Manager, Production Design - Brand Creative Studio

Visual Design Craft & Hands-On Production Design Own and drive production design across complex, high-volume workstreams, including lower-funnel marketing assets, campaign toolkits, sales materials, and presentation systems for executives, sales, and high-priority communications. Bridge elevated visual craft with production efficiency. Develop daring, high-impact visual concepts from open-ended briefs, while maintaining brand design system consistency and technical scalability across platforms. Translate brand design systems, toolkits, and creative direction into scalable production frameworks that support speed, consistency, and quality across teams and partners. Develop and refine templates, modular systems, asset frameworks, and production workflows across channels and markets. Serve as a hands-on design lead, producing work directly, while also elevating the output of the broader production design team. Lead presentation design for high-visibility needs where clarity, consistency, and brand expression are critical. Support the Senior Manager in defining when work should be handled internally versus externally, based on scale, complexity, and timelines. 8-11 years of experience in visual design, production design, or creative operations within a creative agency, design studio, or scaled in-house brand team. Proven track record of leading high-volume, brand-led production design across multiple channels and formats. Strong background in building, managing, and evolving design systems, templates, and modular frameworks. Experience overseeing a broad range of production outputs, including presentation design for senior leadership, sales, physical events, and digital and print marketing materials. Ability to translate complex information into clear, well-structured visual communication across formats. Demonstrated experience mentoring designers and providing creative direction, even outside of a formal management role. Exceptional collaboration skills, with experience partnering with cross-functional teams and external agencies. Fluency in modern design tools and workflows (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite; motion experience a plus). Enthusiasm for leveraging AI tools and automation to enhance workflows, while identifying inefficiencies in the production process (project work examples a plus). Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. A hands-on leader who can move fluidly between strategic thinking, systems-level problem solving, and direct design contribution