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 2021/22

Average Median Salary:

$84,700

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

  • 2019 Photo/Illustration Awards Christopher Lindhorst (Christopher Lindhorst Photography)
    2019
    Photo/Illustration Awards

    Christopher Lindhorst (Christopher Lindhorst Photography)
  • 2020 Student Awards Florence Babin-Beaudry
    2020
    Student Awards

    Florence Babin-Beaudry
  • 2019 Advertising Awards Katherine Duerdoth (Rethink)
    2019
    Advertising Awards

    Katherine Duerdoth (Rethink)
  • 2020 Advertising Awards lg2
    2020
    Advertising Awards

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