Senior Manager, Creative - Associate Creative Director, Brand Campaigns (Concept & Copy)

Position Summary...

<p>Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive omnichannel brand design systems that meet customer needs and drive business objectives while keeping our Fortune #1 brand relevant in culture. We use creativity and design to make Walmart an obvious choice for all.</p><p></p><p>We are positioned as an internal creative agency hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, campaigns, and touchpoints. We are ruthlessly focused on our customers, insight-driven creative strategies, and integrated solutions that build the brand and grow the business.</p><p></p><p>We value talent, culture of belonging, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping all people save money and live better.</p><p></p><p><b>Overview:</b></p><p>The Associate Creative Director (Concept &amp; Copy) Campaigns will support the Walmart Creative Studio in concept through execution for marketing/brand/seasonal campaigns that translate across multiple channels including 360 full funnel paid, social, digital, email, site, print and in-store. Our ideal candidate must be a strategically minded problem solver, conceptual thinker and able to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. They should be organized, detail-oriented and exhibit outstanding creative judgement while dreaming big and pushing boundaries.</p><p></p><p>In this role, the ACD (Concept &amp; Copy) will partner with an ACD (Design &amp; Art Direction) and work alongside the Creative Director to connect the overarching marketing strategy and executional 360 full funnel campaign. This role works collaboratively with other team leads (within creative &amp; cross-functionally) and primarily on Service (Express Delivery &amp; Subscriptions), Grocery, Health &amp; Wellness, and Mobile App campaigns. You will also help lead external agency partners using a blend of strong leadership and hands-on creative expertise.</p><p></p><p><b>Key Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>Collaboration: Ideate, create, and execute 360 campaign creative across all channels (owned &amp; paid). Work cross-functionally with marketing, ops teams, integrated strategy and external agencies to ensure creative cohesion at every touchpoint.</li><li>Build trust and effective relationships with key partners in a large, highly matrixed organization.</li><li>Develop creative leadership and marketing pitch decks to gain alignment setting the team up for success.</li><li>Manage projects, growth, and development of mid and junior level creatives.</li><li>Self-directed / critical thinker.</li><li>Pursue ways that we can work better, faster.</li><li>Manage projects that are on-brief and on-brand, mitigating feedback, ultimately keeping workstreams on track.</li><li>Trend Analysis: Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, culture and consumer behaviors to inform creative decisions and maintain our brand’s competitive edge.</li><li>Quality Assurance: Maintain high standards of quality and craft throughout the conceptual and execution process, ensuring that the final work meets or exceeds expectations.</li><li>Attend &amp; oversee production shoots as needed.</li><li>Ability to copywrite assets and brand campaigns as needed</li><li>Project Oversight: Manage team &amp; high-profile projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic objectives.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Qualifications: </b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in creative writing, advertising, or a related field.</li><li>10; years of experience in professional advertising agency Copywriting experience, with at