Design Manager, Music Creative Production

Design Manager, Amazon Music Creative Production Are you passionate about developing strong design solutions and defining scalable processes? Are you driven by the challenge of leading high-performing design teams that create best-in-class consumer experiences? Do you want to hone your skills in operational excellence while collaborating with global stakeholders and external partners? If so, the Amazon Music Creative Production team is looking for a talented Design Manager with a track record of team leadership, design excellence, and process optimization.

Key job responsibilities

Team Leadership and Development Lead a team of Visual Designers creating medium to high-complexity design deliverables

Manage day-to-day operations including resource planning, staffing, and quality control

Oversee hiring and training of new team members

Define, recognize and develop talent while creating an inspiring creative work environment

Build, coach and mentor high-class design teams

Actively bring out the best in designers, developing both individual designers and team dynamics

Design Excellence and Quality Ensure customer experience is always at the forefront of design deliverables

Introduce, develop, and ensure best design practices and processes

Communicate quality expectations organizationally

Deliver cohesive and innovative design that is customer-focused, simple and intuitive

Inspire team to raise the creative bar by developing effective brand experiences

Operational Efficiency and Process Optimization Ensure productivity is maximized through supervision, training, and analysis

Provide feedback on performance data on a regular basis

Collect, track, and present metrics related to processes, team accuracy and efficiency

Drive improvements in efficiency, throughput and cost across the organization

Continuously evaluate tools and processes and offer solutions for efficiency and scalability

Encourage team to innovate, automate and build efficiencies in delivery and quality

A day in the life

We're growing quickly and hiring the best talent to drive our creative vision forward. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Amazon Music Creative Production team as a Design Manager leading a group of Visual Designers creating digital marketing assets. You will serve as a central operational leader, building the frameworks, quality standards, and cross-functional collaboration mechanisms required to successfully deliver high volumes of digital assets while maintaining exceptional quality.

About the team

The Creative Production team at Amazon Music is an operationally-driven design production team of designers, campaign project managers, QA specialists and operations managers responsible for creating and delivering high volumes of digital assets. We partner closely with internal global stakeholders and external agents to provide operational support while delivering high quality assets in a fast-paced, agile, dynamic multinational environment.

Basic Qualifications Self-starter with ability to work in ambiguous situations4+ years of industry experience in visual design or related creative discipline

Demonstrated ability to hire and develop employees

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Prior experience managing design teams with progression advertising campaign experience

Demonstrated proficient written and speaking English communication skills

Experience analyzing metrics accurately and building models around data to provide solutions

Experienced in client facing roles handling accounts or campaigns

Proficiency in design principles (Typography, Composition, Scale, and Color Theory)
Proficiency in design tools (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop Artboards)
Thorough knowledge of design practices, tools, and standards

Experience in design, digital production, and project management of print and digital advertising products

Portfolio and assessment are required

Preferred Qualifications Experience communicating to a diverse, global audience

Experience with performance marketing creative

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