Creative Manager

Salary: $95,000-110,000/year Type: Full Time, Monday - Friday Location: North Hollywood, CA Onsite Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision after 60 days Mammoth Distribution is one of California's leading cannabis distributors, home to top brands like Heavy Hitters , Papa & Barkley , and Almora . We're hiring a Creative Manager to set and elevate the creative standard across our brand portfolio - leading an in-house creative team and staying hands-on with the work across packaging, campaigns, retail, and experiential touchpoints. If you're a CPG creative leader who pairs a strong point of view with the discipline to ship polished, production-ready work on deadline, we want to hear from you. What You'll Do Own and evolve the visual expression of the Mammoth portfolio brands, protecting what makes each one distinct while setting standards for typography, color, layout, photography, video, and packaging Review priority creative before it ships, ensuring every asset is polished, accurate, channel-appropriate, and production-ready Translate campaign strategy, product stories, consumer insight, and commercial priorities into clear visual concepts before execution begins Partner closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company leadership to understand the intent behind feedback and convert it into actionable creative direction Present work with confidence and brevity - explain the idea, connect it to the objective, and recommend a clear path forward Personally concept, design, refine, or art-direct high-visibility projects, guiding packaging, retail, digital, experiential, photography, and video creative from concept through final production Give direct, specific feedback that improves hierarchy, storytelling, craft, and commercial clarity Run a dependable workflow from brief through concept, review, production, approval, and handoff Partner with Marketing and project management to prioritize work against business impact, deadlines, capacity, and dependencies Build scalable templates, modular toolkits, file standards, and asset libraries that increase speed without making the work generic Coach and develop designers through clear expectations, thoughtful assignments, and consistent critique Surface tradeoffs early, manage stakeholder expectations, and protect the team from avoidable rework and unclear priorities What You'll Bring CPG brand experience, with a portfolio demonstrating strong campaign thinking and brand-building across multiple channels Hands-on packaging design experience, including the ability to guide work from concept through production-ready files Experience leading or managing an in-house creative team in a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment Advanced design craft and fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, with the ability and willingness to personally contribute to the work Experience art-directing photography and video, including briefing, pre-production, on-set direction, and post-production review Experience in cannabis, wellness, beauty, beverage, lifestyle, or another regulated consumer category Work Environment Based at our North Hollywood, CA headquarters, working closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company ownership Fast-paced, multi-brand environment that balances hands-on design work with team leadership and executive presentations Compensation & Benefits $95- 110K/year Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance - eligible after 60 days Lead creative direction across an established, growing portfolio of recognized cannabis brands Also relevant if you have experience as: Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Art Director, Design Manager, Brand Creative Manager, Packaging Design Manager, CPG Creative Lead, Creative Operations Manager, or Senior Graphic Designer. #J-18808-Ljbffr mammoth