
Director, Creative, Thomas Marketing Services
- Lexington, KY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of specialists across automation, social, design, and search
- Manage resource allocation, workload balancing, and capacity planning to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Work with and support vendor interactions as needed for any outsourced content execution
- Production Oversight
- Own the end-to-end production pipeline for digital marketing deliverables-from planning through execution and optimization.
Ensure deliverables meet strategic objectives, brand standards, and technical requirements. * Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with strategy and client services teams to align production output with client goals and KPIs
- Translate strategic marketing plans into actionable production roadmaps.
- Act as the escalation point for production-related issues and lead resolution efforts.
- Join sales or client calls as needed as the face of the TMS organization as needed
- Performance & Quality Control
- Monitor project performance, timelines, and budgets using project management tools.
- Identify areas for improvement and drive innovation in production methods and tools.
- Strategic direction and planning
- Work with leadership, team leads, and strategy to identify opportunities to improve product offering and execution, in particular in more efficient and quicker timelines
- In conjunction with leadership, tests and assess alternative product offerings to ensure quality and determine best solution set
- 8-10 years of experience in digital marketing, including 3+ years in a senior production or operations role.
- Proven experience managing multidisciplinary teams or projects
- Strong understanding of digital marketing strategies and platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Google Ads, Meta, SEO tools).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Experience working with project management and workflow systems (e.g., Asana, Airtable)
- Agency experience a plus