Hybrid Creative Solutions Manager – ETS Marketing

at Strategic Education, Inc

• Job title: Creative Solutions Manager – ETS Marketing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $92,700 - $139,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Minneapolis, United States

About the role

• Creative Solutions Manager overseeing a multidisciplinary team in creating marketing assets for SEI. Balancing strategic leadership and hands-on creative expertise for integrated marketing across audiences.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a multidisciplinary team of designers, copywriters, and digital creatives
• Translate marketing strategies into cohesive, audience-centered creative systems and campaigns
• Elevate creative quality, strengthen design and content systems
• Collaborate with Brand, Channel, Product, and Operations to deliver compelling marketing
• Own and evolve brand expression across Sophia Learning, Workforce Edge, and SEI employer brands
• Guide development and documentation of brand guidelines, design systems, templates, and content standards
• Partner with Brand Marketing Managers to align creative with brand strategy
• Improve workflows, tools, and processes that enhance team productivity
• Establish standards for creative review, critique, and iteration across disciplines

Requirements

• 6+ years of progressive experience in creative leadership, design, brand, or integrated marketing roles
• 3+ years managing creative teams in an in-house agency or agency environment
• Strong core expertise in design, copywriting, brand systems, or creative strategy
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining brand standards and scalable creative systems
• Proven ability to translate marketing and business strategies into effective creative direction and execution
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience partnering with marketing operations or project management teams to manage workflows and resources
• Working knowledge of creative and collaboration tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, CMS platforms, writing/editing tools, project management software)

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans
• Well-being incentives
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Certain paid holidays
• Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401(k) retirement benefit
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition assistance
• Entertainment and retail discounts