[Hiring] Creative Manager @Red Carrot

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• Training and Development – Tuition reimbursement and professional trainings for eligible employees.
• Healthcare – Top-tier medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) Plan – 401(k)-retirement and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period.
• Profit Sharing – Discretionary profit-sharing plan to all eligible employees after one year of employment.
• Paid Time Off – Provides flexible work hours, paid time off, and 11 federal holidays.