Senior Manager

Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating more than 20 million students a year to practice standards-aligned math and English. More than 800,000 teachers use Prodigy as a free instructional tool. Fun, motivating, and research-based, Prodigy is the EdTech platform students actually ask to use. Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.

Creativity is at the heart of how we connect with our audiences. Our Creative team partners with Marketing, Product, and Data to tell compelling stories that inspire teachers, engage students, convert parents and strengthen our brand. We move quickly, think boldly, and bring ideas to life across every channel — from social to paid media to email. As part of this team, you’ll shape the creative vision that drives growth and engagement, but also build the operational systems that ensure creative is strategic, effective and impactful.

Your Impact

Creative Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and inspire a team of designers, copywriters, freelancers, and agencies to deliver impactful creative that advances both brand and business goals.

• Translate business objectives into creative strategies that balance brand storytelling with performance-driven marketing to achieve measurable outcomes such as engagement, conversions, and registrations.

• Champion experimentation with new formats — including motion, interactive content, AI-generated creative, and localized storytelling — to enhance impact, relevance, and innovation.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to test, measure, and optimize creative, applying insights to continuously improve performance.

• Collaborate with Product, Web, and Game Design leads to ensure consistent brand expression across all customer touchpoints.

Content Executive & Excellence

• Establish and champion best practices across performance marketing, paid media, social, email, and other channels — ensuring content is tailored to each platform’s strengths and audience behaviours.

• Implement workflow processes that streamline creative intake, prioritize effectively, and ensure projects are delivered on time and with excellence.

• Elevate the creative function from a service model to a consultative partner model, delivering solutions that influence broader business outcomes.

Team Management & Operations

• Manage budgets, vendors, and freelancers effectively, balancing quality and cost-efficiency to maximize ROI.

• Build processes that increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and maintain creative quality at scale.

• Nurture the professional growth of your team through mentorship, feedback, and career development opportunities.

• Foster a people-first culture that values collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

• Create an environment where the team feels empowered, engaged, and inspired to do their best work.

About You

• Proven leadership experience in managing creative teams within a fast paced, high-volume environment, ideally with both agency and in-house experience

• Strong creative judgment and storytelling ability, with an eye for design, copy and platform best practices

• Solid understanding of growth marketing and performance-driven creative, including testing frameworks and optimization

• Strong project management and organizational skills with experience building processes that streamline intake, prioritization and on-time delivery

• Comfort with campaign data and insights, and ability to translate results into actionable creative strategies

• Expertise in budgeting, resource allocation, and vendor negotiations

• A strategic mindset with the ability to use data and insights to guide creative decisions

• Deep understanding of brand, design, and copy standards with a passion for quality and innovation

• Strong curiosity to stay on top of emerging trends in both creative strategy and team productivity enhancement

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with experience working across marketing, product, and data teams

• A people-first management style that fosters team engagement, mentorship and professional growth

Creative Marketing Team Tools
Our team uses a suite of collaborative and project management tools to stay organized, aligned, and creative:

• Miro – for brainstorming, whiteboarding, and design collaboration

• Monday.com – for project planning, task tracking, and workflow

• Jira - for prioritization, and tracking progress against deadlines

• Wrike – for campaign management and cross-team coordination

Working on the Brand & Creative Team

• Monthly Marketing All-Hands: Come together once a month to share updates, celebrate big wins, and spotlight the incredible work happening across the team.

• Employee of the Month: We love celebrating each other! Every month, we recognize a standout team member for their amazing impact and contributions.

• Team Working Days: Spend time collaborating with your teammates, brainstorming new ideas, and flexing your creative muscles together.

Working at Prodigy

Be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to helping every student in the world love learning! At Prodigy Education, your work positively impacts the lives of millions of students and teachers worldwide.

We understand that a thriving team is at the core of our success. So, on top of an inspirational mission and rewarding work, our Total Rewards Program reflects our commitment to your financial, physical, and mental well-being.

• #LI-Hybrid

Prodigy Math is used by almost one million teachers a year, and was named the most popular supplemental education platform in classrooms in the United States! Our products have also won numerous consumer awards, including the Mom’s Choice Award, Parent and Teacher Choice Awards, and National Parenting Product Award.

Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) people of any gender, age, or religion, members of the LGBTQIA2+ community, BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities, people with disabilities, veterans, and anyone who may contribute to the further diversification of Prodigy Education. If you feel like you don’t have all the qualifications for this position and are willing to use your initiative to learn the rest, we’d still love for you to apply!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Prodigy Education will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us at [email protected], and we will work with you to meet your needs.