Marketing: Brand & Creative Team Lead presso Rio Grande

Brand & Creative Team Lead 

The Brand & Creative Lead will oversee Rio Grande’s visual storytelling, brand consistency, and creative production. This role leads a team of designers, photographers, writers, and a videographer while also contributing directly to creative projects. You'll partner closely with Growth & Demand and Integrated Marketing teams to deliver high-impact campaigns that inspire and engage B2B audiences. 

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor the creative team while contributing hands-on design, photography, design, or content work as needed. 
• Oversee development of visual assets, copy, and creative deliverables across campaigns, channels, and internal communications. 
• Maintain brand guidelines and ensure consistency across all platforms. 
• Partner cross-functionally to support integrated campaigns, events, and customer marketing. 
• Collaborate with the Integrated Marketing team to ensure assets align with campaign strategy and objectives. 
• Deliver creative support for sales enablement, website content, product launches, and executive initiatives. 
• Leadership & Team Development 
  1. Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and support to a team of brand and creative professionals. 
  2. Conduct regularly scheduled 1:1s, coaching sessions, and facilitate professional development. 
  3. Foster a collaborative and accountable team culture focused on results and continuous improvement. 

What You’ll Need: 

• 6+ years in creative leadership roles, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams. 
• Hands-on expertise in graphic design, copywriting, or multimedia production. 
• Proven ability to translate business objectives into compelling creative content. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 
• Experience working in B2B or retail environments preferred. 

The successful candidate will enjoy a rewarding, challenging, and principled work environment. Please visit www.riogrande.com for more information on our company!

Rio Grande is a metal-free environment within our operations areas.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:

Guided by our core values, Rio Grande is committed to treating all people with dignity and respect. We are an equal-opportunity employer with a zero-tolerance policy for harassment or discrimination of any kind. As an advocate for equity and equality, we hire, train, and promote qualified people of all backgrounds. We consider employment candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other underrepresented class. We value our associates and have won the yearly Healthiest Places to Work and Family Friendly Business awards on multiple occasions.

The Reward:
 Rio Grande provides a generous benefit package for full-time (30+ hours a week) associates that includes:

• Medical plan with low premium rates and no high deductible (includes dental and vision) and telemedicine
• 401(k) matching program
• Paid time-off benefits, plus an additional seven paid holidays
• Paid life insurance and optional additional life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability
• Flexible spending account
• Pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site gym and company wellness program
• Bereavement leave
• Employee discounts at Rio Grande
• Local and national discounts on various travel and entertainment
• Competitive compensation, including an opportunity to share in the profits

Our associates strive for joint accountability. We work together for the success of our stakeholders, and we provide a thoughtful, fun, and creative environment to support them. We encourage professional and personal development through a variety of training opportunities and a focus on promoting from within.

The Company:
Established in 1944, Rio Grande, a Berkshire-Hathaway manufacturer/distributor, has thousands of valued customers around the world. We are a principle-based company with a highly evolved team-based environment. We can show you how a profoundly effective organization lives these values every day. You can find our guiding principles, The 3 R’s, Respect, Responsibility and Results, on our website as well as information about our community support and how we protect the environment.

Within our 186,000 sq. ft., solar-powered facility, with covered parking, Rio Grande has sales, marketing, supply chain, IT and administrative offices, a climate-controlled distribution center with more than 40,000 items, and a comprehensive, well-equipped manufacturing operation. Manufactured products include jewelry-making equipment (from basic tools to highly sophisticated induction casting machines) and jewelry components—both die-struck and cast. Capabilities include CAD/CAM, casting, stamp and form, metal finishing, CNC machining, manual milling, tool & die and electronics/mechanical assembly.