Creative Manager - American Heart Association

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

The American Heart Association is seeking a skilled Creative Manager to drive the strategy, management, and expansion of marketing efforts across a range of healthcare Quality Improvement programs. As an individual contributor, you will lead the graphic design initiatives, contribute to strategic planning, support in executing marketing plans, and lead all aspects of in-house graphic design while ensuring adherence branding guidelines within the Quality, Outcomes Research & Analytics (QORA) department.

 This is a full time, benefits eligible, grant funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on June 30, 2025, with the potential of extension. This position can be home based.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of QORA department marketing plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and consistency among all QORA programs
• Act as a primary liaison to all departments and external vendors as needed to ensure that all projects remain on schedule to meet deadlines

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams on developing and implementing campaigns, campaign materials and promotions, overseeing the execution of marketing activities, while developing and implementing various strategies for retention and growth purposes  

• Develop periodic reports and postmortem campaign reports delivered to sponsors and other stakeholders, to measure the effectiveness of, and customer satisfaction with products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Three (3) – Five (5) years of experience incorporating marketing graphic design strategies, account management and/or communication experience

• Excellent computer skills including experience in Microsoft 365 and proficiency with the Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

• Possession of creative flair, conceptual/visual ability, and originality
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively present confidently in front of C-suite executives and volunteers, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders while demonstrating excellent written and oral communication skills

• Ability to lead multiple projects by managing time effectively, prioritizing work assignments, being flexible to changing requests and ensuring deadlines are being met
• Minimum travel availability needed, up to 5%

Preferred Experience:

• Marketing experience includes familiarity with email marketing, social media, webpage development, search engine optimization (SEO), paid promotion, and tradeshow management.
• Video production experience
• Product/Brand Management experience
• Budget Oversight
• Agency Experience
• Experience in trademark management and organization

Compensation & Benefits

The expected pay range will be $70,000 to $90,000.  Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

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