Visual & Promotional Creative Manager

• Accountable for bringing creative vision to life across our Meijer brand portfolio, through an onsite creative team, marketing partnerships and external agencies
• Builds and fosters a highly positive and productive team culture at a fast pace for the development of the best quality of creative ideas
• Leader of leaders, leads and develops a team of Designer 2, Designer 3, across a highly diverse scope of in-store, visual merchandising and promotional assignments
• Champion of ideas and brand-building, applies brand identity and discipline for our brand and business areas
• Expert in creative problem solving under pressure bringing in-store customer journey, signage, visual merchandising, brand identity and fixture solutions to rally a cross-functional team
• Responsible for creating and influencing visual merchandising and creative development across the Meijer brand portfolio
• Leadership in creating the in-store customer experience for new stores, remodels, competitive incursions
• Effectively navigates a large, ambiguous and complex organization with speed to creatively solve across a broad diversity of business and brand subject matter
• Role requires open, collaborative partnerships across peers and leaders to build cohesive customer experiences
• Develops Associate Creative Manger and a team of Designers to bring creative solutions across a fast-paced and versatile business environment
• Responsible for fostering outstanding collaboration with multiple external agency partners and/or internal teams
• Development as a leader, practice and development of other leaders in an agile work environment for creative design
• Responsible for presenting new ideas to different levels of audiences and interpreting feedback to strengthen concepts
• Accountable for seeking new opportunities to advance creative design, process and team collaboration
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects/tasks of varying complexities, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Ability to work independently on strategic issues with different audiences, capable of managing complex projects
• Owns multi-million dollar team budget, supported by management of it through Associate Managers
• Accountable for accurate, on-time completion of all creative
• Responsible for hiring, coaching and leading growing and a large and diverse group of creative team members

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, design
• 10+ years of experience in design, retail experience preferred
• 5+ years of specialized experience preferred
• Graphic, Print & Digital design software with knowledge and understanding of branding and key marketing principles
• Project Management
• Strong team and cross-functional management, time management
• Decision making is critical, while managing ambiguity of solutions that might not exist or require innovative problem-solving
• Responsible for growth and development across a diverse group of team members
• Capable of assessing talent and skill set of creative team members, and assigning appropriate assignments, in partnership with project management
• Communicates effectively at all levels and among diverse audiences
• Juggles diverse and scope of work and priorities, with effective delegation
• Rapidly and easily adjust direction as priorities shift
• High creative instinct and ability to effectively communicate purposeful feedback
• Versed in cultural, creative and media trends

Retail experience preferred

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth