COMPANY OVERVIEW
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.
About the Role
As a Creative Lead, you’ll help bring General Mills’ brand strategies to life through remarkable creative briefs, breakthrough ideas, and strong collaboration with internal and external teams. You’ll report to the Sr. Manager, Creative Lead and partner with Brand Management, Marketing Planning & Activation (MP&A), agency partners, and other cross-functional teams to clarify creative challenges, guide ideas through development, and ensure work is compelling, actionable, and aligned to brand objectives.
You’ll support the day-to-day creative process across campaign and brand-building work — from briefing and brainstorming through feedback, refinement, and transition to marketing execution. In this role, you’ll bring curiosity about consumers and culture and an informed, constructive point of view. You’ll make creative decisions better through clear expertise, thoughtful challenges, and actionable recommendations.
What You’ll Do
Partner with Brand Management and the Sr Manager, Creative Lead to translate brand strategy, consumer insight and business objectives into focused creative and design briefs.
Help plan and facilitate creative briefings, brainstorms, inspiration sessions and Integrated Activation Team (IAT) meetings; clarify objectives, roles, agendas, milestones and deliverables.
Collaborate with agency partners and internal teams to develop campaign, activation and design ideas that address the brief and connect with consumers.
Review creative work with Brand Management and the Sr Manager, Creative Lead; synthesize feedback into clear, constructive and actionable direction grounded in brand objectives and creative standards.
Support productive agency partnerships by coordinating feedback, scopes of work, project discussions, and quarterly business reviews.
Help connect brand ideas across the broader communications system and support a clear handoff of approved creative into marketing execution, including collaboration with content specialists and MP&A partners.
Work with MP&A and Insights & Analytics partners to stay current on consumer and cultural insights and help apply campaign performance learnings to future creative iterations.
Support Brand Management in developing clear design briefs for higher-funnel work, such as brand world, portfolio architecture and design initiatives that affect the broader brand franchise.
Contribute to annual planning by helping shape and articulate creative opportunities and pitch-able ideas with Brand Management.
Bring curiosity, cultural awareness and a commitment to inclusive, distinctive creative work to team discussions and recommendations.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of related experience in brand marketing, creative development, advertising, integrated communications or a related field.
Experience partnering with creative agencies or other external creative partners.
Ability to translate business objectives and consumer insights into clear creative direction and actionable feedback.
Strong project coordination, communication, and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Consumer packaged goods or other consumer-brand experience, particularly across a portfolio of brands.
Experience supporting integrated campaigns from brief development through creative review and execution.
Familiarity with creative briefing, agency scopes of work, production or marketing…