Manager, Marketing Creative

About the role

AfterShip is seeking a creative leader to build and manage our design team while modernizing our brand identity. You will design an AI-integrated production engine to handle high-volume output while maintaining high standards across all marketing channels.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Recruit, mentor, and manage a distributed team of designers.
• Define the creative vision for the AfterShip brand in collaboration with the VP of Marketing.
• Direct creative output for paid media, product launches, social, email, and web properties.
• Develop an AI-powered production system using cloud workflows and automation.
• Create self-service design tools for non-creative staff to handle routine tasks.
• Coordinate creative priorities with Product Marketing, Growth, and Partnerships teams.
• Oversee external agency and freelance partners.
• Refine internal processes to improve team efficiency and output quality.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in people management, including hiring and performance development.
• Background in scaling creative organizations and establishing operational workflows.
• Experience contributing to brand evolution or rebrand projects.
• Ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders like Product and Growth.
• Proficiency in AI tools for creative production and workflow design.
• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones.

Nice to have

• In-house experience within B2B SaaS or DTC e-commerce sectors.

Skills & tools

• Brand identity design
• Creative operations management
• AI-integrated design workflows
• Cross-functional leadership
• Distributed team management

Practical notes

• Salary range: CAD$110,000 - $145,000.
• Benefits include healthcare from day one, retirement plans with company match, unlimited PTO, and annual learning/wellness stipends.
• The company provides in-office lunch and commuter benefits for those based in hub locations.
• Hiring process involves AI-assisted resume screening and interview note-taking, with final decisions made by human staff.
• AfterShip is a Great Place to Work Certified company.