Brand & Creative Strategy Lead

Kids for the Future; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Manager, Brand & Creative develops, evolves, and executes visual brand expression for CMB Regional Centers and NHK Capital Partners. This role translates business and marketing strategy into creative concepts, campaigns, brand systems, and polished deliverables that strengthen each company’s market position.

Both strategic and hands-on, the Senior Manager leads high-visibility creative initiatives, guides internal and external resources, and builds scalable processes to deliver

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of progressive experience in graphic design, art direction, brand creative, or related discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, advertising, marketing, or a related field.
• Experience managing or directing work of other creative professionals and vendors.
• Experience developing integrated campaigns and building or evolving brand systems.
• Experience directing photography and video production.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with social media, photography, and videography.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, socialize, and enforce brand guidelines, visual systems, templates, and quality standards.
• Lead creative direction for both CMB and NHK, ensuring brand consistency across channels and campaigns.
• Present and secure alignment on creative recommendations with marketing leadership and executives.
• Stay current on design and marketing trends and apply them thoughtfully.
• Partner with content leadership to translate messaging into visual storytelling.
• Develop integrated campaign concepts for print, digital, email, social, and events.
• Provide creative direction for photography, video, and multimedia storytelling.
• Ensure deliverables show strong visual hierarchy, typography, and accuracy.
• Establish and manage scalable systems for creative intake, prioritization, and delivery.
• Mentor internal and external creatives and manage workloads and resources.

Skills

Portfolio development

Visual design

Typography

Adobe Creative Cloud

Premiere Pro

Brand strategy

Project management

English proficiency

Time management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Senior Manager, Brand & Creative develops, evolves, and executes visual brand expression for CMB Regional Centers and NHK Capital Partners. This role translates business and marketing strategy into creative concepts, campaigns, brand systems, and polished deliverables that strengthen each company’s market position.

Both strategic and hands-on, the Senior Manager leads high-visibility creative initiatives, guides internal and external resources, and builds scalable processes to deliver