visual communications.
Collaborate across teams to define objectives, develop creative approaches, and deliver solutions suited to audiences and channels.
Represent Creative Services in planning discussions for major campaigns, events, executive initiatives, and other strategic programs.
Stay current on emerging creative technologies, production methods, platforms, and industry trends.
Identify opportunities to strengthen SLB’s creative capabilities and evolve how the company tells its story through design, multimedia, photography, video, and immersive experiences.
Encourage thoughtful experimentation and adoption of new tools and approaches while maintaining appropriate brand, quality, governance, and business standards.