Brand Studio Lead: Creative Marketing & Design Systems

DAT; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

DAT is seeking a Manager, Creative Marketing to lead brand identity and campaign creative across its portfolio, including Convoy and Outgo. You will own the design system and govern its usage while managing the in-house creative team.

In this role you will set quality standards, coordinate with external agencies, and ensure on-brand output across paid, lifecycle, events, and content. A strong portfolio and leadership experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in brand and campaign creative.
• 3+ years leading or managing creative teams.
• Ownership of a brand system and brand refresh or rollout.
• Strong portfolio spanning brand identity and campaigns.
• Experience managing multi-brand design systems.
• Fluency with creative operations: briefs, reviews, QA.
• Proficient in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator.

Responsibilities

• Own brand identity and creative direction across the DAT portfolio, including Convoy and Outgo.
• Lead and execute on campaign creative from concept through production for paid, lifecycle, events, and content.
• Oversee a completed brand refresh rollout and maintain the multi-brand design system and its governance.
• Manage the in-house creative function and establish brief intake, review, and brand QA.
• Partner with content and governance on visual standards and asset libraries.
• Coordinate external creative and brand agencies where engaged.
• Set and hold creative quality standards across all segment work.
• Manage creative capacity, prioritization, and timelines against the marketing calendar

Skills

Brand identity

Campaign creative

Team leadership

Brand systems

Creative operations

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor's degree in design/marketing or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

DAT is seeking a Manager, Creative Marketing to lead brand identity and campaign creative across its portfolio, including Convoy and Outgo. You will own the design system and govern its usage while managing the in-house creative team.

In this role you will set quality standards, coordinate with external agencies, and ensure on-brand output across paid, lifecycle, events, and content. A strong portfolio and leadership experience are essential.