Creative Design Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Manage design team including providing oversight, feedback, coaching and career development, and handling reviews/compensation of direct reports.
• Establish oneself as a role model for direct reports.
• Visualize ways to design the MarineMax brand across various media to achieve responsive and effective communications.
• Conceptualize and design solutions from concept to completion, with proficiency in layout, type, and color using Adobe Creative Suite software such as InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Create and design all online and offline media and collateral, collaborating with marketing team members to deliver cohesive designs for campaigns.
• Analyze artistic needs between the field and marketing team to ensure fit and quality for branding and client expectations.
• Supervise and implement new creative in the design development process for print, email, web, and multimedia projects.
• Edit and proof promotional or publicity copy for print or electronic publications.
• Manage supplier relations including print, trade shows, and outdoor advertising.
• Manage all jobs for release to printer, including uploading PDFs, color proof approvals, in-site approval, and press checks, coordinating vendors and production schedules for quality and cost efficiency.
• Manage own work and vendors to meet deadlines.
• Archive files and store job jackets.
• Assist with creating presentations, webinars, and other sales and marketing support materials to build brand awareness.
• Ensure consistent MarineMax branding at all stores, shows, and events, including logos, colors, and styles, and manage initiatives to roll out the brand and gain branding consensus.
• Achieve quality and consistency of MarineMax brand.
• Support and work on other tasks necessary for the team's success.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years in Graphics Production, with 5 years managing creative workflow processes and/or production/graphic designers.
• Background in print media.
• Experience in digital/web media is a plus.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Photoshop.
• Bachelor's degree with a background in marketing/communication and/or a qualification from a specialized school in design, with at least five years' experience in a similar creative technical role.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced layout and typography skills.
• Strong sense of design, photography, and typography.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proficient in MS Office tools.
• Collaboration and presentation skills.
• Boating experience is a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience in digital/web media.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing/communication or a related field.
• Minimum five years' experience in a similar creative technical role.