The Technical GP Lead role will be responsible for oversight on Graphic Production / Motion Graphic Production teams on tools strategy and best practices across Marcom, working both internally and with agency partners to encourage consistency, efficiency, and innovation. This role works closely with Design, Development, Content Management, Digital Producers, Interactive GEO Leads/Producers, QA and Leadership in a highly collaborative and team-oriented environment with the aim of advancing the ongoing development of Marcom’s Production strategy.
The Technical GP Lead role will create and maintain relationships both internally and with agency partners, monitoring status and ongoing progress of existing and future Marcom processes and playing a critical role in key projects. This role will also be responsible for making overall recommendations that further Marcom goals for production and finding connections between tools that encourage efficiency and decrease risk.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Collaborate with the Agency Technical Production Process Manager and Tools team to define and implement best practices based on both internal process and geo localization needs
- Continually looks for ways to enhance productivity through process improvements, task automation and new technology.
- Solid grasp of AI principles and how they can support in design / production tasks
- Remains current on technology and trends in graphic production
- Elevate concerns and make overall strategy improvement recommendations in concert with the Internal and Agency teams
- Collaborate with Apple FDS and Rome Council teams to ensure Graphic Production and Motion Graphic Production are represented and the needs of the teams are clearly understood as new process and implementations are introduced
- Participate in workflow, process discussions, etc with internal and Agency teams to identify technical challenges and find suitable mitigations
- Work closely with Apple Tools teams to ensure the needs of GP and MGP are being considered and captured in any and all tool updates
- Communicate key workflow process updates and expectations with GEO Interactive Leads in regards to GEO Origination work
Experience
- 6+ years experience in a hands-on, high-volume interactive production environment
- Deep understanding of web-production workflow and best practices as they relate to design, QA, GEO localization and transcreation
- Ability to effectively problem solve technical challenges, creative design and production design
- Experience of defining automation strategies (and execution of) demonstrating clear efficiency and productivity gains
- Solid technical skills including Photoshop and motion graphics software
- Deep understanding of web-production workflow, best practices as it relates to interactive design and production
- Enthusiasm for exploring evolving graphic production best practices
- Strong, audience-oriented presentation skills
- Proactive approach with strong sense of ownership
- Experience navigating large and complex organizations, including gaining access to key stakeholders and successfully managing relationship-building dynamics and processes
- Excellent design, typography and art-working sensibilities applicable to interactive web pages, HTML emails, banners and other digital deliverables
- Effective communication with team members of varying disciplines including written documentation of pipeline processes and potential challenges and solutions
- Able to balance assertiveness and sensitivity, diplomacy and patience, while promoting communication and teamwork
Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail (visual and technical) - Self-motivated with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive individual and problem solver
