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