Our clients Services Design Team is seeking a Technical Design Producer who will help form, refine and reinforce a point of view for automation and efficiency in the growing space of Design deliverables for our products. This person must bring deep media experience and Engineering know-how to meld an automation roadmap vision in the Services space across devices – as well as the tools and technology that power them.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years experience working with Design and Engineering teams, understanding work streams and functional specs across modules to enable a unique view for how automation can thrive within one product, while being crafted so others may leverage the technology. They can think systemically about visual design, and see around corners to predict aesthetic outcomes across automated artwork – sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands and beyond. They must anticipate the fractal effect of seemingly small product planning choices on the publishing process and resources across international localization and device form factors.

This Technical Design Producer will take in feature and product concepts from Human Interface and Content Design Leads for approaching launches and media experiences, deconstruct the asks down into functional requirements and statements of intent for the content designer, creative producer and publishing processes, and look for openings to thread the needle for automation to reduce manual processes in media production. They also are able to collaborate to find solutions in matters of Engineering scope, can ruthlessly prioritize, and can make independent decisions – yet, know when to press pause and doublecheck on granular intent. When it comes to existing products, it is important to understand user pain points as the basis for ideation of automation opportunities.

The Technical Design Producer will work across Design and closely with our Media Technology Design group to ensure that artwork, video and new media constructs function as expected at scale when considering dynamic or datadriven media inputs. This individual is embedded and a key contributor into Design Workflows and can help to guide process efficiencies, provide additional training, troubleshooting, and advocacy for automation and efficiency solutions on an as-needed and ongoing basis.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ Years working with Design, Engineering, and Production Teams with a deep understanding of the creative technology tools and workflows and an informed point of view on opportunities for efficiency at scale.
• Able to craft compelling arguments to automate deliverables by elucidating upsides of automated design deliverables, by drawing from Design budgets, headcount data and insights from key partners in Design.
• Able to think creatively around perceived limitations, to argue for the advancement of better technology and automation.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and evangelizing technical documentation including Business Requirements, Program Plans, Functional Requirements, Workflows, and prioritized Roadmaps.
• Ability to work closely with Engineering & Operations Teams, Designers, and Design Producers in a seamless manner.
• Strong technical knowledge and ability to act as an advisor on best practices as it relates to process and design, tooling,or production needs.
• Proactive problem solving abilities and ability to manage challenging priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to clearly articulate non-technical needs to technical audiences (and vice versa).
• Ability to understand and support the design creation process and envision automation shortcuts that allow design teams to continue focusing on creative work without being encumbered by sheer volume across localizations and platform variants.
• Experience working with external vendors on clear scopes of work.
• Ability to investigate issues and clearly articulate Design's point of view.
• Presentation skills are a must to ensure understanding of complicated problems at Executive review level.
• Discretion in handling confidential materials.

Responsibilities

• Create, own, and maintain documentation that captures Design needs, automation priorities and functional capabilities of existing systems. Get consensus and work with key partners to maintain understanding across all teams including (but not limited to) Content Design and Engineering.
• Ongoing awareness of manual pain points that affect Design and Production teams, to feed the empathy needed to disrupt those patterns with automation.
• Facilitate and advise on launching wholly or partially automated Design systems and deliverables.
• Advise on methods and process for graduating manual deliverables to different levels of automation, all while maintaining total control when needed.
• Contribute to trainings for new & existing workflows and tools.
• Reconcile Engineering limitations with Content Design constraints.
• Maintain schedule for Design deliverables, work with appropriate Producers, and communicate those to Engineering Program Manager.
• Run intake meeting for the Creative Development team, prioritize & schedule their work, and communicate schedule to our partners.
• Set up use cases for Development and User Acceptance Test sessions coordinated by Engineering Program Manager.
• If you have an insatiable desire to help create the best media experiences and empower the endless potential of our teams groundbreaking creative teams, we look forward to meeting you.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $56 to $63 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! 

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.

Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else.  There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.

One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.

Here are some more things you can expect:

• Wi-fi equipped shuttle service
• Free parking
• Onsite cafeteria

WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent gets you access to some pretty cool things:
– You’re paid weekly
– Subsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk)
– Access to Fidelity 401(k)
– Access to FSA Program
– Direct deposit for your pay check
– Access to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!)
– Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: http://gymnasium.aquent.com/
– Access to free online courses via Lynda.com
– Aquent support: your Aquent Agent checks in with you during the course of your assignment to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up)