Director, Creative Job at Home Depot in Columbia Township

Overview

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Director, Creative is a cross-functional leader responsible for driving the development and execution of brand-right, business-relevant creative across digital, print, social, and in-store channels. This role oversees multidisciplinary creative teams and ensures that all content delivers on brand strategy, campaign objectives, and audience engagement goals. This leader brings together cross-functional creative leads and storytelling expertise to deliver cohesive, high-impact work that supports marketing campaigns, brand initiatives, and retail programs. They serve as a creative translator — bridging strategy and execution — while balancing visionary ideas with practical production constraints.

Responsibilities

• 60% Creative Development: Oversee integrated marketing campaigns across owned and paid channels. Guide creative talent, ensuring work aligns with campaign goals, audience needs, and business strategy. Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team including creative leads, designers, copywriters, art directors. Foster a high-performing, inclusive culture grounded in creativity, collaboration, and accountability.
• 20% Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a senior liaison between creative teams and cross-functional stakeholders. Negotiate scopes, timelines, and priorities that balance creative integrity with business needs.
• 20% Budget, Resources & Vendor Management: Partner with Sr. Director on resource planning and vendor utilization. Oversee day-to-day allocation of internal creative talent and project resourcing to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• This Position typically reports to a Senior Director
• This Position has direct reports.

Travel Requirements

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Marketing, or related field.
• 10+ years of creative leadership experience within retail, consumer brands, and agency environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong cross-channel creative (video, print, digital, social), with a focus on brand storytelling and design excellence.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver end-to-end creative solutions from concept to execution.
• Experience in executive communications and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong understanding of creative operations, workflow optimization and digital asset management systems.
• Skilled in coaching, developing and retaining high-performing creative talent.

Preferred Education

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Years of Work Experience

• 10+ years

Minimum Leadership Experience

• 2+ years of previous leadership experience

Competencies

• Creative Judgment: Guides creative aligned with brand standards, audience expectations, and campaign goals across diverse platforms.
• Customer Focus: Leverages customer insights and data to develop relevant, resonant creative.
• Leadership & Team Development: Demonstrated success leading and mentoring creative professionals while fostering a culture of inclusion and high performance.
• Campaign Development: Crafts channel-specific creative informed by briefs, business objectives, and segmentation strategies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds alignment and drives integrated outcomes across departments and leadership levels.
• Adaptability: Thrives in fast-paced environments with strong prioritization and quality assurance skills.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Uses performance data and testing insights to optimize creative and content strategy.
• Communication: Effectively presents and explains creative concepts to stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Technical: Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and other relevant creative software on Mac OS.