Senior Manager, Creative

Walmart Creative Studio is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our Fortune #1 brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets. 

We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies and integrated creative solutions that build the brand and grow the business - not just with ads but through brand acts and experiences. 

We value talent, diversity, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping people - all people - live better. 

Responsibilities: 

• Provide 3D-specific Aesthetic & Technical Direction that brings to life the editorial campaigns and merchandising of products and services of Walmart.   

• Provide creative and technical direction on scenes, products, objects and environments, to be rendered in 3D. 

• Mentor the other members of the 3D creative team to further their knowledge of 3D capabilities 

• Partner with various clients from across the Walmart retail groups to fulfill their commerce goals.   

• Collaborate with our 3D Vendors to ensure your vision is being translated accurately to 3D. 

• Leverage curations provided by our merchants, source furniture and decor ideas from our existing products, as well as found objects and anything else you can imagine. 

• You will be responsible for every detail of the storytelling, functioning, in a 3D technical sense, as the set designer, lighting designer, photographer and interior designer.   

• Work within established brand look and feel requirements and deadlines. 

• Assist the Head of 3D with existing projects under development. 

• Bring a positive attitude and a willingness to roll with change. 

• Gather requirements and product priorities from merchandising and marketing. 

• Collaborate with merchandising and marketing teams to ensure alignment on the creative vision as it relates to product representation. 

• Partner with 3D Operations on 3D model requests. 

• QCs digital twins and 2D silo imagery as needed. 

Requirements: 

• Minimum of five years as a next-gen commerce Art Director. 

• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite. 

• Experience leveraging GenAI tools to enhance your ideation. 

• Expert knowledge of the facets of commercial image creation. 

• Working knowledge of 3D software tools and formats. 

• Experience from industries such as retail home furnishings, consumer electronics, beauty and fashion and the design trade. 

• Expertise in effectively communicating a brand’s look and feel with a proven ability to translate visual ideas and brand-level concepts. 

• The ability to present your creative work to a room full of people eager to hear your vision. 

• Comfortable with exercising initiative to identify and solve problems with drive, flexibility, and resourcefulness working independently or collaboratively with creative peers, support staff, and company executives. 

• Ability to be available across time zones, from EMEA, South America, Canada and the United States. 

About Walmart Marketing 

Named Ad Age's Marketer of the Year in 2022, you'll join an internationally recognized team of thinkers, creators, and problem solvers passionate about helping people save money and live better. 

Walmart Marketing is a dynamic, multidimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops through impactful creative and fast-paced innovation - all grounded in customer insights and brand strategy. We live out our company values each day while striving to exceed customer expectations and drive growth for the company.