Salary: $48-53hr/DOE

Overview

Production Designer - Contractor - Partial on-site in San Francisco, CA

As a Production Designer, you will be responsible for creating digital and print creative for our client, dynamic content, based on established core assets, templates, and style guides. You will multi-task and use your technical skills and attention to detail to deliver high-quality digital and print assets and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates
• Actively partner with design, marketing, program management, production, and content production teams
• Makes productive contributions to the group by being an active member of the Production Design team and pitching in when a project requires an all-hands-on-deck approach
• Seek input from others when faced with challenges
• Work with IT, facilities, design, own team, and outside vendors to maintain studio devices and ensure they are working with supplies stocked and readily available, and facilitate a smooth transition of devices to new office space.
• Drive Results
• Show determination in the face of obstacles and setbacks by acting as a role model with unforeseen changes and rush projects and being flexible with change
• Consistently meets the objectives of the assigned tasks by using the approved proofing process tool to identify and correct potential issues prior to handoff
• Utilize a Quality Control checklist to assure that final files are handed off in accordance with established processes to ensure high-quality results
• Sets high standards for own performance by using extensive graphic artist expertise to provide quality control for mechanical and final files released from the internal team and / or external agencies
• Drives tasks to successful completion and closure by demonstrating effective time management. Drives to own timelines by reviewing documents prior to attending PrePro meetings, actively participating in internal meetings, and confirming deadlines with the team
• Sets high standards for own performance by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of production design techniques
• Cultivates Creativity & Disruption
• Suggests creative and innovative solutions by setting high standards for own performance by staying on top of industry trends and sharing new skills and techniques with teams in training sessions
• Applies expertise in ways that are unique and innovative to create successful handoffs and implement new processes when necessary
• Seeks exposure to new ways of looking at things by being open to and building upon new ideas and solutions offered by others
• Demonstrate our company values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• 10+ years’ experience as a production designer working with print and digital assets for a creative, advertising, or marketing organization, during which time you performed as a team lead by training, mentoring, and supporting others
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team
• Experience and desire hiring, training, leading and mentoring a team of production designers, as well as showing leadership with an ability to critique and offer solutions for design and technical issues to others
• Willingness to be flexible with change and approach projects with a can-do attitude
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud programs: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and familiarity with
• Microsoft Office Suite, Smartsheets, and Project Management tools
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail, typography, color, and composition as well as flexibility and ability to take and incorporate feedback into the design