Our clients Product, Design and Marketing team supports the org’s services broadly and shapes user experiences across all our clients tech products. They focus on how people consume, create, and connect across all our applications.
Please note this role is hybrid in NYC, 3 days onsite, no exceptions.
Summary
We are seeking a Producer to join the Content Design team. The ideal candidate brings a passion for strategic project management, ensuring projects are executed efficiently, on time, and within scope. This role works closely with the Design Manager and Lead Producer to support team operations and drive project success.
Responsibilities include defining project requirements, managing timelines, coordinating stakeholder reviews, and proactively mitigating risks to ensure high-quality outcomes.
Success in this role requires a strong background in managing multichannel projects from start to finish, along with excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
A highly organized and solutions-oriented mindset, along with the ability to anticipate challenges and adapt accordingly will be key.
Description
As a Content Design Producer, you will serve as the definitive project manager for all assigned initiatives, leading the end-to-end design creation process with precision and efficiency.
You will be responsible for:
- Managing project intake, identifying deliverables, scoping work, and establishing clear timelines to ensure projects are kicked off and completed on time and at the highest standard.
- Facilitating seamless communication and building alignment between the Content Design team and cross-functional teams including Product Design, Editorial, Engineering, Photo, Legal, Business, and Marketing.
- Prioritizing competing initiatives, navigating shifting priorities, and troubleshooting production challenges.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years experience producing consumer-facing design initiatives in-house or at an agency.
- Experience managing every touchpoint of a project lifecycle, balancing competing priorities in dynamic environments across various work streams.
- Experience managing stakeholder reviews and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams including design, editorial, business, marketing, engineering, and legal.
- Ability to grasp complexity quickly and cut through ambiguity.
- Ability to balance tactical detail-oriented execution with a holistic big-picture perspective, anticipating challenges and proactively addressing needs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, adept at conveying ideas clearly and effectively across time zones (California, UK, AU).
- Experience leading daily meetings, setting clear agendas, preparing teams, and ensuring alignment through accurate note-taking.
- Self-motivated and flexible mindset with a willingness to adapt in order to arrive at the best possible solution, fostering teamwork, valuing inclusion and encouraging diverse perspectives.
- Expert-level proficiency in Slack.
- Proficiency in Wrike or similar project management tools.
- Proficiency in Box or similar content management platform.
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.
- Familiarity with design concepts and terminology across a variety of digital mediums including web, app, email, photography, illustration, and animation.
- Experience working with engineering teams and an understanding of technical project requirements.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch.
- A passion for technology companies, their products, and their customers.
Client Description
Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.
Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else. There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.
One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.
Here are some more things you can expect:
- Free parking.
- Onsite cafeteria.
WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent get you access to some pretty cool things:
– You’re paid weekly.
– Subsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk).
– Access to Fidelity 401(k).
– Access to FSA Program.
– Direct deposit for your paycheck.
– Access to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!).
– Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: http://gymnasium.aquent.com/
– Access to free online courses via Lynda.com.
– Aquent support: your Aquent Agent checks in with you during the course of your assignment to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up).