(USA) Manager, Creative

Reference: R-2625304Posted: 2026-10-12Location: LOS ANGELES, CA, United StatesSalary: $96000 - $186000/yearType: Full time / Regular/PermanentCompany: WalmartBusiness Segment: Home OfficeRole summary: As a Senior Designer, VFX & Generative AI, you will be a core creative contributor within Walmart Creative's Production team — designing and producing high-quality visual content across product, lifestyle, social, web, and campaign formats, contributing both to individual project execution and to the scalable systems and pipeline frameworks that define how WCS produces AI-assisted content at volume. About the team: Walmart Creative's Post Production team is a cross-disciplinary group spanning design, VFX, CG, and Generative AI — working closely with creative directors, art directors, and post production artists to bring campaigns from brief to finished deliverable. The team is ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies, and integrated creative solutions that build the brand and grow the business — not just with ads but through brand acts and experiences. Operating from the LA Studio in Los Angeles, this is a fast-moving, high-output environment where design craft and technical innovation are equally valued. What you'll do:Design and develop high-quality visual content across product, lifestyle, social, web, presentations, and marketing collateral — applying advanced command of composition, lighting, typography, layout, and visual communication to deliver premium, production-ready outputs consistently and at speed.Oversee the architecture of GenAI workflows at an advanced, production-ready level — developing and owning prompt strategies, LoRA frameworks, reference libraries, and control methods that establish consistency at campaign scale.Translate creative briefs into scalable design systems and generative pipeline components — building workflow infrastructure that moves from brief to high-volume output without losing quality or brand alignment.What you'll bring:5+ years of experience in a design role within a commercial post facility, VFX studio, advertising agency, or in-house creative studio — with a portfolio demonstrating advanced design craft and AI-assisted content production.Strong background in design fundamentals — layout, typography, color, and composition.Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, with strength in image compositing, multi-layer asset manipulation, and retouching.Hands-on experience with Generative AI tools, ideally Weavy AI — including image generation workflows, prompt engineering, and reference-based generation.Experience within a post-production or VFX environment, with working knowledge of assets, renders, passes, and compositing workflows. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $96,000.00 - $186,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - StockMinimum qualifications["Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field."]Preferred qualifications["Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field", "Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)", "Content Management Systems", "Working for or with creative agencies"]