Manager of Creative Services – Columbia, SC (Hybrid)
The Manager of Creative Services leads the delivery of high-quality, on-brand creative work across digital, print, campaigns, and presentations. This role advances team capabilities by driving modern practices, including AI-assisted tools, workflow automation, and emerging design technologies. As a creative leader and coach, the Manager upholds brand standards while fostering innovation, continuous improvement, and impactful, result-driven execution.
What You’ll Do:
- Translate business objectives into clear, creative direction, priorities, and deliverables.
- Lead development of integrated creative solutions that drive measurable outcomes
- Ensure all creatives align with audience needs, brand positioning, and organizational goals.
- Partner with stakeholders to align expectations, scope, and success criteria
- Establish and optimize scalable processes to improve speed, quality, and consistency.
- Manage intake, prioritization, and resource allocation to maximize team capacity.
- Track performance against timelines, quality standards, and service expectations
- Oversee external partners and budgets to support efficient execution.
- Maintain brand standards and provide feedback to elevate creative quality.
- Develop team capabilities through coaching and continuous improvement initiatives.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, design, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7–9 years of experience in creative services, design, or a related field with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven expertise in stakeholder management and project leadership
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
- Strong understanding of brand stewardship and design strategy
- Experience with AI-assisted creative tools, generative AI, and emerging technologies
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop creative team members
- Advanced communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides financing, as well as technology and other value-added services, to association partners so they can lend to rural residents and agricultural operations of all sizes. We take pride in investing in our employees, our partners and our community.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, design, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7-9 years of experience in creative services, design, or related field with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven expertise in stakeholder management and project leadership
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
- Strong understanding of brand stewardship and design strategy
- Experience with AI-assisted creative tools, generative AI, and emerging technologies
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop creative team members
- Advanced communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
What We Do
As part of the nationwide Farm Credit system, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank has been lending financial and business support to agriculture and rural America for more than a century. As a $40.4 billion company, we are prepared to meet tomorrow with a progressive mindset and a passionate workforce by continually adapting to changes in the technology and business landscape. AgFirst provides wholesale funding, cutting-edge technology and a range of support services to local agricultural and rural lenders in 15 states and Puerto Rico. These lenders provide loans to rural home and land buyers and to agricultural operations of all sizes. Our cooperative business model ensures we share our partners’ values, goals and vision for the future. Our employees come from a wide range of backgrounds to advance our mission of serving agriculture and rural America – to Impact More every day. We place a premium on our employees’ unique skills and perspectives and invest in them by offering excellent benefits, competitive pay, flexible work schedules, leadership development opportunities, a corporate incentive plan and more.
