Creative Manager

Job Description

After 19 years of success, EcoVadis is at a pivotal inflection point. Within marketing, we are transitioning from a legacy market leader to a high-growth "scale-up" culture. We have a bold new brand identity awaiting rollout, a fresh leadership team, and an ambitious roadmap to upgrade our digital products and global presence.

We are looking for a Creative Manager to act as the "engine room" of this transformation. This is not a "head-down" design role. You are the Conductor of our creative output. You will lead a diverse team of internal and external talent, ensuring that our new brand is executed with absolute consistency across every touchpoint - from our web visual upgrade to localized assets in Japan. You will have the autonomy to build your own workflow, the authority to manage a global team, and a Director who wants solutions, not problems.

The Role

Your success is not measured by the files you design, but by the excellence of the work your team produces and the efficiency of the systems you build. You will spend your time overseeing creative output, managing high-level stakeholders and navigating cross-functional silos - while continuously refining how work gets done. This includes developing scalable, templated approaches where appropriate, and leveraging AI and emerging tools to accelerate production, unlock new creative possibilities, and ensure consistently high standards across every touchpoint.

1. Creative Oversight & Brand Guardianship (70%)

• The Conductor: Manage the daily output of 7 designers. You will provide the "steer" and creative critique that elevates their work from good to world-class.
• Brand Rollout: Own the implementation of our new brand identity. You will ensure the "visual soul" of the brand remains intact across digital products, social assets, and physical events.
• Global Integration: Oversee our localized content engine. You will manage a "follow the sun" workflow, ensuring our Japan-based and Middle East resources are aligned with the core brand logic.
• Asset Evolution: Move the studio toward a "Design System" mindset - building smart templates and libraries that allow the team to work with speed without sacrificing quality.

2. Operational Diplomacy & Leadership (30%)

• Stakeholder Management: Act as the "Shield" for the design team. You will interface with VPs and Sales Leads, ensuring they are educated on the briefing process and that "urgent" requests are balanced against business priorities.
• Silo-Busting: Build a functional, collaborative bridge with our Content Team. You will advocate for a "Wireframe-First" workflow to end the cycle of "copy-dumping" and last-minute design panics.
• Talent Strategy: You will have the authority to shape your team. You will vet, mentor, and - when necessary - refresh our contractor pool to ensure we have the best talent in every seat.

Who You Are

• A Reformed Designer: You come from a strong design background (Digital/UI/Brand), but you now find more satisfaction in leadership and strategy than in being "on the tools."
• A Systems Thinker: You are obsessed with how a brief moves from an idea to a finished asset and how to make that journey faster and better.
• A Diplomatic Enforcer: You have the "Executive Presence" to sit in a room with a VP of Growth or a legacy Sales Lead and hold your ground with professional charm and data-driven logic.
• A Global Manager: You are comfortable managing remote, asynchronous teams and understand the cultural nuances of localized content.

Qualifications

• Experience: 6+ years in a design/creative role, with at least 2+ years in a Lead or Management capacity (Agency or In-house).
• Technical Literacy: Expert-level understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Proficiency in Wrike (or similar PM tools) and G-Suite is essential. Strong AI literacy, with hands-on experience using AI-powered creative and productivity tools to enhance workflows, accelerate output, and explore new creative possibilities.
• The "Finishers" Mindset: A proven track record of rolling out large-scale brand identities across multiple platforms (Web, Social, Print).

Additional Information

• Start date: ASAP
• Internal job title: Creative Lead
• Hybrid role 

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to professional mental health support
• Referral bonus policy
• Learning and development 
• Sustainability events and community involvement
• Peer recognition program
• Employee-led resource groups
• Hybrid work organization 
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)
• Dental Benefits 
• Life & Accident Insurance + Private Health Insurance
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day (1/year)
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day + 1 Personal Day
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week)
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring from a diverse and skilled talent pool, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).