Production Design Manager, Bilingual (Fixed-Term)

Amplify

91d • $100,000 - $105,000

About The Position

Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution. 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. This is a Fixed-Term role.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience managing print production processes and workflow
• Fluency in writing and speaking Spanish and English
• Experience creating and managing project schedules and trackers to meet deadlines
• Experience with managing several ongoing projects with various stakeholders
• Experience in high volume and fast paced environments
• Experience with time management platforms, such as Trello or Smartsheets
• Track record both as an individual contributor and as a manager of a team
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice To Haves

• Experience with visual design and layout design
• Experience with using Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
• Working knowledge of Notion and Figma
• Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education
• Experience with in-house creative services, studio, non-profit, or museum operations

Responsibilities

• Partner with creative leadership to ensure that designers are working as efficiently as possible to support ELA’s design requirements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, curriculum and design to ensure a smooth product development process
• Work with designers and teams to ensure the best, most relevant processes and practices are employed and evolved as necessary
• Build, track, and manage multiple competing schedules for design deliverables with thorough documentation
• Own the path of communication between identifying problems and solving them
• Roll up your sleeves and contribute as a production designer when necessary
• 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
• Be an advocate for design needs and proactively seek buy-in from product leadership and negotiate timelines with other project managers
• Manage the maintenance of consistent server organization and file naming conventions of existing structure and process
• Improve design production pipeline and asset delivery processes
• Maintain design project status and communicate across the product and stakeholder team

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Stock options
• Competitive health insurance and mental health options
• Basic life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Access to best-in-class development programs

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees