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Curriculum Associates is hiring a Design Producer. The role involves acting as a cross-functional liaison between internal stakeholders and external contractors to manage deliverables, track image schedules in Smartsheet, and support the creation of systems for image work. The position focuses on ensuring deadlines are met and facilitating communication across various teams to support the company's innovative product lines.

Highlights

Manage deliverable exchanges and track approved art/images.
Utilize Smartsheet for image scheduling and project management.
Ensure proper image spec tracking and repository uploads.
Support process documentation and create systems for image work.
Facilitate communication among various internal teams and stakeholders.
Proficient in Smartsheet and understand image procurement processes.
Pay range: $30 - $40 per hour.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, with 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
Eligibility for medical coverage, paid holidays, and sick time accrual based on hours worked.

Design Producer (FT, Temporary) Full Description

Design Producer (FT, Temporary)

Remote

US Remote

Full time

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!

This is a full-time, 6-month engagement.

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:

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 for All, 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)

Benefits and Pay Range:
Pay Range – This role’s range is $30 - $40/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: May 19, 2025. This is subject to close earlier if there is a high volume of applicants or a qualified hire is made.

Original Job Description

Design Producer (FT, Temporary)

Remote

US Remote

Full time

This is a full-time, 6-month engagement.

The impact you'll have:

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 for All, 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)

Application deadline: May 19, 2025. This is subject to close earlier if there is a high volume of applicants or a qualified hire is made.

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