Manager, Studio Production

LCBO•Toronto, ON

12d•CA$74,671 - CA$130,424•Onsite

About The Position

This is an onsite role. Are you energized by leading creative teams to produce exceptional visual work across every channel? Reporting to the Director, Creative Studio, you will oversee the project intake, production planning, execution, and delivery of high‑quality visual assets across digital, social, and print channels. You will ensure that all art and production outputs meet brand standards, creative intent, and technical requirements. Working closely with graphic designers, photographers, content producers, and marketing project managers, you will orchestrate workflow, review deliverables, and provide actionable feedback. This role blends creative production expertise with exceptional organizational and leadership skills to ensure flawless, timely, on‑brief execution across a fast‑paced studio environment. If you thrive in fast‑paced creative environments and love bringing structure, clarity, and excellence to the production process, then this is the role for you! About the Role Serve as the primary gatekeeper for all art and assets production deliverables. Review visual assets including layout, typography, imagery, and file integrity. Translate creative direction into precise, production-ready requirements for both print and digital channels. Ensure consistency with brand guidelines, accessibility standards, and channel specifications. Create, manage, and maintain production timelines, delivery schedules, and resourcing plans. Prioritize incoming work based on deadlines, complexity, capacity, and strategic importance. Monitor workflow bottlenecks and proactively escalate issues to Creative Leadership. Ensure continuity across teams through clear documentation, version control, and organized file structures. Partner with Designers, Editorial, Content Strategy, Marketing Leads, Social, and Web Publishing to align creative intent with production execution. Execute mechanical builds, retouching, resizing, layout refinements, and production file preparation when needed. Resolve production issues (color, formatting, structure, compression, accessibility, etc.) with strong creative technical judgment. Provide strong day-to-day leadership for the production artists team through mentoring and constructive feedback cultivating a collaborative, positive and solutions-driven culture. Support onboarding, training, and development of production staff in tools, workflows, and brand standards.

Requirements

5 - 8+ years of experience in creative production, art production, studio management, or agency operations.
Proven ability to review, refine, and deliver high‑volume creative assets in a fast‑paced environment.
Experience leading or supervising production teams or studio workflows.
Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat).
Strong understanding of digital and print production, including mechanical builds, prepress, file structure, responsive design, and asset delivery.
Working knowledge of workflow management tools (e.g., Trello, Figma, Workfront).
Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot design, layout, and production issues with precision.
Strong understanding of brand systems, creative guidelines, accessibility standards, and channel requirements.
Familiarity with DAM systems and structured asset workflows.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field

Responsibilities

Oversee the project intake, production planning, execution, and delivery of high‑quality visual assets across digital, social, and print channels.
Ensure that all art and production outputs meet brand standards, creative intent, and technical requirements.
Orchestrate workflow, review deliverables, and provide actionable feedback.
Serve as the primary gatekeeper for all art and assets production deliverables.
Review visual assets including layout, typography, imagery, and file integrity.
Translate creative direction into precise, production-ready requirements for both print and digital channels.
Ensure consistency with brand guidelines, accessibility standards, and channel specifications.
Create, manage, and maintain production timelines, delivery schedules, and resourcing plans.
Prioritize incoming work based on deadlines, complexity, capacity, and strategic importance.
Monitor workflow bottlenecks and proactively escalate issues to Creative Leadership.
Ensure continuity across teams through clear documentation, version control, and organized file structures.
Partner with Designers, Editorial, Content Strategy, Marketing Leads, Social, and Web Publishing to align creative intent with production execution.
Execute mechanical builds, retouching, resizing, layout refinements, and production file preparation when needed.
Resolve production issues (color, formatting, structure, compression, accessibility, etc.) with strong creative technical judgment.
Provide strong day-to-day leadership for the production artists team through mentoring and constructive feedback cultivating a collaborative, positive and solutions-driven culture.
Support onboarding, training, and development of production staff in tools, workflows, and brand standards.