at Creative Circle, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job: Creative Marketing Manager
Location: Onsite, City of Chicago
Duration: Direct hire, full time
Our client, a leading lighting manufacturer, is seeking a Creative Marketing Manager with a sharp creative eye and strategic mindset to lead their marketing efforts. This is a high-impact role where you'll shape the brand's voice, drive engagement, and lead a talented in-house team.
What You'll Do
As Creative Marketing Manager, you'll be the driving force behind the company's marketing strategy-balancing creativity with execution to elevate brand visibility and customer engagement.
Responsibilites:
- Strategic Marketing: Develop and implement integrated marketing plans across print, digital, social media, B2B campaigns, and trade events.
- Team Leadership: Manage and inspire a small team of 3-4 creatives, including designers and renderers.
- Email Campaigns: Oversee segmented email marketing initiatives, maintain contact lists, and analyze campaign performance.
- Product Expertise: Gain deep knowledge of the product line to craft compelling, informed marketing strategies.
- Trade Show Management: Coordinate all logistics, materials, and documentation for trade shows and industry events.
- Media & Partnerships: Build and maintain strong relationships with media outlets, partners, and clients.
Sales Enablement: Create impactful sales tools-presentations, brochures, catalogs, and more. - Social Media Strategy: Lead the development and execution of a social media strategy that drives engagement and brand awareness.
- Content Oversight: Review all internal and external content to ensure brand consistency and messaging alignment.
- Brand Stewardship: Uphold and evolve brand guidelines across all marketing materials.
- Budget Oversight: Manage the marketing budget with strategic foresight and financial discipline.
Requirements:
- Background in lighting, architecture, or interior design is a plus
- Experience marketing premium or high-end products
- Strong creative and conceptual thinking skills
- Proven ability to lead strategy and execute across multiple channels
- Experience collaborating with creative teams, photographers, and vendors
- Familiarity with social media, video, PR, email campaigns, and trade shows
- 2+ years of experience managing a marketing budget
- Prior management experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
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.
Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:
Email your resume in Word to:
kailey.carter@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Kailey Carter - Lead Recruiter
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 job was first posted by Creative Circle on 08/19/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.
