What are the responsibilities and job description for the CSC Generation Enterprise is hiring: Creative Production Manager in Seattle position at CSC Generation Enterprise?
With over 59 stores and the largest avocational cooking program in the US, Sur La Table offers an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table – and the culinary expertise and inspiration to go along with it. Whether the job entails interacting with our customers, driving digital growth, or providing vital behind-the-scenes support, we’re all here for the same reason – to roll up our sleeves and create happiness through cooking and sharing good food.
The Creative Production Manager is responsible for overseeing the production of Sur La Table’s packaging, signage display, and print media processes ensuring that assets are produced efficiently, on time, and within budget. You will collaborate with leaders across Creative, Brand, Merchandising, Store Operations, and outside vendors. This is a hybrid role based in Seattle, WA.
This position will report into the Senior Creative Operations Manager .
What you get to do every day :
- MANAGE & MONITOR PRODUCTION SCHEDULES
- Utilize Wrike software to manage projects based on print production timelines and vendor production capacity.
- Partner with the Traffic Coordinator and Project Management team as needed to balance resourcing allocation to meet timelines.
- In collaboration with the Packaging Art Director, oversee packaging production and photography timelines ensuring execution is staying on time, true to brief, and within vendor specs.
- Monitor project progress; establish reporting cadence to deliver updates; troubleshoot issues and escalations that arise; document and follow up on critical actions, decisions, issues, risks; and send out meeting recaps promptly.
- END TO END PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
- Manage relationship with print vendors, including regular business reviews to drive process improvements.
- Schedule pre-production meetings with local vendors as needed.
- Oversee monthly retail signage production process including ordering, file handoff to printer, and digital proofing ensuring production stays on time and within budget.
- Manage the creative production support and marketing efforts for store openings and closures in partnership with Brand, visual merchandise, and store operations.
- Create workback schedules and key milestones for production and delivery dates to open stores on time.
- Manage the timeline, quotes, and ordering for all print related requests connected to Brand Media.
- PACKAGING & PRINT QUALITY OVERSIGHT
- Ensure Packaging projects are setup accurately with dielines and appropriate finishing information.
- Make minor adjustments to design files when needed, such as updating text, fixing bleeds ensuring files meet production requirements.
- Execute Mechanical checks on outgoing packaging projects.
- BUDGET MANAGEMENT & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
- Analyze data to proactively address strategic business opportunities to drive process improvements, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs.
- Track, manage, and report all production costs including labor, materials, shipping, photography, and inventory storage maintenance.
- Responsible for managing monthly burn reports for Creative department.
What you bring to the role :
What’s in it for you?
What our interview process looks like :
85,000 - $90,000 a year
This position may not be performed, in whole or in part, in New York City (whether from an office, in the field, or remotely from the candidate's home).
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Salary : $85,000 - $90,000
