Creative Manager

Mammoth; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Complimentary Life Coach

Job summary

Mammoth Distribution, a leading cannabis distributor in California, seeks a Creative Manager to lead a hands-on, in-house creative team across packaging, campaigns, retail, and experiential touchpoints. You will set and elevate the visual standard for top brands like Heavy Hitters and Almora while mentoring designers and steering high-visibility projects.

Based in North Hollywood, CA, you will partner with Marketing and leadership to translate strategy into compelling visuals, ensuring on-brand,

Qualifications

• CPG brand experience across multiple channels.
• Hands-on packaging design from concept to production-ready files.
• Experience leading an in-house creative team in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced design craft with Adobe Creative Cloud fluency.
• Experience art-directing photography and video.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the visual expression of Mammoth portfolio brands, setting typography, color, layout, photography, video, and packaging standards.
• Review priority creative before it ships to ensure assets are polished and production-ready.
• Translate campaign strategy and product stories into clear visual concepts before execution.
• Collaborate with Marketing, brand leadership, and leadership to convert feedback into direction.
• Present work with confidence and connect it to objectives, outlining a path forward.
• Concept, design, refine, or art-direct high-visibility projects across packaging, retail, digital, and experiential touchpoints.
• Provide direct feedback to improve hierarchy, storytelling, and commercial clarity.
• Maintain a dependable workflow from brief through production and handoff.
• Prioritize work with Marketing and project management considering impact, deadlines, and dependencies.
• Build scalable templates and asset libraries to speed up production without homogenizing work.
• Coach designers through clear expectations and constructive critique.
• Identify tradeoffs early and protect the team from rework and unclear priorities.

Skills

CPG brand experience

Packaging design

In-house leadership

Adobe Creative Cloud

Art direction

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Creative Manager

Application Deadline: 24 December 2026

Department: Marketing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: North Hollywood, CA

Compensation: $95,000 - $110,000 / year

Description

Salary: $95,000-110,000/year

Type: Full Time, Monday - Friday

Location: North Hollywood, CA Onsite

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision after 60 days

Mammoth Distribution is one of California's leading cannabis distributors, home to top brands like Heavy Hitters, Papa & Barkley, and Almora. We're hiring a Creative Manager to set and elevate the creative standard across our brand portfolio — leading an in-house creative team and staying hands-on with the work across packaging, campaigns, retail, and experiential touchpoints. If you're a CPG creative leader who pairs a strong point of view with the discipline to ship polished, production-ready work on deadline, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Own and evolve the visual expression of the Mammoth portfolio brands, protecting what makes each one distinct while setting standards for typography, color, layout, photography, video, and packaging
• Review priority creative before it ships, ensuring every asset is polished, accurate, channel-appropriate, and production-ready
• Translate campaign strategy, product stories, consumer insight, and commercial priorities into clear visual concepts before execution begins
• Partner closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company leadership to understand the intent behind feedback and convert it into actionable creative direction
• Present work with confidence and brevity — explain the idea, connect it to the objective, and recommend a clear path forward
• Personally concept, design, refine, or art-direct high-visibility projects, guiding packaging, retail, digital, experiential, photography, and video creative from concept through final production
• Give direct, specific feedback that improves hierarchy, storytelling, craft, and commercial clarity
• Run a dependable workflow from brief through concept, review, production, approval, and handoff
• Partner with Marketing and project management to prioritize work against business impact, deadlines, capacity, and dependencies
• Build scalable templates, modular toolkits, file standards, and asset libraries that increase speed without making the work generic
• Coach and develop designers through clear expectations, thoughtful assignments, and consistent critique
• Surface tradeoffs early, manage stakeholder expectations, and protect the team from avoidable rework and unclear priorities

What You'll Bring

• CPG brand experience, with a portfolio demonstrating strong campaign thinking and brand-building across multiple channels
• Hands-on packaging design experience, including the ability to guide work from concept through production-ready files
• Experience leading or managing an in-house creative team in a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment
• Advanced design craft and fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, with the ability and willingness to personally contribute to the work
• Experience art-directing photography and video, including briefing, pre-production, on-set direction, and post-production review
• Experience in cannabis, wellness, beauty, beverage, lifestyle, or another regulated consumer category

Work Environment

• Based at our North Hollywood, CA headquarters, working closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company ownership
• Fast-paced, multi-brand environment that balances hands-on design work with team leadership and executive presentations

Compensation & Benefits

• $95- 110K/year
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance – eligible after 60 days
• Lead creative direction across an established, growing portfolio of recognized cannabis brands

Also relevant if you have experience as: Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Art Director, Design Manager, Brand Creative Manager, Packaging Design Manager, CPG Creative Lead, Creative Operations Manager, or Senior Graphic Designer.

What We Bring

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Complimentary Life Coach