The phrase "and managed to create" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone successfully accomplished the task of creating something, often after facing challenges or difficulties.
Example: "Despite the tight deadline, the team worked tirelessly and managed to create a stunning presentation."
Alternatives: "and succeeded in creating" or "and was able to create".
"They came from nothing and managed to create an image for themselves in a way that nobody else had done," says Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce of York University.
They too tried to "build socialism," after they gained independence from Britain in 1976, and managed to create a harsh one-party system with censorship and fear.
At the age of 65 he took on the chairmanship of the Wellcome Trust, a post he held until 1989, and managed to create more controversy by floating the drug company on the stock market.
Probably the most successful Daily Show alum after Colbert, Oliver has taken his pithy, witty and incredulous British shtick over to HBO and managed to create what is effectively a weekly version of The Daily Show.
The opening number, with its symphonic structure, recurring motifs and caustic guitars, was the most musically ambitious on the record and managed to create a template for prog-metal more than a decade before its time.
Judges for the 2016 Taylor Wessing prize said Rasano's picture of 18-year-old Johannesburg student Katlehong Matsenen was powerfully direct and managed to create "something beautiful out of the everyday".
If the Samsung Galaxy S4 is as successful as its predecessor and manages to create the perfect combination of phone and tablet, the shift in consumer behavior toward mobile devices as the primary computing devices will certainly accelerate.
Bond tricks Blofeld and manages to create a diversion that allows him to open the hatch, letting in the ninjas.
She definitely looks like her and manages to create a bond between her character and the audience.
He never gave up on his dream, he sure knew his stuff on musicians and bands, and he managed to create his dream job from that very talent.
Even though calotypes and long exposures went hand in hand, Hill and Adamson managed to create the kind of fluidly natural images usually associated with modern fast film.
