Designer Creative Marketing at The Home Depot

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Designer, Creative Marketing develops high-quality creative assets that bring marketing strategies to life across a variety of channels and media. This role blends brand-minded thinking, visual storytelling, and design excellence to create engaging content that connects with customers and strengthens the brand.

Operating within established brand frameworks, the Designer collaborates closely with creative peers, marketing partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver consistent, high-impact work that meets strategic objectives. As creative technology continues to evolve, this role will also leverage new tools and content-at-scale solutions to drive efficiency, consistency, and innovation—enhancing both the quality and velocity of creative delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• 20% - Collaboration & Partnership
• Partner with creative peers and cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, integrated campaigns that align with marketing objectives
• 60% - Creative & Design Execution
• Design and produce marketing assets across digital, print, and emerging channels—translating strategy into compelling, on-brand visual solutions that drive engagement.
• 10% - Project Management & Delivery
• Balance multiple projects and priorities, delivering accurate, high-quality work on time and optimized for production across platforms.
• 10% - Technology & Innovation
• Explore and adopt emerging creative technologies and automation tools to scale content, improve workflows, and enhance design efficiency.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This Position typically reports to the Manager, Creative
• This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 5% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Advertising, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 2+ years of professional design experience, ideally within an in-house creative or agency environment
• Experience designing for digital, social, and print applications
• Proficiency in current and relevant design tools, such as Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Familiarity with emerging creative and AI-assisted tools to enhance ideation and content creation
• Comfort navigating creative operations and asset management platforms
• Knowledge of photo sourcing, photo editing, and custom photography production
• Portfolio demonstrating experience contributing to digital campaigns, assets, and content
• Understanding of motion and interactive design tools a plus
• Knowledge of digital design systems and UX design principles a plus

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 2

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• 2

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• No previous leadership experience

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• No previous leadership experience

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Strategic Mindset
• Brand Stewardship: Balances creativity with brand discipline, innovating within established frameworks.
• Creative Excellence & Craft: Demonstrates strong visual design skills across multiple media and platforms.
• Collaboration & Communication: Works effectively across creative, marketing, and cross-functional teams to deliver unified solutions.
• Curiosity & Continuous Learning: Proactively seeks opportunities to expand creative and technical skills, embracing emerging tools and technologies.
• Strategic & Systems Thinking: Thinks beyond individual assets to design scalable systems and cohesive campaign experiences.
• Agility & Execution: Manages multiple priorities effectively, delivering high-quality work efficiently and on schedule.