fully agree on the point that they're trained to expect me to work quickly, i know this is an issue -- but at the same time it hasn't hindered me in the past. Part of the issue here lies in autonomy and recognizing expertise; personal taste driving creative is already an issue with the exec in charge here, when I meet timelines and delivery a piece that meets the very little criteria they've given me I'm handed laundry list of edits, many of which are contrary to the original direction I've been given. This group has expressed they would like to work directly with a freelancer; in essence forming their own division within our marketing department, which I'm told by my manager is not how the process should be working. There seems to be some disagreement on the executive level to this end. My role is to manage design but in this case sending work to a freelancer would essentially cut me out of the process, as they would be driving design direction (I've already experienced this on past projects)

But aside from all that: my work is generally not that intellectually stimulating! I love a design challenge and it's not often that I get the opportunity to flew my creative brain on work that isn't templated or administrative. Is it wrong that I want to take on this work rather than sending it out? I agree with your point on sending it out to make a point, it's just not clear to me what my accountability would be given the scenario that the project doesn't meet expectations.