Creative Manager

Creative Manager
  Level: Senior  |  Remote (DMV or Miami preferred)  |  Full-Time
ABOUT THE ROLE
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

MINIMUM 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 at Red Carrot:    

At Red Carrot, we empower you to be a leader. We attract and develop talent from all backgrounds because we believe there’s strength in diversity, offering different perspectives and skills. Together, we can solve our client’s biggest challenges. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.     

• 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.   

About Us:

Red Carrot is an award-winning, woman-owned small business built for the complexity of federal government work. We partner with clients to advance their goals — powered by a team fueled by passion, backed by intelligence, and grounded in expertise.

From day one, we've applied industrial engineering principles and data analytics to solve complex problems with precision. Our approach is research-centric, data-informed, and audience-oriented — and it's how we deliver work that actually moves the needle.

We exist to strengthen the organizations and communities we serve through trusted, purposeful communication. That's not a tagline — it's the standard we hold ourselves to on every engagement.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, with a strong and growing presence in Washington, D.C., our team works with clients across the country. Distance doesn't dilute our service. We build capacity where our clients need it, delivering Strategic Communications, Customer Experience, Management Consulting, and Human Capital Solutions that fit their mission — and their moment.

We're the partner organizations turn to when communication challenges are real, the stakes are high, and the work has to matter.