Key Accountabilities
Team Leadership & Mentorship: Guiding, mentoring, and fostering the professional growth of junior and mid-level production designers.- Production Oversight: Leading the end-to-end production process for all major marketing initiatives, ensuring quality and strategic alignment from concept to final delivery.
- Brand Guardianship: Acting as a primary authority for upholding and enforcing brand guidelines across all marketing deliverables produced by the team.
- Workflow Optimization: Establishing, documenting, and refining production workflows, processes, and standards to enhance team efficiency, quality, and scalability.
- Final Quality Control: Serving as the final checkpoint for all assets, ensuring technical accuracy, brand compliance, and readiness for printers, vendors, and digital platforms.
- Vendor Management: Acting as the senior liaison for external production vendors, troubleshooting complex issues, and ensuring optimal results.
Key Metrics
- Asset Delivery Rate: Percentage of marketing assets delivered on time, on budget, and without errors.
- Team Efficiency: Measurable improvements in project turnaround times and production capacity through workflow optimizations.
- Brand Compliance Score: Consistently high scores on internal audits for brand consistency across all executed materials.
- Reduction in Revisions: Decrease in the number of revision cycles required for projects, indicating clearer direction and higher quality initial output.
- Team Skill Development: Tangible growth in the skills and autonomy of mentored designers, observed through performance reviews and project outcomes.
Key Collaborative Network
Key Shared Accountabilities
- Campaign Execution Success: Partnering with Creative Directors, Art Directors, and Marketers to ensure the successful and seamless execution of marketing campaigns.
- Global Brand Consistency: Collaborating with localization and regional marketing teams to ensure a consistent yet culturally nuanced brand presence worldwide.
- Strategic Project Scoping: Working with Project Managers and marketing leads to accurately define project scope, timelines, and production requirements.
- Maintaining Design Integrity: Collaborating with creative designers to translate high-level concepts into production-ready files without compromising the original creative vision.
Key Interfaces
Internal:
- Creative Directors & Art Directors
- Production Designers & Graphic Designers
- Copywriters
- Project Managers
- Brand Managers & Marketers
- Localization & Regional Marketing Teams
- Digital/Web Team
External:
- Print Vendors & Fabricators
- Freelance Designers & Production Artists
- Digital Advertising Platforms
- Translation & Transcreation Agencies
Educational Attainment
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. While a formal degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field is preferred, it is not strictly required. A robust portfolio and extensive professional experience are paramount.- Certifications in Adobe Creative Suite, color management, or specific production software are highly valued.
Critical Experience & Expertise
8+ years of professional production design experience, including demonstrated leadership or mentorship in a senior capacity.- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and strong knowledge of Figma.
- Deep, strategic understanding of print production workflows, color management (CMYK, RGB, Spot), paper stocks, and print finishes.
- Advanced typography skills, with proven experience managing global type systems and multi-language font sets.
- Proven experience leading the execution of complex, transcreated marketing campaigns for international markets.
- Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage projects and mentor team members effectively.
Technical Skills & Knowledge
Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Strong working knowledge of Figma for digital layout, collaboration, and asset handoff.
- Deep knowledge of CMYK, RGB, Pantone, spot colors, ICC profiles, and color workflows.
- Expertise in file preparation, preflight checks, proofing, and vendor specifications.
- Familiarity with Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems.
- Understanding of digital ad specs and delivery requirements across major platforms.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design best practices.
- Proficiency in font licensing, embedding, and output for print and digital media.
- Final File Approval: Final sign-off on all production-ready files before they are sent to vendors or platforms.
- Production Workflow & Standards: The authority to define, document, and implement new production processes and best practices for the team.
- Technical Specifications: Determining the correct technical specifications, color profiles, and file formats for all outgoing assets.
- Vendor Communication: Final say on technical feedback and issue resolution with print and production vendors.
- Asset Library Management: Deciding the structure, organization, and management protocols for the team's digital asset management (DAM) system.
- Creative Feasibility: Providing strategic input during the creative development process on the technical feasibility and production efficiency of concepts.
- Project Timelines & Resourcing: Advising project managers on realistic timelines, potential production hurdles, and resource allocation for design tasks.
- Technology & Tool Adoption: Recommending and evaluating new software, tools, and plugins to improve the team's production capabilities.
- Hiring Decisions: Influencing the hiring of new production designers by participating in interviews and portfolio reviews.
- Overall Brand Guidelines: Providing expert feedback and suggestions for the evolution of the company's brand and style guides based on production realities.
Work Scheme
This role offers a 4 day in office, 1 day working from home
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