Senior Manager, Creative

Location: New York, NY, US

Employment Type: OTHER

Overview

Major League Soccer (MLS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Creative to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of high-impact creative initiatives that elevate the MLS brand across campaigns, match promotion, tentpole events, and digital experiences.

 

Working across Creative Strategy, Design, and Creative Operations, this role serves as the connective tissue that moves work from creative intake through final delivery. The Senior Manager, Creative drives project execution, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and helps scale the team's creative output through thoughtful processes, emerging tools, and operational excellence, allowing creatives to focus on delivering their best work.

 

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority creative initiatives from intake through final delivery, managing project planning, timelines, approvals, stakeholder communication, and execution in partnership with the Creative Strategy, Design, and Creative Operations.
• Drive scalable creative production across priority campaigns and daily work initiatives, ensuring efficient execution across channels and stakeholders.
• Apply a brand-centric lens to ensure creative solutions align with campaign objectives and maintain consistency across all fan-facing touchpoints.
• Partner with Creative Strategy and Marketing requestors to translate insights, positioning, campaign objectives, and business priorities into actionable briefs and execution timelines.
• Work closely with marketing, content, social, and production teams to translate needs into effective design and creative solutions.
• For key initiatives, serve as the central point of coordination for designers, freelancers, production partners, and cross-functional stakeholders throughout the creative process.
• Partner closely with Creative Operations to improve and manage creative intake, prioritization, and project planning, and delivery workflows while championing best practices in Asana across the Creative team.
• Identify opportunities to enhance creative workflows, adopt emerging tools, and implement scalable processes that improve team efficiency and creative output.
• Leverage Adobe Creative Suite to support creative production through file preparation, technical reviews, and final production-ready deliverables as needed.
• Support additional department initiatives and special projects, as assigned.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 7+ years of experience required in creative project management, integrated marketing, creative operations, or an agency/in-house creative environment

Required Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Asana and creative project management workflows.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) with the ability to modify working files and support production tasks and technical review.
• Strong understanding of creative production workflows and channel specifications for creative work across social, digital, email, web, OOH, and print.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and organizational skills, with proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, drive alignment, and maintain quality in fast-paced environments.
• Experience identifying and implementing workflow improvements, creative technologies, and AI-enabled tools that enhance team efficiency.
• Experience managing integrated creative work from intake through production and delivery.
• Highly collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and influence cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team environment.
• High-level of commitment to quality work products and organizational ethics, integrity and
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Desired Skills

• Experience in professional sports, entertainment, media, or consumer brand experience preferred.
• Experience working and managing process with internal creative teams, freelancers, and external production partners.
• Knowledge of soccer or sports

Total Rewards

Major League Soccer offers a competitive starting base salary of $100,000 - $115,000, based on individual qualifications, market financials, and operational business needs. We are committed to providing a Total Rewards package that attracts, supports, engages, and retains talent. Our benefits package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a $500 wellness reimbursement, and generous Holiday and PTO schedule to promote work-life balance. We also prioritize career and professional development, offering on-the-job training, feedback, and ongoing educational opportunities.

 

Major League Soccer believes in the value of in-person collaboration to support teamwork, creativity, and connection. Employees in this role are expected to work a four (4) day in-office schedule, with the flexibility to work remotely one (1) day each week, based on business and department needs.

 

Major League Soccer is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

 

Major League Soccer is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process, as well as during employment. Applicants who require an accommodation may contact Human Resources to request assistance.

 

Join our team and help support the growth and success of Major League Soccer.