Project Manager, Production Design

STAND 8 provides end to end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and with offices in LA, Atlanta, New York, Raleigh, and more.

We seek a seasoned project manager to join our domestic production design team. This role involves overseeing workflow to ensure optimal team productivity and timely project completion. We are in search of an individual with a strong sense of initiative, capable of driving crucial production design projects forward in an agile, iterative manner. You possess a discerning eye for creativity and meticulous attention to detail, and will play a key role in facilitating various creative and content media initiatives. As a problem solver and change catalyst, you excel at managing team priorities and navigating multiple design and creative dependencies. You often serve as the liaison between the production design team, other teams, and stakeholders, acting as the central coordinator of priorities - akin to an "air traffic controller."

Responsibilities

• Manage up to two (2) different design verticals made up of primarily designers and design managers, in our domestic production design team.
• Tasks may include, but not limited to, managing the complete content and design life cycle for multiple projects, resource allocation and scheduling, stakeholder sign off, and risk management. Outside the box ideas on bringing non-development resources into an agile framework is key to this position.
• Project manage various creative initiatives that our multiple teams depend on, ranging from production design, content media management, tracking content releases to production and coordination with cross functional teams
• Run team stand ups and team design meetings, unblocking the teams' impediments within the team and outside dependencies
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and organized appropriately
• Plan and track tasks in Jira, and documentation on Confluence and Google Docs, and devise opportunities to improve team efficiency and trackability
• Work with various teams such as marketing, content strategy, video operations, and various stakeholders to prioritize and coordinate design efforts to deliver on schedule, ensuring team collaboration, proper planning, execution and delivery are timely for the overall success of the projects.
• Coach, facilitate and start consistent and beneficial Agile process methodologies for the production design team, driving process and transparency, by conducting agile frameworks that can help designers do their best work.
• Communicate with the business around the team's health and project status not just for your own teams but supporting the PMO in reporting on all status weekly
• Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned

Qualifications

• 3+ years multi-project/program management experience in fast-paced, deadline driven, technical (SDLC) and video production environments across CMS, Web, Mobile Applications or OTT platforms
• Experience working with Designers, Curation content managers, Creative Marketing and/or Video Operations teams, building agile methodology and process from scratch
• Strong proficiency in tools: Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Google Suite, Slack, and ability to whip up a presentation or project plan as needed
• A proactive, efficient, and resourceful approach and ability to thrive in a creative and deadline-driven environment
• Strong communication and status sharing skills, and excellent listening skills
• Lots of ideas to bring to the table to help organize and manage complex and time-driven requests for the creative teams

Desired

• BS/BA Degree
• Scaled Agile experience - Leading SAFe certification
• Scrum Master certification with good understanding of all things Agile (Scrum, Kanban and other methodologies) including the ceremonies of backlog grooming, standups, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective
• Previous use of Design asset tools like Zeplin and Figma
• Experience with Content Management Systems (CMS), Subscription or Membership sites, Publishing Systems, Digital Media sites development, video and/or knowledge of advertising concepts (traditional and/or online)
• Expert Admin JIRA user
• Previous experience as a designer, media producer or content manager

The US base range for this contract position is $70-$80 per hour. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.