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Senior Creative Manager - Marketing Agency Job at Margle Media in Milwaukee

Margle Media · Milwaukee, WI, USA ·

Pay:
$95,000-$105,000/yr
Job type:
Freelance

Margle Media sits at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and performance. We’re a fast-moving digital agency helping brands grow through strategy, content, creative, social, influencer, and performance marketing.


We’re looking for a Senior Creative Manager to serve as the connection point between strategy and creative execution — making sure creative projects are properly planned, resourced, coordinated, and delivered while supporting our internal creative team and external creative partners.


This is a role for someone who understands marketing, creative production, and agency workflows, and knows how to turn strategic direction into high-quality creative work.


What You’ll Do


You’ll lead creative development and execution across client accounts:



  • Collaborate with the Director of Accounts to understand project goals, messaging, audiences, and creative objectives

  • Participate in creative planning, concept development, and review discussions

  • Apply audience research, strategic insights, campaign objectives, and performance learnings to creative recommendations and execution decisions

  • Review creative work through both a creative and marketing lens, and provide thoughtful feedback throughout the process


You’ll plan resources and manage creative partners:



  • Assess creative project requirements and determine the right internal and external resources

  • Help allocate creative budgets across designers, editors, freelancers, and production needs

  • Source, onboard, and manage freelance designers, editors, photographers, videographers, and creative specialists

  • Build and maintain a reliable freelancer network, plus a best practice guide for briefing, file delivery, revisions, and communication


You’ll support the creative team and stay close to execution:



  • Serve as the day‑to‑day lead for the creative team, including a videographer, video editor, and content creator

  • Help prioritize work, remove roadblocks, and support quality and consistency across projects

  • Participate in client creative planning, presentations, and reviews, building confidence through your expertise

  • Jump into hands‑on creative support when needed — light design, content updates, and asset prep using Adobe Creative Suite

  • Actively integrate AI tools (generative image, video, copy, and workflow automation) to improve speed, quality, and efficiency


What We’re Looking For



  • 5+ years in a creative, agency, marketing, content, production, or creative operations role

  • Experience managing a team as well as freelance creative talent and vendors

  • Strong understanding of marketing, branding, content, and creative production workflows

  • Experience in client-facing conversations and presentations

  • Working proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and related tools)

  • Hands‑on proficiency with AI creative tools and a demonstrated ability to build them into production workflows

  • Deep understanding of how creative performs across digital platforms (Meta, TikTok, YouTube, CTV, and display)

  • Excellent communication, organization, and relationship‑management skills, with strong creative judgment and attention to detail


Who You Are


You’re marketing-minded and creatively curious, comfortable operating between strategy and execution. You can connect research, strategy, audience insights, and performance data to creative decisions — and you’re just as confident leading a client conversation as you are jumping into a project to make the work better.


You’re organized without being process‑heavy, resourceful, and solutions‑oriented. You understand not just what needs to be created, but why it matters.


Details



  • Full‑time, Exempt

  • Based in Milwaukee, WI. Hybrid flexibility as well as remote work potential.

  • Salary Range - $95,000 - $105,000 annually.


Benefits include flexible PTO, medical insurance eligibility after 60 days, and an HSA with employer contribution (plus flexible work arrangements when possible)


If this sounds like a fit, we’d love to hear from you.


Margle Media is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process.


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