Production Design Manager (Contractor)

Amplify

11d•$50 - $60

About The Position

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com. Job Description: 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.

Requirements

3+ years experience managing print production processes and workflow
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