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Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You'll Do As a Senior Creative Manager in the Design Studios (DS), you will be the creative leader, inspiring clients with creative solutions that deliver business impact. You will bring design inspiration and thought leadership to our clients and our creative teams, setting the long-term creative vision and strategies, and driving delivery of innovative, high-quality solutions for all engagements. You will develop and implement creative solutions and approaches in various creative projects, overseeing them to completion, while creatively growing the next wave of creative leaders in Design Studios. In partnership with the Design Studios regional/global leadership team, you will develop and deliver our creative service offering, helping to drive innovation and engaging partnerships with the BCG Consulting Team. You will develop an understanding of our current client engagements, including products, services, the target audience, and competitors’ activities. You will also effectively balance creativity and business needs — providing clear direction, guidance, and feedback to influence and lead teams to drive impact and deliver excellence on budget and schedule.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Bring
You have a bachelor’s degree or similar in Design, Marketing, Advertising or related Creative field
You have at least 12-16 years of relevant experience in a professional services environment or a design start-up or agency.
You’ve gained strong management experience in design/creative teams.
You possess strong conceptual and design skills and are experienced in improving the conceptual, technical, and creative performance of teams.
Your strong creative and problem-solving abilities enable you to supplement project teams.
You excel at establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
You’ve gained experience working in a collaborative design environment; experience working with global teams is a plus.
You have B2B experience and business language knowledge.
You have proven client-facing experience, along with persuasive and dynamic presentation skills.
You have a demonstrated ability to understand and apply principles of visual organization, composition, information, hierarchy, symbolic representation, typography, aesthetics, and the construction of meaningful designs.
* You have excellent English language skills; other languages requested in certain locations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
YOU’RE GOOD AT
You’re an experienced creative leader, responsible for fostering and inspiring a strong culture of collaboration, innovation, and creative excellence:
On projects you’re responsible for driving inspiration, creative quality and delivering on client expectations
Developing concepts to improve the quality of production, and implementing new globally consistent standards.
Managing and continuously developing underlying teams, high-performers and low performers.
Engaging with DS leadership on the future vision, external business trends, and team requirements
You‘re Skilled As a Hands-on Creative, Able To Direct a Creative Vision, With a Strong Working Knowledge Of Design And Creative Fundamentals, You’ve a Passion For New Trends, Platforms, Technologies, Experiences, And Media; You’re Able To Define And Maintain High-quality Deliverables And Other Service Levels Across Teams
Establishing and monitoring service levels to ensure consistent, on-time delivery of high-quality projects to support our client teams
Developing and maintaining feedback from clients and team members to ensure the quality of deliverables
Ensuring periodic review and reporting against KPIs and other performance metrics for both internal and outsourced services
Developing concepts to improve the quality of all creative concepts, content, and product deliverables from the regional level to align with globally consistent standards
You’re able to establish rich and engaging partnerships with the BCG Consulting Team:
Making effective presentations to clients and ensuring the highest quality levels in a multilingual, multinational environment
Receiving regular feedback on services and ensuring effective communication and high satisfaction levels between DS and consultant teams
You enjoy managing internal and external resources and the overall vertical:
Hiring, training, and developing internal team members, regularly monitoring and communicating performance, and providing ongoing development and coaching
Maintaining a high level of team engagement and motivating and coaching team members to be good service and people managers
Ensuring smooth coordination between DS teams and consultant teams across offices
Planning for appropriate resourcing and team structures to meet the evolving business needs
* Maintaining active communication and sharing best practices across all verticals
Your strong interpersonal skills enable you to maintain external professional relationships to ensure the ongoing availability of specialized expertise, gifted freelancers, and reputable studios and producers when their services are required.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Who You'll Work With As part of Design Studios, you will collaborate with global designers and colleagues across BCG to bring design expertise and capabilities to clients as well as internal teams. Design Studios comprises a diverse group of talented design professionals across video, content, digital design, etc., all of which work collaboratively to deliver the most cutting-edge design solutions.
We are Design Studios, an in-house creative agency comprised of diverse professionals creating best-in-class solutions for our clients. We are a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We craft powerful design stories for BCG to deliver inspiring solutions to our clients’ challenges. As part of BCG, Design Studios partners with consultants and clients to shape our brand by elevating our work through the power of design. We offer guidance and orientation through a strategic and audience-centric approach, and apply design, technology, and media solutions to take BCG’s achievements to the next level. As bold creative leaders, we are curious, innovative, and playful, while committed to delivering creative excellence. We recognize how to transform complex ideas into compelling stories and experiences, and how to activate new commercial opportunities at the intersection of business and design. We value innovation, co-creation, inspiration, and the business impact that design achieves. We believe in the art of the possible and in applying creative solutions to business challenges. We believe we can advance the world by conquering its complexity through a universal human language—design.
COMPENSATION
For US locations only
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach. Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role in CITY is $118,000.00 - $131,300.00. This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness. In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All Of Our Plans Provide Best In Class Coverage
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
* Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E-Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.
INTRODUCTION
Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You'll Do As a Senior Creative Manager in the Design Studios (DS), you will be the creative leader, inspiring clients with creative solutions that deliver business impact. You will bring design inspiration and thought leadership to our clients and our creative teams, setting the long-term creative vision and strategies, and driving delivery of innovative, high-quality solutions for all engagements. You will develop and implement creative solutions and approaches in various creative projects, overseeing them to completion, while creatively growing the next wave of creative leaders in Design Studios. In partnership with the Design Studios regional/global leadership team, you will develop and deliver our creative service offering, helping to drive innovation and engaging partnerships with the BCG Consulting Team. You will develop an understanding of our current client engagements, including products, services, the target audience, and competitors’ activities. You will also effectively balance creativity and business needs — providing clear direction, guidance, and feedback to influence and lead teams to drive impact and deliver excellence on budget and schedule.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Bring
You have a bachelor’s degree or similar in Design, Marketing, Advertising or related Creative field
You have at least 12-16 years of relevant experience in a professional services environment or a design start-up or agency.
You’ve gained strong management experience in design/creative teams.
You possess strong conceptual and design skills and are experienced in improving the conceptual, technical, and creative performance of teams.
Your strong creative and problem-solving abilities enable you to supplement project teams.
You excel at establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
You’ve gained experience working in a collaborative design environment; experience working with global teams is a plus.
You have B2B experience and business language knowledge.
You have proven client-facing experience, along with persuasive and dynamic presentation skills.
You have a demonstrated ability to understand and apply principles of visual organization, composition, information, hierarchy, symbolic representation, typography, aesthetics, and the construction of meaningful designs.
* You have excellent English language skills; other languages requested in certain locations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
YOU’RE GOOD AT
You’re an experienced creative leader, responsible for fostering and inspiring a strong culture of collaboration, innovation, and creative excellence:
On projects you’re responsible for driving inspiration, creative quality and delivering on client expectations
Developing concepts to improve the quality of production, and implementing new globally consistent standards.
Managing and continuously developing underlying teams, high-performers and low performers.
Engaging with DS leadership on the future vision, external business trends, and team requirements
You‘re Skilled As a Hands-on Creative, Able To Direct a Creative Vision, With a Strong Working Knowledge Of Design And Creative Fundamentals, You’ve a Passion For New Trends, Platforms, Technologies, Experiences, And Media; You’re Able To Define And Maintain High-quality Deliverables And Other Service Levels Across Teams
Establishing and monitoring service levels to ensure consistent, on-time delivery of high-quality projects to support our client teams
Developing and maintaining feedback from clients and team members to ensure the quality of deliverables
Ensuring periodic review and reporting against KPIs and other performance metrics for both internal and outsourced services
Developing concepts to improve the quality of all creative concepts, content, and product deliverables from the regional level to align with globally consistent standards
You’re able to establish rich and engaging partnerships with the BCG Consulting Team:
Making effective presentations to clients and ensuring the highest quality levels in a multilingual, multinational environment
Receiving regular feedback on services and ensuring effective communication and high satisfaction levels between DS and consultant teams
You enjoy managing internal and external resources and the overall vertical:
Hiring, training, and developing internal team members, regularly monitoring and communicating performance, and providing ongoing development and coaching
Maintaining a high level of team engagement and motivating and coaching team members to be good service and people managers
Ensuring smooth coordination between DS teams and consultant teams across offices
Planning for appropriate resourcing and team structures to meet the evolving business needs
* Maintaining active communication and sharing best practices across all verticals
Your strong interpersonal skills enable you to maintain external professional relationships to ensure the ongoing availability of specialized expertise, gifted freelancers, and reputable studios and producers when their services are required.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Who You'll Work With As part of Design Studios, you will collaborate with global designers and colleagues across BCG to bring design expertise and capabilities to clients as well as internal teams. Design Studios comprises a diverse group of talented design professionals across video, content, digital design, etc., all of which work collaboratively to deliver the most cutting-edge design solutions.
We are Design Studios, an in-house creative agency comprised of diverse professionals creating best-in-class solutions for our clients. We are a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We craft powerful design stories for BCG to deliver inspiring solutions to our clients’ challenges. As part of BCG, Design Studios partners with consultants and clients to shape our brand by elevating our work through the power of design. We offer guidance and orientation through a strategic and audience-centric approach, and apply design, technology, and media solutions to take BCG’s achievements to the next level. As bold creative leaders, we are curious, innovative, and playful, while committed to delivering creative excellence. We recognize how to transform complex ideas into compelling stories and experiences, and how to activate new commercial opportunities at the intersection of business and design. We value innovation, co-creation, inspiration, and the business impact that design achieves. We believe in the art of the possible and in applying creative solutions to business challenges. We believe we can advance the world by conquering its complexity through a universal human language—design.
COMPENSATION
For US locations only
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach. Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role in CITY is $118,000.00 - $131,300.00. This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness. In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All Of Our Plans Provide Best In Class Coverage
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
* Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E-Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Creative Manager
Align your degree field to the role
H-1B approval for Creative Managers depends on demonstrating a direct link between your bachelor's degree field and the position. Graphic design, visual communications, or marketing degrees make the specialty occupation argument cleanest. Unrelated degrees create unnecessary friction with USCIS.
Target employers with H-1B filing history
Large agencies and in-house creative teams at technology and consumer brands file H-1Bs regularly and have established legal processes. Smaller boutique studios may be willing but lack experience. Prioritize employers who have sponsored before rather than pioneering the process with them.
Lead with portfolio, not just resume
Sponsorship decisions start with hiring decisions. A strong, specific portfolio that demonstrates creative leadership, not just execution, gives employers the confidence to commit to sponsorship costs. Generic portfolios lose to local candidates who require no immigration overhead.
Clarify your visa timeline early
Bring up your work authorization status before the final interview stage. Employers need time to engage immigration counsel and prepare an LCA. Raising it too late signals poor planning and can cause offers to fall through, even when the employer is willing to sponsor.
Understand the H-1B cap and lottery timing
Most Creative Manager roles are cap-subject H-1B positions, meaning your petition enters the annual lottery with an October 1 start date. Registrations open in March. Plan your job search around this window to avoid gaps in work authorization between OPT expiration and H-1B activation.
Document creative leadership, not just output
USCIS scrutinizes Creative Manager petitions more than pure technical roles. Your resume and employer support letter should emphasize strategic responsibilities, team leadership, and brand decision-making. Describing the role as production-focused weakens the specialty occupation case significantly.
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Does a Creative Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, but the petition needs to be built carefully. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. Creative Manager roles that involve brand strategy, creative direction, and campaign oversight across a specialized discipline generally qualify, but petitions framed around general management or mixed creative and administrative duties face higher scrutiny and RFE rates.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor an H-1B as a Creative Manager?
A bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, advertising, marketing, or a closely related field gives you the strongest foundation. Degrees in unrelated fields are not disqualifying, but the employer must show the degree is relevant to the specific role. If your degree field is distant from the position, relevant work experience can supplement but does not replace the specialty occupation degree requirement under H-1B rules.
Which types of employers sponsor Creative Managers most often?
Technology companies with large in-house creative functions, global advertising agencies, consumer brand companies, and entertainment studios are the most consistent sponsors. These employers file H-1Bs regularly, have in-house immigration counsel, and budget for sponsorship costs. Smaller independent agencies and startups occasionally sponsor but do so less predictably. Browse Creative Manager roles with sponsorship on Migrate Mate to identify employers currently hiring.
Can I switch employers on an H-1B as a Creative Manager?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to start working for a new employer as soon as the new petition is filed, provided your previous H-1B was approved and you have maintained valid status. The new employer must file a transfer petition with USCIS before your last day at the current employer. You do not need to wait for approval to begin the new role, which makes mid-career moves manageable.
How does an O-1A visa compare to H-1B for a Creative Manager?
The O-1A requires demonstrating extraordinary ability through evidence such as awards, press coverage, judging work, or a high salary relative to peers. It has no lottery and no annual cap, making it viable for Creative Managers with a strong public profile and industry recognition. It is harder to qualify for but worth exploring if you have won creative industry awards, been featured in trade publications, or led recognized campaigns. Immigration counsel can assess your evidence honestly.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Creative Manager jobs?
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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