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.

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  Partner with creative leadership to ensure that designers are working as efficiently as possible to support ELA’s design requirements
  


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  Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, curriculum and design to ensure a smooth product development process
  


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  Work with designers and teams to ensure the best, most relevant processes and practices are employed and evolved as necessary
  


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  Build, track, and manage multiple competing schedules for design deliverables with thorough documentation
  


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  Own the path of communication between identifying problems and solving them
  


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  Roll up your sleeves and contribute as a production designer when necessary
  


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  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
  


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  Be an advocate for design needs and proactively seek buy-in from product leadership and negotiate timelines with other project managers
  


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  Manage the maintenance of consistent server organization and file naming conventions of existing structure and process
  


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  Improve design production pipeline and asset delivery processes
  


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  Maintain design project status and communicate across the product and stakeholder team
  

Qualifications

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  3+ years experience managing print production processes and workflow
  


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  Fluency in writing and speaking Spanish and English
  


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  Experience creating and managing project schedules and trackers to meet deadlines
  


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  Experience with managing several ongoing projects with various stakeholders
  


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  Experience in high volume and fast paced environments
  


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  Experience with time management platforms, such as Trello or Smartsheets
  


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  Track record both as an individual contributor and as a manager of a team
  


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  Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  

Requirements

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  Experience with visual design and layout design
  


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  Experience with using Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
  


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  Working knowledge of Notion and Figma
  


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  Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education
  


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  Experience with in-house creative services, studio, non-profit, or museum operations
  

Benefits

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  The hourly rate range for this role is $55 - $60
  

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