Production Design Manager
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Role Description
As Production Design Manager, you will be joining a collaborative team of detail-oriented problem-solvers who work extremely hard to deliver high-quality work. As a member of the Amplify design group, you will work closely with product owners, design leadership, developers, and curriculum experts to extend and improve Amplify’s English Language Art curriculum.
- Partner with creative leadership to ensure that designers are working as efficiently as possible to support ELA’s design requirements
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, curriculum and design to ensure a smooth product development process
- Work with designers and teams to ensure the best, most relevant processes and practices are employed and evolved as necessary
- Build, track, and manage multiple competing schedules for design deliverables with thorough documentation
- Own the path of communication between identifying problems and solving them
- Roll up your sleeves and contribute as a production designer when necessary
- Manage workload across the team, work with design leadership to allocate design time to projects, ensuring deadlines are met and setting up team members for overall success
- Be an advocate for design needs and proactively seek buy-in from product leadership and negotiate timelines with other project managers
- Manage the maintenance of consistent server organization and file naming conventions of existing structure and process
- Improve design production pipeline and asset delivery processes
- Maintain design project status and communicate across the product and stakeholder team
Qualifications
- 3+ years experience managing print production processes and workflow
- Fluency in writing and speaking Spanish and English
- Experience creating and managing project schedules and trackers to meet deadlines
- Experience with managing several ongoing projects with various stakeholders
- Experience in high volume and fast paced environments
- Experience with time management platforms, such as Trello or Smartsheets
- Track record both as an individual contributor and as a manager of a team
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Requirements
- Experience with visual design and layout design
- Experience with using Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Working knowledge of Notion and Figma
- Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education
- Experience with in-house creative services, studio, non-profit, or museum operations
Benefits
- The hourly rate range for this role is $55 - $60