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About Online Grocery
Amazon Online Grocery is a growing shopping experience that delivers everyday essentials and specialty items to millions of customers. The creative team plays a central role in bringing Online Grocery's marketing programs to life through high-quality, customer-facing content across onsite and offsite channels.
Overview
North America Stores Creative (NASC) Ops is seeking a Creative Project Manager to manage the end-to-end creative asset development for Amazon Online Grocery. This role executes creative initiatives across homepage, storefront, onsite placements, outbound, paid social, and email to support Online Grocery's product marketing strategy. Working with Creative, Marketing Partners, and Channel Owners, you will translate marketing objectives into actionable creative project plans and ensure seamless execution.
You will thrive in a fluid, fast-moving environment where ambiguity is the norm and speed-to-market is essential, balancing structured project management with the agility that Online Grocery's business demands. As the Grocery creative team is still being established, this role requires someone comfortable building new processes, defining ways of working, and driving clarity where little exists today.
This candidate should possess an Earns Trust mentality, with a proven track record of establishing partnerships with cross-functional teams to move projects forward. You will lead internal and agency-produced work, acting as the key project driver with internal stakeholders and be highly proficient in presenting concepts, project updates, and creative work to leadership. You should continuously look around corners to avoid project roadblocks and proactively invent and simplify processes within your work stream. The ideal candidate leads through ambiguity, guiding project stakeholders to the next decision with confidence, fostering open communication while maintaining respect for differing viewpoints.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end creative asset development including intake, brief review, kickoff, scheduling, review coordination, and delivery
- Collaborate with agencies, designers, writers, creative directors, and cross-functional partners to align deliverables with marketing strategy and channel requirements
- Communicate project status, risks, and trade-offs effectively to leadership, partners, and team members; present creative work and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Proactively identify delivery risks, escalate conflicts, and develop mitigation plans to remove roadblocks in partnership with creative and marketing leads
- Define and manage creative development process workflows, including prioritization, schedules, and stakeholder responsibilities
- Ensure the creative team focuses on priority projects with clarity on objectives, vision, and requirements
- Ensure all deliverables meet business partner expectations, including adherence to established timelines, budgets, and style guides
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and eliminate bottlenecks across the creative production lifecycle
- Support AI-generated content approaches and rapid-turnaround merchandising workflows
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across functions through consistent delivery
- Manage project information accurately for creative teams, stakeholders, and senior management
- Analyze project performance metrics and share insights for future strategy
- Contribute to roadmap planning, identifying dependencies and resource requirements
- Understand creative deliverables to accurately scope projects, requirements and timelines
- Coordinate agency and vendor relationships as the Grocery creative agency is established, including onboarding, scope alignment, and quality oversight in partnership with Ops
A day in the life
You'll start the day triaging creative requests from Grocery Marketing stakeholders, prioritizing briefs based on business impact and deadlines. Mid-morning, you'll run a stand-up with the agency, creative director, designers and copywriters to align on active projects and resolve blockers. After lunch, you'll partner with PMMs to scope incoming campaigns, build timelines, and manage creative intake through Airtable. You'll close the day reviewing assets in progress, flagging quality issues, and prepping status updates for leadership. Every day is a balance of stakeholder communication, creative & process problem-solving, and keeping the production engine running.
About the team
The North America Stores Creative Operations team is the strategic intelligence center powering NASC's creative engine. We drive operational excellence across the full creative lifecycle, from intake to delivery, through capacity planning, project orchestration, intelligent automation, risk management, and budget governance. We are strategic operators, systems thinkers, and creative problem-solvers who leverage technology to amplify human judgment, not replace it.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
- Experience defining the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
- Have an online portfolio demonstrating strong visual design skills and advertising experience across a range of media and platforms, along with work that reflects your design process
- Experience managing multiple creative campaigns and stakeholders across marketing and creative functions
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production
- Experience evaluating creative output against brand standards and providing informed creative feedback
- Experience managing external agency or vendor creative partnerships
- Experience managing content development across retail, eCommerce, or consumer marketing campaigns
- Familiarity with AI-generated content workflows, automation, and emerging creative technologies
- Experience with project management tools (Airtable, Smartsheet)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 120,500.00 - 163,000.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 132,500.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 120,500.00 - 163,000.00 USD annually
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About Online Grocery
Amazon Online Grocery is a growing shopping experience that delivers everyday essentials and specialty items to millions of customers. The creative team plays a central role in bringing Online Grocery's marketing programs to life through high-quality, customer-facing content across onsite and offsite channels.
Overview
North America Stores Creative (NASC) Ops is seeking a Creative Project Manager to manage the end-to-end creative asset development for Amazon Online Grocery. This role executes creative initiatives across homepage, storefront, onsite placements, outbound, paid social, and email to support Online Grocery's product marketing strategy. Working with Creative, Marketing Partners, and Channel Owners, you will translate marketing objectives into actionable creative project plans and ensure seamless execution.
You will thrive in a fluid, fast-moving environment where ambiguity is the norm and speed-to-market is essential, balancing structured project management with the agility that Online Grocery's business demands. As the Grocery creative team is still being established, this role requires someone comfortable building new processes, defining ways of working, and driving clarity where little exists today.
This candidate should possess an Earns Trust mentality, with a proven track record of establishing partnerships with cross-functional teams to move projects forward. You will lead internal and agency-produced work, acting as the key project driver with internal stakeholders and be highly proficient in presenting concepts, project updates, and creative work to leadership. You should continuously look around corners to avoid project roadblocks and proactively invent and simplify processes within your work stream. The ideal candidate leads through ambiguity, guiding project stakeholders to the next decision with confidence, fostering open communication while maintaining respect for differing viewpoints.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end creative asset development including intake, brief review, kickoff, scheduling, review coordination, and delivery
- Collaborate with agencies, designers, writers, creative directors, and cross-functional partners to align deliverables with marketing strategy and channel requirements
- Communicate project status, risks, and trade-offs effectively to leadership, partners, and team members; present creative work and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Proactively identify delivery risks, escalate conflicts, and develop mitigation plans to remove roadblocks in partnership with creative and marketing leads
- Define and manage creative development process workflows, including prioritization, schedules, and stakeholder responsibilities
- Ensure the creative team focuses on priority projects with clarity on objectives, vision, and requirements
- Ensure all deliverables meet business partner expectations, including adherence to established timelines, budgets, and style guides
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and eliminate bottlenecks across the creative production lifecycle
- Support AI-generated content approaches and rapid-turnaround merchandising workflows
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across functions through consistent delivery
- Manage project information accurately for creative teams, stakeholders, and senior management
- Analyze project performance metrics and share insights for future strategy
- Contribute to roadmap planning, identifying dependencies and resource requirements
- Understand creative deliverables to accurately scope projects, requirements and timelines
- Coordinate agency and vendor relationships as the Grocery creative agency is established, including onboarding, scope alignment, and quality oversight in partnership with Ops
A day in the life
You'll start the day triaging creative requests from Grocery Marketing stakeholders, prioritizing briefs based on business impact and deadlines. Mid-morning, you'll run a stand-up with the agency, creative director, designers and copywriters to align on active projects and resolve blockers. After lunch, you'll partner with PMMs to scope incoming campaigns, build timelines, and manage creative intake through Airtable. You'll close the day reviewing assets in progress, flagging quality issues, and prepping status updates for leadership. Every day is a balance of stakeholder communication, creative & process problem-solving, and keeping the production engine running.
About the team
The North America Stores Creative Operations team is the strategic intelligence center powering NASC's creative engine. We drive operational excellence across the full creative lifecycle, from intake to delivery, through capacity planning, project orchestration, intelligent automation, risk management, and budget governance. We are strategic operators, systems thinkers, and creative problem-solvers who leverage technology to amplify human judgment, not replace it.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
- Experience defining the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
- Have an online portfolio demonstrating strong visual design skills and advertising experience across a range of media and platforms, along with work that reflects your design process
- Experience managing multiple creative campaigns and stakeholders across marketing and creative functions
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production
- Experience evaluating creative output against brand standards and providing informed creative feedback
- Experience managing external agency or vendor creative partnerships
- Experience managing content development across retail, eCommerce, or consumer marketing campaigns
- Familiarity with AI-generated content workflows, automation, and emerging creative technologies
- Experience with project management tools (Airtable, Smartsheet)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Santa Monica - 120,500.00 - 163,000.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 132,500.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 120,500.00 - 163,000.00 USD annually
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Document your creative portfolio strategically
PERM requires your employer to prove no qualified U.S. worker is available. A portfolio demonstrating specialized skills in brand strategy, campaign direction, or cross-functional creative leadership strengthens the position's requirements and helps justify the role's specialty-occupation basis.
Target employers with active PERM history
Search the DOL's OFLC disclosure database to find companies that have filed PERM applications for Creative Lead or Art Director roles. Repeat filers already have legal and HR infrastructure in place, reducing delays caused by employer inexperience with the sponsorship process.
Use Migrate Mate to filter green card sponsors
Migrate Mate lets you search Creative Lead openings specifically at employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never run a PERM. Filtering by sponsorship intent before applying saves months of back-and-forth.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility early
Creative Lead roles typically qualify under EB-3 as skilled-worker positions, but if the role requires a master's degree or equivalent, ask your employer to evaluate EB-2 filing. Your country of birth determines how much the classification affects your wait time.
Negotiate PERM filing into your offer timeline
USCIS and DOL processing means the full sponsorship sequence takes two to four years from PERM filing to green card approval in most cases. Confirm during the offer stage whether your employer is willing to start the PERM process within your first year of employment.
Check prevailing wage before accepting an offer
PERM requires your employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for Creative Lead positions in your metro area before you finalize compensation terms.
Green Card Creative Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Creative Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Creative Lead positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled-worker roles requiring a bachelor's degree in design, communications, fine arts, or a closely related field. EB-2 is available if the employer can demonstrate the role requires an advanced degree or if you meet the national interest waiver criteria. Your employer's legal counsel determines which category fits the specific job description.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status with a two-year initial period and annual cap lottery risk. PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency and has no annual cap at the EB-3 level, meaning your petition won't be rejected by lottery. The tradeoff is timeline: the full PERM, I-140, and adjustment-of-status sequence typically takes two to four years, compared to a few months for an H-1B approval.
What does the PERM labor certification process look like for Creative Lead roles?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL attesting that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the position at the prevailing wage. DOL requires a formal recruitment period, including job postings and documentation of each applicant considered. For creative roles, the job requirements in the PERM must accurately reflect the actual duties, degree field, and any specialized skills like brand strategy or integrated campaign direction. USCIS reviews the I-140 petition after DOL certifies the PERM.
Which employers actively sponsor green cards for Creative Lead positions?
Advertising agencies, in-house marketing departments at large consumer brands, tech companies with sizable creative teams, and media companies are the most consistent sponsors for Creative Lead roles. The most reliable way to identify them is by searching for companies with PERM filing history specific to this title. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with documented green card sponsorship history so you can focus your search on companies already familiar with the process.
Can I change jobs after my employer files the PERM application?
Leaving your employer before USCIS approves the I-140 petition generally restarts the entire sponsorship process. After I-140 approval and once your priority date is current, portability rules under AC21 allow you to change to a similar role without losing your place in the green card queue. Creative Lead and related creative director titles are generally considered similar enough to qualify for portability, but confirm this with an immigration attorney before making a move.