Senior Creative Programs Lead

MLS Soccer league; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellness reimbursement

Holiday and PTO

Job summary

Major League Soccer is seeking a Senior Manager, Creative to lead planning, coordination, and execution of high-impact initiatives that elevate the MLS brand across campaigns, match promotion, tentpole events, and digital experiences.

You will partner with Creative Strategy, Design, and Creative Operations to drive scalable production, manage timelines, and ensure brand consistency across channels while leveraging emerging tools and efficient workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in creative project management, integrated marketing, or related field.
• Experience with workflow optimization and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority creative initiatives from intake through final delivery, managing planning, timelines, approvals, and execution.
• Drive scalable production across campaigns and daily work initiatives across channels.
• Ensure brand consistency and alignment with campaign objectives across fan-facing touchpoints.
• Translate insights and objectives into actionable briefs and timelines with Creative Strategy and Marketing.
• Collaborate with marketing, content, social, and production teams to deliver effective design solutions.
• Coordinate designers, freelancers, and partners through the creative process.
• Improve creative workflows and adopt tools to enhance team efficiency.
• Support production readiness and final deliverables using Adobe Creative Suite.

Skills

Asana

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Creative workflows

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Major League Soccer is seeking a Senior Manager, Creative to lead planning, coordination, and execution of high-impact initiatives that elevate the MLS brand across campaigns, match promotion, tentpole events, and digital experiences.

You will partner with Creative Strategy, Design, and Creative Operations to drive scalable production, manage timelines, and ensure brand consistency across channels while leveraging emerging tools and efficient workflows.