Lead, Creative Marketing

About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 45 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 400 million freights posted in 2022, and a database of $150 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. Our headquarters are in Denver, CO, with additional offices in Missouri, Oregon, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

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The Opportunity

The Manager, Creative Marketing leads brand identity and campaign creative across DAT's multi-brand portfolio, which includes DAT, Convoy, and Outgo. This person will oversee a brand refresh rollout, own the design system and its governance, and manage the in-house creative function and the design seat. The role sets creative quality standards across every segment's work, executes on work, and establishes brief intake, review, and brand QA for the function

What You’ll Do

• Own brand identity and creative direction across the DAT portfolio, including Convoy and Outgo.
• Lead and execute on campaign creative from concept through production for paid, lifecycle, events, and content.
• Oversee a completed brand refresh rollout and maintain the multi-brand design system and its governance.
• Manage the in-house creative function and establish brief intake, review, and brand QA.
• Partner with content and governance on visual standards and asset libraries.
• Coordinate external creative and brand agencies where engaged.
• Set and hold creative quality standards across all segment work.
• Manage creative capacity, prioritization, and timelines against the marketing calendar

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• 8+ years in brand and campaign creative, including 3+ years leading or managing creative teams.
• Demonstrated ownership of a brand system and a brand refresh or rebrand rollout.
• Strong portfolio spanning brand identity and performance-oriented campaign creative.
• Experience managing multi-brand or portfolio design systems.
• Fluency with creative operations: brief intake, review cycles, and brand QA.
• Fluency with Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.
• Bachelor's degree in design, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

*This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship**

For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington State Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $138,000.00 - $180,000.00 + target bonus. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)