Graphic Design Manager

Fujifilm•City of Rochester, NY

1d•$82,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Graphic Design Manager will report directly Sr. Manager, Product Content and Design, and will be responsible for creating marketing display graphics and graphical design templates/elements for our same day and outlab fulfilled products ordered from our digital photo lab kiosks, mobile apps and web ordering systems At FUJIFILM North America Corporation, we are many things to both consumers and business customers. We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us continue to innovate. With five operating divisions, there’s a lot of opportunity to find your niche and make an impact. Perhaps you’ll click with our Imaging Division that provides one-time-use cameras, digital printing equipment, and instax™. Maybe you’ll get charged up about our Electronic Imaging Division that markets digital cameras, lenses, and accessories for content creators. Or, you might have your eye on our Optical Devices Division, which provides optical lenses for the broadcast, cinematography, videography, and industrial markets. You could be drawn to our Business Innovation Division—they develop office and commercial print solutions and enable digital transformation. And if you’re interested in tape, check out our Industrial Products Division—they develop data storage solutions. We offer a collegial culture and a flexible work environment. Our headquarters is in Valhalla, New York, a quaint town just one hour north of New York City. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Requirements

BS/BA graphic design or other related quantitative disciplines/experience
Minimum of 7-10 years of Graphic Design experience, supervisory/management experience a plus
Team player, able to quickly develop internal relationships
Excellent communications and presentation skills
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
Strong understanding of graphical file formats, pixels, DPI, EXIF data
Experience managing simultaneous projects for multiple customers (internal/external)
Familiarity with creating and executing batch Action Scripts in Photoshop
Ability to travel 10-20%.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Digital Asset Management (DAM) and/or Product Information Management (PIM) Systems
Design skills with a core focus on marketing consumer products
Applications used for designing 3D images (such as 3D GIMP)
Ability to create AVI and MP4 video rendering
Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Understanding of XML language

Responsibilities

Management of other graphic designers in the Marketing org, including training, supervising, assigning tasks, managing backlog and reviewing performance with them.
Utilize various internal tools and applications developed by Fujifilm used to create, manage and track Fujifilm’s proprietary templates.
Support graphic designers with uploading and submitting graphical designs and related files into an Asset Management system that is used to track and manage products and templates created.
Collaborate with other designers and marketing managers on the team to review and share ideas and design concepts.
Work with the Content Managers and Marketing team to understand customer requirements and specifications needed to make the necessary product graphics and templates to the customer’s expectations.
Train and support 3rd Party Design Agencies to assist with template and graphic designs as necessary.
Work with catalog ops team and software test technicians to troubleshoot and solve template printing issues as needed.
Attend & participate in meetings with Catalog Development Team, Marketing Team, FUJIFILM Divisions and others as needed; or assign appropriate designers to attend as needed.
Provide admin and management support, along with design knowledge and expertise, for the PIM/DAM platforms
Work cross collaboratively with Marketing teams, Catalog Ops team, PIM/DAM team, to ensure deliverables and timelines, plus to identify process improvements and changes that would be needed to increase efficiency and to accomplish business objectives.
Work with Content team on finding and setting up new design agencies, supporting all parts of the process from identifying agencies to working with our legal team on contracts and supporting onboarding to our systems and tools.
Oversee the maintenance for the design guide website, using WordPress, as an up to date and accurate resource for Designers and agencies providing files to Fujifilm for our partners or our own D2C experience.
Oversee the creation of assets supporting new product launches for select retail partners, including button templates, OSD files, design templates; including support of the Catalog Ops team in verifying specs as needed.
Oversee the design & creation marketing display graphics and graphical templates for FUJIFILM products, as requested by Content and Marketing team members
Use Adobe Creative Cloud Suite to create graphical designs for consumer photo products.
Keep up to date with the latest trends for template designs.
Be available for in person meetings at the Rochester Office as needed (expected 1x per month)
Manage a team of 3 graphic design contractors.
Provide clear objectives and work assignments for the team.
Monitor and tracks employee performance and provides regular and timely feedback.
Identify training and growth opportunities to advance the individual team member
Accomplish staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; conducting training; implementing enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
Effectively manage team deliverables
Review and approve timesheets for contractors
Recruit and onboard designers or other contractors as needed for various projects; whether working with Fujifilm HR or outside placement agencies to find the talent needed for the project.