Creative Manager

Position Overview:
Our client is a leading cannabis company seeking a Creative Manager who is hands on with design to lead creative campaigns for their in-house creative team. This role is heavily promotions-focused and ideal for a hands-on creative leader who understands how to drive performance through localized, market-relevant creative within a highly regulated environment.

The ideal candidate will be local to the Scottsdale / Phoenix area and able to work in a hybrid capacity, coming in for business meetings and larger campaign reviews (so can be mostly remote). Deep familiarity with the Phoenix market is critical, as this role will inject local flavor and regional insight into promotional creative. In addition, this role will oversee promotional creative for the Northeast market, balancing national brand consistency with regional relevance. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead promotional creative strategy for a multi-state cannabis brand across retail, digital, email, social, and in-store channels
• Develop Phoenix-specific promotional creative that reflects local culture, consumer behavior, and seasonality
• Inject local and regional relevance into creative while maintaining strict brand and regulatory compliance
• Own and manage promotional creative for the Phoenix and Northeast markets
• Collaborate closely with marketing, promotions, CRM, retail, and compliance teams
• Manage, mentor, and develop 3 direct reports, providing creative guidance and performance feedback
• Review and approve creative to ensure quality, accuracy, and on-time delivery
• Maintain brand consistency while adapting creative for market-specific needs
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution when required

Qualifications:

• 5 plus years of experience in a creative and design-focused role
• Prior experience managing or leading designers
• Strong background in promotions-driven creative, ideally in retail, CPG, or cannabis
• Vibrant and colorful portfolio showcasing conceptual campaign work
• Working knowledge of cannabis marketing regulations and compliance standards is a strong plus
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); Figma a plus
• Strong project management, communication, and collaboration skills
• Experience supporting multiple markets and fast-paced promotional calendars
• Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred

This is an exciting opportunity to lead promotions-focused creative at a growing cannabis brand while owning local and regional impact. Apply today to learn more.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

This client provides full medical, dental, vision, 401K, product discounts and more.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 05/06/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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