Job Description

Our client, a leader in the Financial Services space, is looking to bring on a Fulltime Production Team Lead .

Type : Full-Time

Location: Charlotte (1 Day / Week onsite)

Salary: $120-130K

Overview :

This is a leadership role dedicated to overseeing a highly skilled, off-shore and on-shore team of senior designers - and their junior reports - focused on lower-tier creative projects and tasks. The ideal candidate will drive design excellence, foster high performance and champion best practices throughout the production pipeline. This role is critical in building strong partnerships across creative leaders and project managers, ensuring seamless project alignment, efficient workflow and impactful delivery.

Management responsibilities: Yes

Key responsibilities:

• In partnership with the Production Coordinator, oversee day-to-day creative production tasks, including asset resizing, adaptation, and updates, ensuring accuracy and adherence to brand standards.
• Drive the team to consistently meet deadlines while maintaining high quality and brand consistency across all deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with Associate Creative Directors (ACDs) and production coordinators to clarify project direction, acting as the creative quality assurance and ensuring effective translation of design intent.
• Identify skill gaps within the team, provide targeted training, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing to enhance overall team capability.
• Track and analyze key production metrics to monitor team productivity and quality, regularly reporting trends and insights to leadership to inform success measures and continuous improvement.
• Support seamless communication and coordination across creative leaders and project management to ensure alignment on goals, scope, and resource allocation.
• Work collaboratively with the production coordinator to manage project intake, task assignments, milestone tracking, and ensure on-time delivery of creative assets.
• Serve as the go-to senior creative resource for resolving cross-functional design challenges and making informed decisions that support broader team objectives.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of professional design experience, with proven leadership in managing senior-level creative teams and complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience executing and overseeing lower-tier creative production tasks and projects.
• Outstanding ability to build, manage and sustain partnerships with creative, business, and project management teams.
• Exceptional skills in creative direction, problem-solving, stakeholder communication and team motivation.
• Expertise with digital, UX/UI, branding, and/or print design, as well as industry tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma).
• Familiarity with distributed team dynamics and project management tools (e.g., Workfront, JIRA, Asana).

Desired Characteristics:

• Previous experience leading offshore or distributed creative teams.
• Experience in design strategy, business development or partnership with Line of Business leadership.
• Advanced industry certifications in design, leadership or project management.

If interested please apply with your updated resume!

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