Leads creative strategy and production for federal client campaigns while personally creating graphics, video, motion, photography, and social content. Manages a multidisciplinary creative team, oversees production partners, presents concepts, manages workflows across contracts, and ensures accessibility and brand compliance. Develops proposal materials and introduces AI and other tools to improve creative efficiency.
Creative Manager
Level: Senior | Remote (DMV or Miami preferred) | Full-Time
ABOUT THE ROLE
Red Carrot is seeking a hands-on Creative Manager to lead creative across our federal client portfolio. This is a working manager role: you'll shape creative strategy and direction for government clients, and you'll also roll up your sleeves to design, edit, and produce the work yourself. You'll guide a small multidisciplinary team spanning design, multimedia, and social media, and serve as the go-to creative lead across multiple contracts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Level: Senior | Remote (DMV or Miami preferred) | Full-Time
ABOUT THE ROLE
Red Carrot is seeking a hands-on Creative Manager to lead creative across our federal client portfolio. This is a working manager role: you'll shape creative strategy and direction for government clients, and you'll also roll up your sleeves to design, edit, and produce the work yourself. You'll guide a small multidisciplinary team spanning design, multimedia, and social media, and serve as the go-to creative lead across multiple contracts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop creative strategy and concepts for federal client campaigns, turning briefs, research, and audience insights into clear creative direction
- Personally create work across disciplines, including graphic design, layouts, video editing, motion graphics, photography, and social content
- Lead and develop a small multidisciplinary creative team (design, multimedia, and social media), setting priorities, reviewing work, and giving clear, constructive feedback
- Oversee social media creative, including visual standards and platform-specific content
- Plan and manage video and photo production from concept through final edit, coordinating outside production partners when needed
- Present creative concepts and rationale to clients and internal stakeholders
- Manage creative workflow, timelines, and priorities across multiple contracts
- Ensure all work meets client brand standards, plain language guidance, and Section 508 accessibility requirements
- Design proposal graphics, pitch decks, and oral presentation materials in PowerPoint to support business development
- Bring in new tools and workflows, including AI, that improve quality and efficiency
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, film, marketing, or a related field
- 8+ years of hands-on creative experience across at least three of the following: graphic design, video production and editing, social media content, photography, and motion graphics
- 2+ years leading, managing, or mentoring designers or other creative staff
- A portfolio showing hands-on work across multiple creative disciplines (required with application)
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects)
- Advanced PowerPoint skills for designing proposals and presentations
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
- Experience at an advertising, marketing, or communications agency and/or supporting federal government clients
- Familiarity with federal branding standards, Section 508, and plain language requirements
- Experience with Figma, Canva, and AI-assisted creative tools
- Photography, motion graphics, or audio and podcast production experience
- Award-winning creative work
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