Design Producer (6-month Temporary)

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!

The Temporary Design Producer acts as a cross-functional liaison between internal stakeholders, part-time contractors (artists/art buyers), and/or design vendors for our instruction teams. As a Design Producer, you will operate across multiple teams, working closely with photo researchers, art buyers, designers, project managers, and editors to establish consistent and clear communication and ensure deadlines are being met, while supporting our engaging and innovative product lines. 

The impact you’ll have: 

• Act as “DEIB advocate” with the Access & Equity team and Editorial teams, ensuring DEIB targets are being met, and overseeing data entry and maintenance of the DEIB tracker and its reporting  

• Manage back and forth of deliverables (holding/organizing deliveries and tracking approved art and hi-res images, policing naming conventions), and status reporting 

• Track and manage image schedules on SmartSheet, working closely with project managers to ensure schedules are up to date based on design needs, alerting team members to actionable items and deliverables  

• Confirm proper specs and track upload to our asset repository for all images, including credits   

• Support process documentation to streamline team goals and delivery deadlines  

• Provide up-to-date visibility into changes across product deadlines, progress, and priorities for image teams 

• Knowledge-share with cross-functional teams around photo & illustration work, ensuring they are aware of image team needs from the beginning of the process and throughout 

• Design Dashboard creation and maintenance (project-specific) 

• Support creating systems and tools for image work 

• Schedule and facilitate image reviews as necessary, and translate decisions from these meetings into actionable items to share with relevant team members   

• Facilitate image resource/scope meetings to determine illustration and photo needs, and communicate goals to art buyers/contracted illustrators and in-house photo researchers  

• Facilitate communication between Editorial, Design, Access & Equity, Marketing, and other stakeholders as necessary 

Who we’re looking for: 

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work within a collaborative team-based process  

• Organization, communication, and time-management skills   

• Sense of creativity and flexibility 

• Solid understanding of image procurement processes (art buying and photo) 

• Solid knowledge of SmartSheet process and workflow 

• Basic understanding of print design process and workflow 

• A bachelor’s degree or comparable experience  

• 2+ years professional experience (Design-related a plus) 

Hours - Approximately 30 hours/week

Location - Remote

Benefits and Pay Range:
Pay Range – This role’s range is $30 - $40 per hour. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that Curriculum Associates considers in making compensation decisions based on our Compensation Philosophy. Actual base pay within that range will vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, prior experience and relevant skill sets. At Curriculum Associates, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances for each case. The Company recognizes that minimum wage varies by location and will ensure all compensation decisions comply with applicable state and local laws.

Benefits – Temporary and per-diem employees who average at least 30 hours of work per week within the Company’s look-back period are eligible to enroll in medical coverage after 90 days of employment.
Temporary and per-diem employees working more than 20 hours per week are eligible for twelve paid holidays. All temporary and per-diem employees are eligible for accrued sick time.   

Application deadline: December 13, 2024. This is subject to close earlier if there is a high volume of applicants or a qualified hire is made.