Collegiate Art Manager

Lakeshirts•Detroit Lakes, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The opportunity at Lakeshirts involves staying on-trend and pushing the boundaries of creativity. The company has produced over 200,000 new designs in the last five years, with approximately 26,000 design modifications annually. Decoration techniques include screenprint, embroidery, applique, stickers, and more. They are seeking a highly organized, detail-driven leader to guide the Collegiate Art team at their headquarters in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. This team is part of the Production Art organization, a group of over 100 onsite and remote artists who collaborate to create production-ready artwork. The Collegiate Production Art Manager will set daily direction, lead through others, and ensure artwork moves accurately and on time across various programs including college screenprint, collegiate accessories, import art, Zephyr headwear, Elite Fan Shop, and Hot Market programs. This role requires partnering with Line Development, Creative, Operations, Production, Technical, and Quality teams. The ideal candidate is a servant leader with a talent for multitasking, coaching teams, improving processes, and bringing creative work to life. This is a fully onsite position.

Requirements

Proven leadership experience in a fast-paced production, manufacturing, creative services, or apparel environment.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, workflows, and deadlines.
Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
Ability to analyze data, identify trends, solve problems, and keep projects on track.
Ability to learn and effectively use Salesforce, Adobe Illustrator, and other business systems.
Exceptional communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced, ever-changing environment while remaining nimble and open-minded.
Embraces our culture and actively contributes to it.
Employee must be able to see and hear, read and write.
Requires adaptability, analyzing, assessing, calculating, decision making, dependability, judgment, reading, speaking, following direction, handling multiple priorities, and reasoning.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting apparel decoration, screenprint, headwear, accessories, or a related industry preferred.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Graphic Design, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, coach, and motivate the Collegiate Art team by providing clear purpose, direction, and accountability.
Lead Daily Direction Setting activities to prioritize workloads and ensure artwork is completed accurately and on time.
Oversee Collegiate Art execution supporting College Screenprint Net, Collegiate Screenprint, Collegiate Accessories, Import Art, Zephyr Headwear, Elite Fan Fan Shop, and Hot Market programs.
Collaborate with Operations and Production to ensure artwork supports manufacturing schedules and customer commitments.
Partner with Line Development and Creative teams to ensure artwork achieves the intended visual presentation and production requirements.
Monitor department metrics and performance indicators to ensure productivity, quality, throughput, and service goals are achieved.
Support new program launches, art packs, sample production, and special projects.
Partner with Technical and Quality teams on new applications, techniques, training initiatives, and process improvements.
Own the Continuous Improvement roadmap for the Collegiate Art team by identifying opportunities and helping others execute great ideas through our NIMBLE program.
Develop future leaders through coaching, training, performance management, and succession planning.