Northropteam

Northropteam is looking for a Creative Designer to develop visually engaging solutions across print and digital platforms. This role requires conceptualizing and designing marketing materials that align with brand standards while collaborating closely with sales agents. The right candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in marketing or a related field, experience with the Adobe Creative Suite, and a keen eye for detail. Competitive compensation and benefits package offered. This is an in-office position located in Maryland.

Full-timeCompensation: USD 84,000 - USD 94,000 - yearlyJob Description Job Summary: The Creative Team Manager - Agent Marketing is a key leadership and project management role within Northrop Realty, responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and prioritizing all agent marketing support services. This position serves as the central intake and workflow management point for agent marketing requests, ensuring all projects are properly scoped, assigned, tracked, and delivered in a timely, efficient, and high-quality manner. As the Creative Team Manager, your role complements the Northrop Realty brand marketing team.Strong project management skills are essential, including the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain structured workflows, and ensure consistent turnaround times in a fast-paced, agent-driven environment. The Creative Team Manager is responsible for balancing team capacity, optimizing workflow efficiency, and ensuring equitable distribution of work while maintaining high service levels. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to anticipate needs, resolve bottlenecks, and keep multiple projects moving simultaneously in a structured and efficient manner.Essential FunctionsServe as the primary marketing liaison for Northrop Realty agentsIntake, prioritize, and manage agent marketing requests across multiple service linesProvide strategic marketing guidance to agents to support listings, branding, and business developmentEnsure a high-touch, responsive, and service-oriented experience for all agent marketing needsBuild strong relationships with agents to understand their business goals and marketing needsManage and prioritize all incoming agent marketing projects from intake through completionCoordinate deadlines, timelines, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projectsEnsure efficient workflow distribution among creative designers and support staffIdentify bottlenecks and implement process improvements to enhance turnaround time and qualitySupervise and support a team of creative designers responsible for agent and brokerage marketing materialsAssign and review design work to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to brand standardsProvide feedback, coaching, and quality control to ensure high-level creative outputSupport professional development and performance management of creative staffOversee production of agent marketing materials including listing presentations, flyers, social media assets, print collateral, and digital contentEnsure all marketing materials align with Northrop Realty brand standards and agent-specific customization requestsMaintain a high standard of accuracy, professionalism, and visual quality across all deliverablesContinuously evaluate and improve agent marketing workflows and systemsCollaborate with leadership to streamline intake, approval, and production processesSupport adoption of tools and best practices that improve efficiency and scalabilitySupervisory ResponsibilitiesCreative Design Team.Qualifications Required Skills/AbilitiesExcellent leadership and management skills.Excellent people skills and interpersonal savvy.Excellent ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.Excellent time and project management skills; proven ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and delegate.Highly creative.Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Strong initiative.Strong problem-solving abilities.Ability to function well in a high-paced environment.Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop; ability and willingness to quickly adapt to new technologies.Strong knowledge of project management software such as Asana.Proficient with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.Strong knowledge of a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design.Strong knowledge of design elements, such as color and composition.Strong knowledge of how to effectively present ideas, both verbally and visually.Ability to manage competing priorities with accuracy and professionalism.Education and Experience High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field preferred.Prior supervisory or team lead experience strongly preferred.3+ years of experience in project management.5+ years of experience with Microsoft Project, Asana, Trello, as well as Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign,…

Compensation: USD 53,640 - USD 59,600 - yearlyCompany DescriptionNorthrop Realty represents buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan regions with offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, Clarksville, Columbia, Ellicott City, Fallston, Frederick, Lutherville‑Timonium, Phoenix and Sykesville, MD. Northrop Realty also operates coastal office locations in Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, Lewes‑Rehoboth, Millsboro and Newark, DE in addition to Oak Island and Southport, NC.At Northrop Realty, we proudly offer a comprehensive benefits package to full‑time employees after a 90‑day introductory period, designed to enhance employee health and well‑being. Benefits include 100% employer paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision – Individual & Family), health coaching through NOOM, 80 hours of prorated PTO in the first year, 11 paid holidays including one floating holiday and your birthday. We also provide two weeks of paid parental leave for new parents who have completed at least six months of service.In addition to an IRA retirement plan with matching contributions, we also offer supplemental benefits including life insurance, disability coverage, and accident insurance providing employees with extra peace of mind.Job Description Please note that this is an in‑office position .As a Northrop Realty Creative Designer, you’ll bring bold ideas to life across print and digital platforms. As a member of a collaborative design team, you will contribute to how we share our story with our agents, clients and the community.Essential Functions:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.Conceptualizes and designs marketing materials that maintain brand standards.Participates in Marketing Department meetings for assignment of tasks and to check on the progress of jobs and initial new projects.Provides marketing support in design and production of custom flyers, brochures and other marketing materials, as well as final artwork for print and/or digital advertising.Works with individual sales agents as well as sales teams to design, prepare proofs and final artwork to include, but not limited to a variety of marketing collateral, such as direct mail pieces, flyers, brochures, templates, business cards, product/info sheets, ads, banners, presentations, etc.Multi‑tasks: works on multiple designs concurrently.Uses innovation to redefine a design and meet the constraints of cost, time, and the company.Contributes creative ideas and designs artwork towards successful completion of projects.Coordinates production and delivery of marketing materials when required.Works well with a team of other designers and marketing specialists.Maintains version control of all marketing materials created.Produces accurate and high‑quality work.