Creative Manager
Description
Salary: $95,000-130,000/year
Type: Full Time, Monday - Friday
Location: North Hollywood, CA Onsite
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision after 60 days
Mammoth Distribution is one of California's leading cannabis distributors, home to top brands like Heavy Hitters , Papa & Barkley , and Almora . We're hiring a Creative Manager to set and elevate the creative standard across our brand portfolio — leading an in-house creative team and staying hands-on with the work across packaging, campaigns, retail, and experiential touchpoints. If you're a CPG creative leader who pairs a strong point of view with the discipline to ship polished, production-ready work on deadline, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do
Own and evolve the visual expression of the Mammoth portfolio brands, protecting what makes each one distinct while setting standards for typography, color, layout, photography, video, and packaging
Review priority creative before it ships, ensuring every asset is polished, accurate, channel-appropriate, and production-ready
Translate campaign strategy, product stories, consumer insight, and commercial priorities into clear visual concepts before execution begins
Partner closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company leadership to understand the intent behind feedback and convert it into actionable creative direction
Present work with confidence and brevity — explain the idea, connect it to the objective, and recommend a clear path forward
Personally concept, design, refine, or art-direct high-visibility projects, guiding packaging, retail, digital, experiential, photography, and video creative from concept through final production
Give direct, specific feedback that improves hierarchy, storytelling, craft, and commercial clarity
Run a dependable workflow from brief through concept, review, production, approval, and handoff
Partner with Marketing and project management to prioritize work against business impact, deadlines, capacity, and dependencies
Build scalable templates, modular toolkits, file standards, and asset libraries that increase speed without making the work generic
Coach and develop designers through clear expectations, thoughtful assignments, and consistent critique
Surface tradeoffs early, manage stakeholder expectations, and protect the team from avoidable rework and unclear priorities
What You'll Bring
CPG brand experience, with a portfolio demonstrating strong campaign thinking and brand-building across multiple channels
Hands-on packaging design experience, including the ability to guide work from concept through production-ready files
Experience leading or managing an in-house creative team in a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment
Advanced design craft and fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, with the ability and willingness to personally contribute to the work
Experience art-directing photography and video, including briefing, pre-production, on-set direction, and post-production review
Experience in cannabis, wellness, beauty, beverage, lifestyle, or another regulated consumer category
Work Environment
Based at our North Hollywood, CA headquarters, working closely with Marketing, brand leadership, and company ownership
Fast-paced, multi-brand environment that balances hands-on design work with team leadership and executive presentations
Compensation & Benefits
$95- 130K/year
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance – eligible after 60 days
Lead creative direction across an established, growing portfolio of recognized cannabis brands
Also relevant if you have experience as: Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Art Director, Design Manager, Brand Creative Manager, Packaging Design Manager, CPG Creative Lead, Creative Operations Manager, or Senior Graphic Designer.
What We Bring
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Paid Company Holidays
Paid Time Off Employee Assistance Program
Complimentary Life Coach
About Mammoth Distribution
Join Mammoth & Redefine Cannabis
At Mammoth Distribution, we're trailblazers building the cannabis industry one relationship at a time. As the exclusive distributor of California's top brands like Heavy Hitters and Papa & Barkley , we lead with innovation and passion for the plant. Our vibrant, low-turnover culture empowers you to shape a dynamic industry. Join us to make an impact and drive the cannabis revolution.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and comply with the California/LA County Fair Chance Ordinance.