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Creative Manager jobs are open across advertising, tech, retail, media, and in-house brand teams, at every level from associate to group creative director, with specializations in brand, content, and campaign creative. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Location: Telecommute
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $50 - 55 per hour
A global enterprise software leader is seeking a vibrant, self-starting Creative Project Manager to join their Global Brand Marketing team. Supporting Integrated Campaigns Marketing and Digital Creative initiatives, this role is essential to organizing, driving, and delivering high-impact brand campaigns.
This position manages dynamic, fast-paced project scopes across cross-functional teams to ensure creative assets-including TV spots, print, out-of-home (OOH), digital display, web pages, social media, white papers, and webinars-are executed seamlessly, on time, and with high enthusiasm.
Responsibilities:
- Project Planning & Execution: Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and approval frameworks to keep cross-functional creative teams aligned from concept to final delivery.
- Scope & Workflow Management: Manage a large, multi-channel portfolio of campaigns, facilitating team discussions, setting clear expectations, and providing timely status updates.
- Problem Solving & Impediment Removal: Identify potential risks early, streamline approval workflows, and implement creative solutions to unblock teams and boost overall productivity.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the central hub connecting creative, strategy, production, and marketing stakeholders, fostering a collaborative, solution-oriented atmosphere.
Qualifications:
- Integrated Campaign Experience: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated project or program management experience managing end-to-end integrated creative campaigns (TV, print, OOH, display, social, web, etc.).
- Design & Creative Tool Familiarity: Comfortable working alongside creative teams using design software (Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and digital video editing workflows).
- Timeline & Scope Mastery: Proven track record of managing shifting project scopes, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving tight production schedules in fast-paced environments.
- Tools & Software: High proficiency with Slack, Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides, Docs), and creative design suites.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication, high adaptability, proactive problem-solving, and a positive energy that brings teams together (along with a healthy sense of humor and a penchant for fun).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in an advertising agency or fast-paced agency-style internal brand team.
- Hands-on, on-set commercial production experience. Experience or familiarity with teachable AI tools and emerging creative tech workflows.
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JOBID: 092026-146746
#LI-CELLA
#LI-MM2
#PL
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Cella is an award-winning leader in consulting, staffing and managed solutions for creative, marketing, digital and proposal development teams. We help people build meaningful careers and partner with companies to help them win. Our staffing solutions include freelance, contract, temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire positions. Cella has earned the 2022 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Awards—an honor earned by only 1% of staffing firms in the U.S. Cella is an equal opportunity employer.
Location: Telecommute
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $50 - 55 per hour
A global enterprise software leader is seeking a vibrant, self-starting Creative Project Manager to join their Global Brand Marketing team. Supporting Integrated Campaigns Marketing and Digital Creative initiatives, this role is essential to organizing, driving, and delivering high-impact brand campaigns.
This position manages dynamic, fast-paced project scopes across cross-functional teams to ensure creative assets-including TV spots, print, out-of-home (OOH), digital display, web pages, social media, white papers, and webinars-are executed seamlessly, on time, and with high enthusiasm.
Responsibilities:
- Project Planning & Execution: Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and approval frameworks to keep cross-functional creative teams aligned from concept to final delivery.
- Scope & Workflow Management: Manage a large, multi-channel portfolio of campaigns, facilitating team discussions, setting clear expectations, and providing timely status updates.
- Problem Solving & Impediment Removal: Identify potential risks early, streamline approval workflows, and implement creative solutions to unblock teams and boost overall productivity.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the central hub connecting creative, strategy, production, and marketing stakeholders, fostering a collaborative, solution-oriented atmosphere.
Qualifications:
- Integrated Campaign Experience: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated project or program management experience managing end-to-end integrated creative campaigns (TV, print, OOH, display, social, web, etc.).
- Design & Creative Tool Familiarity: Comfortable working alongside creative teams using design software (Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and digital video editing workflows).
- Timeline & Scope Mastery: Proven track record of managing shifting project scopes, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving tight production schedules in fast-paced environments.
- Tools & Software: High proficiency with Slack, Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides, Docs), and creative design suites.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication, high adaptability, proactive problem-solving, and a positive energy that brings teams together (along with a healthy sense of humor and a penchant for fun).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in an advertising agency or fast-paced agency-style internal brand team.
- Hands-on, on-set commercial production experience. Experience or familiarity with teachable AI tools and emerging creative tech workflows.
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JOBID: 092026-146746
#LI-CELLA
#LI-MM2
#PL
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Cella is an award-winning leader in consulting, staffing and managed solutions for creative, marketing, digital and proposal development teams. We help people build meaningful careers and partner with companies to help them win. Our staffing solutions include freelance, contract, temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire positions. Cella has earned the 2022 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Awards—an honor earned by only 1% of staffing firms in the U.S. Cella is an equal opportunity employer.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in creative manager jobs.
- Five or more years of creative production, campaign, or brand experience
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or equivalent design tooling
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring a creative team
- Strong portfolio showing end-to-end campaign or brand creative ownership
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, product, and strategy teams
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, communications, fine arts, or a related field
Tips for Your Creative Manager Job Search
Tailor your portfolio for each application
Creative managers are evaluated on taste and range, so customize which case studies you lead with depending on the company's output. A DTC brand wants to see campaign thinking. An agency wants to see process, team leadership, and volume.
Quantify creative impact on your resume
Don't just list campaigns you led. Show what happened after. Conversion lifts, brand recall scores, or production efficiency gains give hiring managers something concrete to anchor your creative leadership against.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists creative manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target roles by creative discipline first
Job titles vary widely. Search for art director, creative lead, and brand manager alongside creative manager, since companies often use different titles for the same scope of work. Filtering by discipline narrows noise fast.
Prepare a brief for your portfolio walkthrough
Most creative manager interviews include a portfolio review. Write a one-paragraph brief for each featured project covering the business problem, your creative direction, who you managed, and what shipped. Interviewers follow that structure better than open-ended walkthroughs.
Negotiate scope before accepting a title
Creative manager roles differ sharply in actual authority. Before accepting an offer, clarify whether you own the final creative decision, manage direct reports, or sit in an execution layer. The title alone doesn't tell you which one you're walking into.
Creative Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most creative managers?
The companies hiring the most creative managers right now include Amazon, Robert Half, and TikTok, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in large consumer brands, media companies, and agency holding groups.
How many creative manager jobs are remote?
About 64% of creative manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, which is above average for management roles. Content-focused and digital creative manager positions tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles tied to production studios, retail environments, or in-house photo and video teams typically require on-site presence.
How do you become a creative manager?
You typically move into a creative manager role by building several years of hands-on creative execution first, then taking on ownership of projects, mentoring junior creatives, and leading a campaign or rebrand from brief to delivery. Formalizing that leadership through a documented portfolio and clear examples of team direction makes the transition easier when you apply.
Can you get a creative manager job without direct management experience?
Yes, if you can show you've directed creative output even without a formal reporting line. Freelance art direction, leading a brand refresh as a sole contributor, or mentoring junior designers all count as creative leadership. Focus your resume and portfolio on decisions you owned, feedback you gave, and work you shaped rather than titles you held.
What does the creative manager interview process look like?
Most creative manager processes run three to four rounds. The first is usually a recruiter screen, followed by a hiring manager conversation about your background and creative philosophy. A portfolio walkthrough with the broader team or a creative director comes next, often paired with a brief take-home or live whiteboard exercise. Final rounds typically include a cross-functional interview with marketing or product stakeholders.
Where can I find and apply to creative manager jobs?
You can find and apply to creative manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and creative discipline, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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