Creative Design Manager
Role Overview
We are looking for a Creative Design Manager to lead the creative development, design execution, and production of high-quality brand activations and events. This role sits at the intersection of creative ambition and operational delivery. It requires someone who can translate briefs into strong design direction, lead technical execution, manage production realities, and protect the integrity of the idea from concept to on-site delivery.
This is a hands-on leadership role for a candidate who is just as comfortable in concept development and design reviews as they are supervising fabrication, installation, and live execution.
What You Will Own
- Lead brainstorming sessions and translate client briefs into compelling 2D and 3D design concepts, mood boards, and storyboards.
- Oversee the full design-to-production workflow, from technical drawings and site surveys to fabrication, logistics, and installation.
- Ensure creative ideas are developed into experiences that are both visually strong and operationally feasible.
- Manage vendors and specialist partners including scenic builders, AV teams, printers, and fabricators to ensure quality execution.
- Supervise builds, installations, and live activations to ensure design integrity, safety, and delivery standards are maintained.
- Develop and manage project budgets, estimates, and procurement requirements with strong commercial discipline.
- Lead and develop the design team, including direct oversight of the Creative Design Lead, Creative Design Executive, and Creative Design Intern.
- Strengthen creative systems, team performance, and collaboration across design, production, and project teams.
Qualifications
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means consistently delivering immersive brand experiences that meet creative expectations, work technically, stay within budget, and are executed to a high standard on site. A strong performer in this role brings structure to the creative process, improves execution quality, builds team capability, and helps the business deliver ambitious work without unnecessary waste, confusion, or compromise.
Who You Are
You are a creative leader with strong production instincts and real execution discipline. You understand design, fabrication, materials, and AV well enough to know what is possible and what will fail before the build begins. You are highly organized, commercially aware, and calm under pressure. You do not see production as a back-office activity; you see it as central to bringing brand storytelling to life.
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in experiential marketing, event production, or agency creative design.
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Creative Design, Fine Arts, or a related field.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating successful events, installations, and brand activations.
- Deep understanding of production materials, fabrication, printing, and AV systems.
- Strong organizational ability, strategic thinking, and proactive problem-solving skills.
- Confident presentation skills and the ability to manage client expectations directly.
Additional Information
Additional Information
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