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Creative visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota are concentrated in the Twin Cities, where agencies like Periscope, mono, and Carmichael Lynch hire internationally alongside in-house teams at Target, General Mills, and Toro. From graphic design and UX to content strategy and art direction, Minnesota's creative sector supports a steady pipeline of sponsored roles.
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INTRODUCTION
Bolton & Menk has an exciting opportunity for a Creative Manager to join our Visual Communications team in either our Eden Prairie or Mankato location. We are looking for an experienced creative leader who can guide the full creative process from concept to completion while inspiring a team of talented technical and professional staff. This role plays a key part in shaping how we tell our story, elevate our brand, and visually communicate the impact of our work across the communities we serve.
What You Will Be Doing:
If you enjoy leading creative strategy, mentoring a multidisciplinary team, and developing processes that support high quality outcomes, we want to talk with you. As a Top Workplace, this is a fantastic chance to work with a collaborative group of professionals and make a lasting impact. With over 75 years of experience, Bolton & Menk specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions across the Midwest, Southeast, and beyond.
Creative Leadership & Strategy
- Manage the creative process from concept to completion
- Translate marketing objectives into clear, compelling creative strategies
- Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams to develop cohesive, high quality creative solutions
- Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met while continually elevating creative output
Brand Stewardship
- Serve as a key leader in maintaining and advancing company brand standards
- Provide oversight to ensure consistency, clarity, and ADA compliance across all materials
Collaboration & Communication
- Meet with clients or upper management to present campaign strategies and creative solutions
- Lead and direct the creative team in the production of all marketing collateral
- Review work, troubleshoot challenges, and provide constructive feedback
Process & Innovation
- Develop and implement process improvements to enhance creative workflow
- Encourage creative input from team members to ensure products remain fresh, progressive, and aligned with industry best practices
Team Leadership
- Manage creative team members to ensure high quality products and processes
- Participate in recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and training activities
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications, or related field
- 10+ years of creative experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Strong portfolio demonstrating brand development, campaign work, and multi channel creative execution
- Experience with Adobe Workfront or other similar project management applications
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with digital design tools
- Excellent communication, editing, and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
- Experience in engineering, architecture, construction, or professional services industries preferred
- Must possess a valid driver’s license
Salary Range: $95,000 - $115,000 depending on years of experience and credentials
Bolton & Menk is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to specific geographic location. Bolton & Menk reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Supporting Our Employees
There’s life at work and life outside of work. Bolton & Menk has a number of benefit programs and amenities to support you and your family throughout whatever stage of life you are in.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation plan - overtime compensation available to most employees
- Discretionary bonuses available to most employees
- ESOP - Employee ownership (ESOP); 100% company-paid contributions
- 401(k) Match Program
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Six paid company holidays
- Two floating personal holidays for events that are important in your life
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Short term and Long-term disability
- Dependent care reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
WHY BOLTON & MENK?
Bolton & Menk, Inc. specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions. Since 1949, we have been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence and client satisfaction. From advocating for our communities to designing their dreams to finding funding; we take pride in our work because we live in these same communities. Today, Bolton & Menk has more than 1,000 employees throughout more than 35 locations in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado providing services to more than 400 communities and agencies.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Bolton & Menk does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party agencies in response to Bolton & Menk job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team.
It is our responsibility and privilege to embrace the diversity of people, thoughts, and experiences necessary to develop infrastructure systems that serve all people. Bolton & Menk, Inc., is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer including disability and vets.

INTRODUCTION
Bolton & Menk has an exciting opportunity for a Creative Manager to join our Visual Communications team in either our Eden Prairie or Mankato location. We are looking for an experienced creative leader who can guide the full creative process from concept to completion while inspiring a team of talented technical and professional staff. This role plays a key part in shaping how we tell our story, elevate our brand, and visually communicate the impact of our work across the communities we serve.
What You Will Be Doing:
If you enjoy leading creative strategy, mentoring a multidisciplinary team, and developing processes that support high quality outcomes, we want to talk with you. As a Top Workplace, this is a fantastic chance to work with a collaborative group of professionals and make a lasting impact. With over 75 years of experience, Bolton & Menk specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions across the Midwest, Southeast, and beyond.
Creative Leadership & Strategy
- Manage the creative process from concept to completion
- Translate marketing objectives into clear, compelling creative strategies
- Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams to develop cohesive, high quality creative solutions
- Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met while continually elevating creative output
Brand Stewardship
- Serve as a key leader in maintaining and advancing company brand standards
- Provide oversight to ensure consistency, clarity, and ADA compliance across all materials
Collaboration & Communication
- Meet with clients or upper management to present campaign strategies and creative solutions
- Lead and direct the creative team in the production of all marketing collateral
- Review work, troubleshoot challenges, and provide constructive feedback
Process & Innovation
- Develop and implement process improvements to enhance creative workflow
- Encourage creative input from team members to ensure products remain fresh, progressive, and aligned with industry best practices
Team Leadership
- Manage creative team members to ensure high quality products and processes
- Participate in recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and training activities
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications, or related field
- 10+ years of creative experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Strong portfolio demonstrating brand development, campaign work, and multi channel creative execution
- Experience with Adobe Workfront or other similar project management applications
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with digital design tools
- Excellent communication, editing, and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
- Experience in engineering, architecture, construction, or professional services industries preferred
- Must possess a valid driver’s license
Salary Range: $95,000 - $115,000 depending on years of experience and credentials
Bolton & Menk is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to specific geographic location. Bolton & Menk reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Supporting Our Employees
There’s life at work and life outside of work. Bolton & Menk has a number of benefit programs and amenities to support you and your family throughout whatever stage of life you are in.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation plan - overtime compensation available to most employees
- Discretionary bonuses available to most employees
- ESOP - Employee ownership (ESOP); 100% company-paid contributions
- 401(k) Match Program
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Six paid company holidays
- Two floating personal holidays for events that are important in your life
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Short term and Long-term disability
- Dependent care reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
WHY BOLTON & MENK?
Bolton & Menk, Inc. specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions. Since 1949, we have been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence and client satisfaction. From advocating for our communities to designing their dreams to finding funding; we take pride in our work because we live in these same communities. Today, Bolton & Menk has more than 1,000 employees throughout more than 35 locations in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado providing services to more than 400 communities and agencies.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Bolton & Menk does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party agencies in response to Bolton & Menk job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team.
It is our responsibility and privilege to embrace the diversity of people, thoughts, and experiences necessary to develop infrastructure systems that serve all people. Bolton & Menk, Inc., is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer including disability and vets.
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Which companies sponsor visas for creative roles in Minnesota?
The Twin Cities advertising and design community includes agencies such as Periscope, mono, Carmichael Lynch, and Barkley that have sponsored creative talent. Large in-house teams at Target, General Mills, Best Buy, and UnitedHealth Group also hire internationally for roles in UX design, brand, and content. Sponsorship activity tends to be strongest at mid-size and enterprise employers with established HR and legal infrastructure.
Which visa types are most common for creative roles in Minnesota?
The H-1B is the most widely used visa for creative roles that require a specific bachelor's degree, such as UX design, graphic design with a design degree, or content strategy tied to communications or marketing. The O-1B is an option for creatives with demonstrated extraordinary achievement. TN status is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying creative occupations listed under USMCA. Each category has distinct eligibility requirements.
Which cities in Minnesota have the most creative visa sponsorship jobs?
Minneapolis and Saint Paul account for the overwhelming majority of sponsored creative roles in Minnesota. Minneapolis in particular hosts the state's largest concentration of advertising agencies, design studios, and corporate creative departments. Rochester has a smaller but growing tech-adjacent design presence tied to the medical sector. Outside the Twin Cities metro, sponsored creative positions are uncommon.
How to find creative visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international job seekers and filters creative roles in Minnesota by visa sponsorship willingness, saving you from sorting through postings that won't support your work authorization. You can browse open positions across design, UX, content, and art direction at Minnesota employers who have an established history of sponsoring international hires. Filtering by role type and location makes it straightforward to focus your search on the Twin Cities market.
Are there any Minnesota-specific considerations for creative visa sponsorship?
Minnesota's creative hiring is closely tied to its strong retail, healthcare, and food and beverage sectors, which means many sponsored roles sit inside large corporate in-house teams rather than standalone agencies. The University of Minnesota and Minneapolis College of Art and Design feed local talent pipelines, so sponsored international candidates typically strengthen their applications by demonstrating specialized skills or international market experience that complements the existing local candidate pool.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored creative jobs in Minnesota?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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