Orchard is hiring: Sr. Production Design Manager in Chicago

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of design & digital marketing experience, particularly in graphic design, motion graphics, and/or illustration
• Proficiency in the Adobe Suite, particularly After Effects
• Experience managing and training other designers, especially freelancers
• Must be able to delegate & manage tasks across multiple designers & projects simultaneously
• Experience sharing & presenting work
• Must have an editor’s eye, with keen attention to detail and aesthetics
• Work with multiple teams to execute across both clients’ and internal design needs
• Ensure all projects are completed within time constraints, and that the team can turn around designs quickly and with agility
• Own the design process and manage the workloads of freelancers
• Works autonomously with little need for direction
• Adept at problem-solving as issues arise, finding both short and long term solutions
• Can transform basic direction into complex ideas
• Adept at working in abstract ideas
• Excels at working with and presenting to clients
• Highly flexible and agile to changing needs, directions, & rapidly changing workloads
• Innovation & experimentation minded
• Exhibits leadership skills
• Can execute at near-agency/hi-fidelity level when required

Responsibilities

• This is a production-based design role with an emphasis on managing the execution of a high volume of work
• This workload requires the execution of repetitive designs at a rapid pace
• This role will be supported by a pool of freelancers to help execute the work, so you will need to have experience delegating the right tasks to the right people, and managing multiple designers to ensure that projects are rendered and delivered quickly, reliably, and with consistent aesthetics
• Production Design Manager will not be required to present to clients, presence in project discussions is sometimes needed, so this person must be comfortable speaking to clients, explaining their work, and defending their strategies
• This role works across multiple work streams, collaborating closely with the Accounts, Client Success, Product, and Marketing teams
• This role will report to the Director of Operations
• There is considerable growth available to this role, with the ability to build a team around this person in due time
• Manages workload with organization and efficiency
• Can crank out a high volume of repetitive work in rapid fashion
• Adds actionable and useful creative feedback to teammates for stronger overall output

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