Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

This position will be working onsite from Miami.

Position Summary:

The Manager, Design is responsible for helping to develop, execute and evolve the brand's creative look & feel, above all. You'll need to be an adept art director, devising cutting edge creative formats and ensuring adoption by direct reports. You'll be a steward of the brand, championing our look & feel to external creative agencies and various internal teams (i.e. Sales, Operations), maintaining our brand guidelines and training internal and external areas on those guidelines. You will bring a strategic approach to creative development, producing and guiding the production of marketing communications across print and digital media, including email, direct mail, banners, out of home, print ads, video, etc.

• Partner with Creative Director ensuring brand standards are delivered across all creative assets and deliverables across the marketing funnel
• Provide leadership and play a key role in the development of the creative strategy and vision
• Devise new and evolving global creative programs to create visually stunning designs that meet the business objectives of the organization
• Direct a team of internal designers on creative projects from concept to completion
• Responsible for the design, layout and coordination of marketing collateral materials, such as: graphic assets (logos and product photos), promotional collateral, printed and electronic advertisements, direct mail pieces, banners, tradeshow graphics, catalogs, PowerPoint presentations
• Drive brand consistency through ongoing development and maintenance of brand guidelines
• Provide design direction and support to other internal communication teams (sales, ops, website, etc.) and review final materials, suggesting improvements as needed
• Train internal and external departments on the brand guidelines
• Develop new creative concepts for consumer and trade media supporting all aspects of the business (brand, destination, land experiences, loyalty program, special projects, etc.)
• Partner with external agencies to drive asset development and final approval
• Timely review of all creative work
• Coordinate timely production process of all deliverables with Marketing and collaborative team members
• Provide creative direction for photo/video shoots
• Manage designers, copywriters, editors and other dotted line agencies and partners
• Lead by example and foster a culture of collaboration and passion for cutting-edge creative
• Other duties as required

• BA/BS required in Marketing, Advertising, Creative, or related field required
• 6-8+ years' experience in marketing, advertising, and/or agency experience
• Must have proven experience in Graphic Design/Art Director role in a fast-paced, multi-project environment, In-house creative experience a plus.
• Experience in the pre-press process and a working knowledge of lithography.
• Global experience a plus.
• Good communication and presentation skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design/Visual Communications or similar field from an accredited four-year college or university or directly related, equivalent experience.
• Portfolio of impressive real-world work samples showcasing versatility and impeccable design taste
• Knowledge of email design and best practices
• Knowledge of mobile design and best practices
• Knowledge of print design and best practices
• Proficiency with HTML and CSS a plus
• Must be creative, detail-oriented and highly organized
• Excellent idea person with a proven track record of developing, leading and implementing innovative and successful creative strategies
• Hunger to learn continuing developments in the field
• Expert communication, persuasion and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Leadership expertise in a fast-paced and complex environment; equally adept at managing up, down and across corporate hierarchy
• Excellence in managing and motivating staff
• Ability to achieve results within budget and target deadlines
• Excellent planning, time-management and follow-through skills with a demonstrated ability to multitask and work on numerous projects simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in change management
• Accuracy, attention to detail, flexibility, and ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment are essential
• Proven experience in Mac and Windows applications including Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, QuarkXpress, etc. is required
• Knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel; Adobe Premiere is a plus

• The position requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting or pushing up to 25 pounds.
• Requires manual dexterity to operate standard office machines such as computers, printers and telephones.
• Requires flexibility to work occasional overtime, evening hours and weekends.
• Works in a typical office environment with moderate noise generated by telephone conversations, computer, printer, copier and light traffic.