Senior Manager - Creative Services

Public Strategies; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Strategies is seeking a Senior Manager Creative Services to lead branding and creative operations. You will set the creative direction, build efficient workflows, and ensure on-brand output across print, digital, motion, and web.

The role blends artistic vision with people leadership and business acumen to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. You will manage designers, a web developer, and a digital strategist, partnering with marketing leadership to align campaigns with

Qualifications

• Experience leading creative services and branding programs.
• Ability to manage a multi-disciplinary team and budgets.
• Excellent communication with senior management and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the creative services function from intake through final delivery.
• Mentor multidisciplinary team including designers, developers, and strategists.
• Maintain intake, prioritization, workflow, and quality control for consistency and efficiency.
• Guide the design team in developing brand-centered concepts across print, digital, motion, and web.
• Direct the web developer in building and maintaining branded digital properties.
• Oversee the digital strategist in executing campaigns across multiple channels.
• Collaborate with leadership and clients on strategic, brand-focused marketing initiatives.
• Ensure all creative output aligns with brand standards and business goals.
• Articulate creative vision clearly and adapt based on feedback from team and clients.
• Manage timelines, resources, and budgets to meet deadlines in a fast-changing environment.
• Research emerging tools and techniques to keep output relevant and impactful.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and with clients and vendors.
• Foster teamwork, excellence, and respect; lead by example.
• Contribute to business development and pursuit of new clients.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand management

Project management

Strategic storytelling

Job description

Public Strategies Overview

Public Strategies is a dynamic professional services firm with more than 35 years of experience delivering innovative communications, consulting, technology, events, and project management solutions. Our collaborative team of problem solvers, creatives, technologists, trainers, communicators, and change agents is committed to doing good well.

Public Strategies Overview

Public Strategies is a dynamic professional services firm with more than 35 years of experience delivering innovative communications, consulting, technology, events, and project management solutions. Our collaborative team of problem solvers, creatives, technologists, trainers, communicators, and change agents is committed to doing good well.
Serving private sector, government, and nonprofit clients nationwide, Public Strategies delivers award winning products and experiences. Public Strategies has also pioneered nationally respected human services programs supporting low income and other vulnerable populations. Through our integrated initiatives (including One Set Studio, our cutting edge virtual production space, and NextThought, our e Learning initiative), we elevate storytelling, training, videos, and immersive experiences for leading national brands.
Public Strategies has also pioneered nationally respected human services programs supporting low income and other vulnerable populations.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager Creative Services is a creative and operational leader who sets the creative direction for Public Strategies while building the processes, workflows, and team structure that keep creative production efficient, consistent, and on brand. This role blends artistic vision, people leadership, and business acumen to drive brand identity, messaging, and visual storytelling across every platform, while ensuring the creative team delivers high quality work on time and within budget. The Senior Manager of Creative Services leads a multidisciplinary team including graphic designers, a web developer, and a digital marketing strategist, and partners closely with the Senior Director of Strategic Communications, the Associate Director of Marketing, and collaborates across departments to ensure all creative output aligns with business objectives. This role also champions the adoption of AI tools and emerging technologies across the team to drive efficiency and innovation.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead and manage the creative services function, overseeing all creative work that comes into the marketing department from intake through final delivery
• Manage, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary team - including the graphic design team, a web developer, and a digital strategist - fostering open collaboration as well as independent thinking
• Maintain intake, prioritization, workflow, and quality control processes that drive efficiency and consistency across the creative team
• Guide the graphic design team in developing brand centered concepts and executing design solutions across print, digital, motion, and web
• Direct the web developer in building and maintaining websites and digital properties that align with brand standards and campaign goals
• Oversee the digital strategist in developing and executing digital campaigns across a range of channels, including but not limited to social media
• Collaborate with senior management, account managers, and clients on the development of strategic, brand centered marketing initiatives for PS and its clients
• Ensure all creative output aligns with brand standards, business objectives, and client goals
• Effectively articulate creative vision and concepts, both verbally and visually, while remaining open to feedback from the team and clients and making revisions as needed
• Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets, balancing multiple projects in a fast paced and changing environment to meet all deadlines
• Research emerging tools, styles, and techniques across design, web, and digital to keep the team's output relevant and impactful
• Build strong working relationships across the organization, as well as with clients and vendors
• Foster a culture of teamwork, excellence, and respect, and lead by example
• Contribute to business development and the pursuit of new clients
• Other duties as assigned