Senior Manager, Creative and Brand

The Team

Across our work in Science, Education, and within our communities, we pair technology with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress toward our mission. Our Operations organization provides the support needed to push this work forward.

Operations consists of our Marketing & Communications, Central Tech, Finance, People, Real Estate / Workplace / Events / Facilities / Security (REWFS), Strategy & Operations, and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations, services, and strategies needed to support CZI’s progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Creative & Brand to help scale and steward Biohub’s creative output. This role reports to the VP of Marketing & Operations within the Marketing & Communications organization and will work closely with the social media and product UX teams.

This role sits at the intersection of brand, content, and execution. You will guide creative work across internal teams and external partners, ensuring everything we produce is clear, high-quality, and aligned to our mission, while managing a small team of full-time and contract creatives.

This is not a pure concepting role. It is a role for someone who brings strong taste, exercises influence, and knows how to get great work out of agencies and collaborators working on complex, technical subject matter.

What You'll Do

Creative & Content Leadership

• Guide the development of creative across key workstreams, including:
  
  • Technical / launch creative (in partnership with product UX and agencies)
    
  • Evergreen storytelling, including brand and campaigns
    
• Ensure all output meets a high bar for clarity, quality, and consistency
  
• Translate complex scientific and technical work into accessible creative direction
  

Brand Stewardship

• Uphold and evolve brand standards across channels and partners
  
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to ensure alignment with brand and voice
  
• Identify gaps and inconsistencies in how the brand shows up
  

Agency & Partner Management

• Lead day-to-day relationships with external creative and production agencies
  
• Set direction, review work, and ensure high-quality delivery
  
• Manage timelines, scopes, and expectations across multiple partners
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with teams across product, social, communication
  
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with clarity and influence
  
• Align creative output with broader organizational priorities
  

Execution & Operations

• Drive work forward across multiple parallel initiatives
  
• Manage a small team of creatives
  
• Support a mix of agency-led and internally driven projects
  
• Help manage contractors and external contributors as needed
  

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in brand/creative roles, preferably at a tech company, start up or agency
• 3+ years of management experience
• Strong experi