Apple's Marcom team is looking for a Design Producer of Product Graphics to manage the development and schedules for creative work applied to hardware and software screens, ensuring best-in-class creative for product launches and sustaining updates.
Requirements
- Familiar with Mac applications, database management systems, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat, and Microsoft Office suite.
- Proven experience with a variety of print techniques and manufacturing processes.
- Well-versed in leading the creative development process with strong project management skills as part of a team developing graphic design solutions for technology or similar products.
- Ability to drive workflows, creative shares and schedules across multiple partners and departments.
- Meticulous attention to detail with extraordinary follow-through skills.
- Appreciation for and focus on quality of work, clear communication, and patience for the process-both as it relates to engineering and design.
Responsibilities
- Manage the development and schedules for creative work which is applied to hardware and software screens.
- Partner with Designers and engineering teams to develop best-in-class creative for our product launches, sustain efforts, pilots and programs.
- Collaborates with partners to define a clear understanding of required content to create a collaborative project plan including reference materials, manufacturing constraints, compliance requirements and key deliverable dates, noting priority of specific pieces of artwork.
- Liaise and collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project design limitations and requirements, ensuring feasibility and alignment with overall objectives.
- Partner with designers to ensure design consistency of graphic treatment across the product ecosystem.
- Facilitate design discussions with Product Graphics Designers, Industrial Designers and Human Interface Designers to develop and finalize graphic studies.
- Continuously re-evaluate the workflow for efficiencies, identifying improvement opportunities with tools or processes to strengthen the team’s efficiency and productively.
Other
- At least 7 years of experience as a creative producer, creative operations manager, project manager or related role.
- Cares deeply about product graphics on hardware and design.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and provide effective support across diverse product categories, managing varying complexities and considerations.
- Effectively communicate to drive decisions and provide timely updates to team members.
- Develop and foster trust and partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
