This role is in the organization to lead as an architect, influencer, and manager within CM’s cutting- edge creative automation team. The core expectation of this role is to work alongside Executive Creative Engineering Director to lead as an architect, influencer, and manager within our cutting-edge creative automation team. This role will direct a team of designers to format and build complex creative frameworks to enabled at scale production of content for our global clients.

You will: 

• Lead, mentor and grow the Production Design team toward quality, consistency, and excellence by understanding skill sets and personalities of team members to find areas for opportunity and ensure projects are cast with the best talent
• Lead from a production POV, DCO efforts that span from display all the way into video
• Collaborate with the Creative Team to bring their ideas to life with best practices and brand standards being top of mind
• Collaborate with other discipline team leads to coordinate requirements and needswithin the system

You have: 

• Advanced English Proficiency (C1).
• 8+ yrs. experience in advertising agencies, digital agencies, design agencies, and/or startups.
• Excellent experience in high-velocity production studio or digital design productionshop and understanding of the agency model
• Advanced proficiencies within Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with practical knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite’s ecosystem of content creation software. 
• Experience in DCO frameworks
• Experience in high-scale output and design and a proven track record driving new initiatives through an organization
• Experience with content at scale technologies
• Ability to: 
  • Partner with creative, account, strategy, and media teams to influence test-and-learn approaches and anticipate how creative can be evolved for the better
  • Build and mentor highly productive teams
  • Thrive in a dynamic, fluid, and ever-changing environment. 

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• End of year closure days (not deducted form vacation balance)
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• And more…

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

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