Group Creative Marketing Manager

XD Connects B.V.; Rijswijk; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Solo, the game-changer in B2B event textiles and hard goods, is seeking a Group Creative Marketing Manager to lead our Creative Marketing team and drive the development of impactful, high-quality assets across the Group. This role reports to the Group Marketing Director.

You will manage a team of five Creative Designers, transform strategic brand direction into scalable, compelling assets, and collaborate with Brand, Product and Marketing to accelerate business growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Graphic Desig.
• Significant experience leading a creative team within an international B2B or retail environment/ 10 years at least.
• Strong expertise in brand management, creative direction, and marketing asset production.
• Excellent understanding of graphic design, photography, video production, copywriting, and digital content creation.
• Proven ability to balance creativity with commercial objectives.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Fluent in English (international environment), Dutch or French is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of five Creative Designers, fostering creativity, collaboration, and high performance.
• Manage the end-to-end creative production process, ensuring high-quality deliverables within agreed timelines.
• Optimize the Creative Marketing team's organization, workflows, and resource a location to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Own the creation and delivery of all Group creative marketing assets, including marketing campaign materials, corporate catalogues, product catalogues and lookbooks, sales presentations and enablement materials, flyers and promotional materials, product photography and image management, product renders, videos and multimedia content, copywriting and marketing content.
• Translate the Brand Manager's strategic vision into inspiring, consistent, scalable assets.
• Develop creative content designed to improve customer engagement and conversion and support lead generation.

Skills

Brand management

Creative direction

Marketing asset production

Project management

Copywriting

Graphic design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and inspiring as Group Creative Marketing Manager to lead our Creative Marketing team and drive the development of impactful, high-quality creative assets across the Group. This role will report to our Group Marketing Director.

This role is responsible for the overall management, production, and delivery of creative content that strengthens our brands, supports our commercial teams, and accelerates business growth. Working closely with the Brand Manager, Product teams and Marketing, you will transform strategic brand direction into scalable, compelling creative assets that engage customers and generate demand.

As a people leader, you will manage and develop a team of five Creative Designers while continuously optimizing creative processes to deliver best-in-class assets efficiently and at scale.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced and inspiring as Group Creative Marketing Manager to lead our Creative Marketing team and drive the development of impactful, high-quality creative assets across the Group. This role will report to our Group Marketing Director.

This role is responsible for the overall management, production, and delivery of creative content that strengthens our brands, supports our commercial teams, and accelerates business growth. Working closely with the Brand Manager, Product teams and Marketing, you will transform strategic brand direction into scalable, compelling creative assets that engage customers and generate demand.

As a people leader, you will manage and develop a team of five Creative Designers while continuously optimizing creative processes to deliver best-in-class assets efficiently and at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of five Creative Designers, fostering creativity, collaboration, and high performance.
• Manage the end-to-end creative production process, ensuring high-quality deliverables within agreed timelines.
• Optimize the Creative Marketing team's organization, workflows, and resource a location to improve efficiency and scalability.

Creative Asset Management

• Own the creation and delivery of all Group creative marketing assets, including:
• Marketing campaign materials
• Corporate catalogues
• Product catalogues and lookbooks
• Sales presentations and sales enablement materials
• Flyers and promotional materials
• Product photography and image management
• Product renders
• Videos and multimedia content
• Copywriting and marketing content
• Ensure all creative assets consistently reflect the Group's brand architecture, visual identity, and positioning.

Brand Execution

• Translate the Brand Manager's strategic vision and sub-brand guidelines into inspiring, consistent, and scalable creative assets.
• Deliver creative solutions based on:
• Brand architecture
• Product briefs
• Marketing campaigns
• Commercial priorities

Commercial Impact

• Develop creative content designed to improve customer engagement and conversion.
• Produce marketing assets that support lead generation and contribute directly to business growth.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Graphic Desig.
• Significant experience leading a creative team within an international B2B or retail environment/ 10 years at least.
• Strong expertise in brand management, creative direction, and marketing asset production.
• Excellent understanding of graphic design, photography, video production, copywriting, and digital content creation.
• Proven ability to balance creativity with commercial objectives.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Fluent in English (international environment), Dutch or French is a plus

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Who We Are

Solo, the game-changer in B2B event textiles and hard goods!

Our Group consists of 3 companies recently merged.

At Solo, we don't just make textiles and hard goods, we craft experiences that leave a lasting impression. As the French leader in promotional apparel and branded merchandise, our internationally recognized group brings together five bold brands pushing the boundaries of customization. All our products are designed to be personalized, and we also offer in-house customization services. Blank or printed, our clients choose.

Our mission? To provide companies of all kinds with innovative, stylish, and ultra-reliable visual communication solutions. From the creative brief to final delivery, every step is expertly managed to guarantee uncompromising premium quality.

And because visual impact shouldn’t come at the expense of environmental impact, Solo is deeply committed to an ambitious CSR approach: responsible material sourcing, long-term partnerships, and concrete actions to reduce our carbon footprint.

Our clients? Resellers, international distributors, screen printers, print shops… demanding partners who trust us to elevate their projects.

With a presence in more than 100 countries, thanks to our subsidiaries and exclusive partners, we combine local proximity with global reach. At Solo, exceptional service isn’t a bonus, it’s our DNA.

About us

XD Connects is one of the largest corporate gift suppliers in Europe, with sales offices across Europe, a design studio in China and a state-of-the-art printing facility in Romania. The collection consists of 13 different product groups with more than 3,000 products; all in stock.

We strive for positive change by providing the best low impact gifts, which connects businesses with their employees and customers whilst minimizing the impact on the environment. As a company, our objective is to work with maximum transparency, both internally and externally. In all aspects of our business, we encourage open communication and a collaborative atmosphere.

A job at XD Connects is unlike any other you have had. You will be challenged. You will be inspired. Moreover, you will be proud. Because you will be part of something big; changing an industry for the bette r. 550+ colleagues will be happy to have you on board!