City : Mississauga

Category : Regular/Permanent Marketing

Industry : Retail

Employer : Walmart Canada

Position Summary...

The Manager, Creative is responsible for developing and delivering high-quality creative solutions to support brand vision and customer experience. This role involves leading and mentoring a team, collaborating with internal and external partners, and ensuring consistency in brand communication across various platforms.

What you'll do...

The Manager, Creative oversees the creation and execution of diverse projects, from daily deliverables to large-scale campaigns. This role involves designing and applying brand aesthetics, developing strategic creative concepts, and maintaining design consistency. The position may require collaboration with external partners for photography direction, as well as managing design for print signage, weekly flyer, and omni campaign executions. The Manager, Creative also stays updated on current design trends and agile methodologies to adjust project goals as needed.

The role includes ensuring that all creative solutions meet brand objectives and are delivered on time and budget. The Manager, Creative will develop visual identities from concept through to final execution. At times attend pre-production meetings and photoshoots, approve press proofs, and attend signage walkthroughs. Effective communication with internal and external partners is crucial to the role, as well as preparing and distributing project components within required timeframes.

Additionally, the Manager, Creative contributes to customer satisfaction goals by advocating for the customer and providing insights to project strategies. The position involves leading and presenting creative solutions, updating brand guidelines, and maintaining design templates. Leadership responsibilities also include inspiring, mentoring, and developing team members, fostering a culture of continual learning and diversity of thought. The Manager, Creative may manage the analysis of competitive advertising activity and the work of external agencies, optimizing content and placements.

Leadership Expectations:

Respect the Individual:

Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associated feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

Acts with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers:

Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.

Strive for Excellence:

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Qualifications:

• College diploma or university degree in an arts program

• 8 - 10 years of relevant experience

• Advanced design skills and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.

• Ability to leverage ai tools for creative development, and Figma skills an asset.

Applicants will not be considered without submitting a portfolio of creative work.

The pay range for this position is $91,900.00 - $126,390.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

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L’échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 91,900.00 à 126,390.00. La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience pertinente.

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Age - 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location…

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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