Creative Services Manager, Shutterstock Studios

About the opportunity:
Shutterstock enables our customers, partners, contributors, and employees to achieve their goals and realize new opportunities. Our continued growth opens new doors as we scale our platform, expand our offerings, and build a company that’s ready for the future.

The newly formed custom content and branded production arm of Shutterstock – Shutterstock Studios – has an opening for a critical role within the global organization. This role will evolve and refine how we present ourselves creatively to clients and partners.

Shutterstock Studios has scaled from producing highly creative social content to delivering global campaigns including TV spots, integrated digital experiences, 3D animation, and original long-form documentaries. The Studio is a highly sophisticated, interconnected creative and production solution spanning video, photo, music, 3D, generative AI, animation, and XR.

We’re seeking a Creative Services Manager who thrives at the intersection of concept development, creative direction, and client storytelling. This leader will shape compelling pitches, inspire internal teams, and elevate the quality of creative output across the Studios portfolio.

• Develop innovative, brand-driven concepts for custom content programs that win new commercial partnerships and foster recurring business.

• Lead creative on client pitches, inspiring confidence with strategic storytelling and strong presentation skills.

• Drive creative ideation and direction from concept through delivery, ensuring the Creative Services team produces inspired, high-quality work

• Build and design pitch decks, creative treatments, and pre-production presentations that bring ideas to life.

• Provide creative direction and leadership across all phases of campaign development — ensuring elevated visual storytelling and consistent brand expression.

• Partner with Sales, Strategy, and Production to align execution with creative intent.

• Translate industry insights, cultural trends, and audience behaviors into strategic, actionable creative ideas.

• Maintain creative excellence across Studios content by guiding internal teams and setting best practices for concepting and design.

• Mentor and grow a small team of in-house and freelance creatives (2–3 people).

• 5–8 years of experience in creative direction, brand strategy, or integrated marketing, with client-facing responsibilities.

• Proven ability to lead creative ideation and storytelling for global campaigns across multiple formats.

• Strong understanding of visual storytelling across video, photography, social, experiential, and emerging media.

• Experience guiding creative teams and providing clear direction, feedback, and vision.

• Expertise in developing compelling RFP responses and narrative-driven pitches.

• Exceptional design sense and presentation skills; proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, Keynote, G-Suite, Microsoft 365.

• A passion for innovation and curiosity for emerging creative tools (AI, XR, interactive).

• Graphic design or art direction background

• Generative AI prompting and creative experimentation

• Brand strategy and campaign architecture experience

• A strong network of creative collaborators across industries

 Why Shutterstock:

• You have a direct impact on the success of the company. Your team’s work matters and is essential to the evolution of our core business!

• Executive leadership cares personally. They prioritize growth and planning your career path with your goals and passions in mind.

• Flexibility to work between home and office with everything you need to be successful in both

• A generous and competitive benefits package.

Shutterstock connects diverse artists and creative professionals around the globe with the agencies, brands and people who need their work and services. It’s a place where creators come to be inspired and discover new ways to produce their best work.

Shutterstock enables its employees to drive culture and tap into the world around them to develop the toolbox and solutions that help others share their world views. At Shutterstock, your ideas will be welcomed, your uniqueness will be celebrated, and you will be  supported in presenting your view of the world as you  experience it. We’re champions of resiliency;  quickly learning from our shortcomings in our pursuit of continuous growth.

Diverse teams are critical to our success. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply and we commit to creating and maintaining a culture where employees know they belong and have equal opportunities to succeed.

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At Shutterstock, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. The compensation package offered may vary depending on employment experience, skills, and knowledge. You may also be eligible for our generous benefits package including health, wellness and financial benefits. Compensation ranges for candidates in locations outside of the location(s) below may differ based on the cost of labor, market, and additional factors.
 
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Shutterstock Values

We are one team collectively focused on creating an unrivaled experience for our Customers and Contributors. Our Values represent the mindset of the employee who will thrive at Shutterstock.  If you are passionate about what you do, and want to become part of a cutting-edge technology company building industry leading products, please apply.

Shutterstock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Suitably qualified and eligible candidates are encouraged to apply  regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Shutterstock ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].

The referenced salary range is based on the Company’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.