Creative Manager

About the role

FBT Gibbons LLP is a national law firm serving middle‑market companies with nearly 1,500 employees across 26 offices. The Creative Manager will shape and elevate the firm’s visual brand through marketing collateral, design solutions, and creative resources that support firm strategy and communicate its value to the market. The role can be based in one of the following locations: Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Lexington, KY; Los Angeles, CA; Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; Newark, NJ; Newport Beach, CA; Orange County, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; or Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative development of core marketing and business development templates, firm ads, branded templates, event materials, digital assets, and other branded pieces that support firm strategy, communicate the firm’s value proposition, and maintain brand consistency across platforms.
• Translate complex ideas into clear, compelling, accessible design solutions informed by research, market trends, stakeholder input, and project objectives.
• Manage creative projects from concept through execution, including workflows, timelines, feedback cycles, approvals, quality control, budget considerations, vendor coordination, and alignment with firm brand standards.
• Serve as a primary creative point of contact for internal clients, department leaders, project stakeholders, and cross‑functional marketing teams, proactively communicating status, managing expectations, and resolving issues related to scope, timing, or quality; guide executives through creative project processes to achieve optimal results.
• Manage the creative team and external creative resources by assigning work, monitoring progress, providing direction, supporting technical development, contributing to performance management, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture.
• Ensure organization and upkeep of marketing materials, creative files and catalogs, advertisement and logo submissions, print production, materials inventory, printer bidding, and production vendor management.
• Make decisions regarding branding costs, including the most effective size and arrangement of illustrative materials and the appropriate style,