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
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
(Preferred) Experience with visual design and layout design
(Preferred) Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
(Preferred) Working knowledge of Notion and Figma
(Preferred) Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education
(Preferred) Experience with in-house creative services, studio, non-profit, or museum operations
Benefits
401(k) plan
competitive health insurance and mental health options
basic life insurance
paid time off
parental leave
access to best-in-class development programs
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
print production processesproject schedulesdesign production pipelineasset delivery processesvisual designlayout design
Soft skills
communication skillstime managementteam managementproblem solvingadvocacy