Design Producer

Meter•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Meter's design team is lean, exceptionally talented, but increasingly stretched thin. The design team’s work is needed from every part of the business and increasing in quantity and scope everyday: Online and offline campaigns, packaging design, events, customer stories, paid digital ads, sales collateral. Every urgent and high priority request is competing for the same three designers. We are looking for someone to own everything that pulls the designers away from creative work by owning project management and production for the design team. In this role, half of your time, you're doing project management (intake, prioritization, stakeholder alignment). The other half you're managing vendors, producing photo and video shoots, and bringing campaigns to life.

Requirements

Built or managed design intake, prioritization, or project tracking systems (Linear, Asana, or similar)
Independently produced photo or video shoots—sourcing vendors, managing contracts, keeping logistics on track
Can read a campaign brief and spot what's missing before it becomes a designer's problem
Calm when priorities shift, clear when stakes are high, and reliable when it matters most
Know Figma well enough to navigate it
Know design well enough to ask the right questions
Built out file management systems
See opportunities for creating design templates to accelerate workflow

Nice To Haves

Experience running design operations or creative production, ideally at a company that was moving faster than it can keep up with its systems.
Builds structure rather than waiting for it.

Responsibilities

Own everything that pulls the designers away from creative work by owning project management and production for the design team.
Manage project management including intake, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment.
Manage vendors, produce photo and video shoots, and bring campaigns to life.
Launch a single, trusted design intake system.
Give each designer back at least three hours a week by owning the coordination, prioritization, and stakeholder communication.
Produce at least one major photoshoot (a customer story or lifestyle shoot) from vendor sourcing through final delivery, alongside our design team.
Systemize templates to enable marketers to self-serve, like getting paid advertising creative out of the queue.
Triage requests, assign them with clear briefs, and flag those that need more context.
Kick-off new design requests with designers and marketers.
Research new design studios and freelancers to partner with for upcoming campaigns.
Manage logistics, review shot lists, and confirm deliverables for photoshoots.
Rework timelines when campaign deadlines shift, communicate changes, and protect designers from last-minute information.
Run retrospectives on launches to identify reasons for delays and propose preventative measures.