Creative/Design Services Manager

A creative manager or design manager manages the creative staff, evaluates its work, ensures that projects meet the requirements of the design brief and are completed on time and within budget. A design manager may work in a corporation and manage the hiring of design firms and the use of their design services.

Source: RGD Creative Earners Report 2022/23

Average Median Salary:

$88,820

Creative/Design Services Managers Work On:

• Keeping major projects at ad or design firms on track
• Managing staff and budgets
• Recruiting talent

Past winners of the Applied Arts Awards

  • 2020 Advertising Awards WAX Partnership
    2020
    Advertising Awards

    WAX Partnership
  • 2019 Photo/Illustration Awards Duncan Major (Perfect Day)
    2019
    Photo/Illustration Awards

    Duncan Major (Perfect Day)
  • 2019 Photo/Illustration Awards Caitlin Stall-Paquet (Air Canada enRoute)
    2019
    Photo/Illustration Awards

    Caitlin Stall-Paquet (Air Canada enRoute)
  • 2020 Design Awards Jeremy Dimmock (Polyester Studio Inc.)
    2020
    Design Awards

    Jeremy Dimmock (Polyester Studio Inc.)