About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

The Employee Experience team at Ogilvy dedicates itself to quality in its output, and the Senior Production Designer is at the tip of that spear. The person in this role is an expert in their craft with deep knowledge of what makes print, digital and presentation media tick. They are critical support for the entire design team and a valuable collaborator to the account team, clients and vendors. If this position is right for you, you soak up standards and guidelines like a sponge and advocate tirelessly for their effective use. You ask the questions that reveal every consideration affecting end-of-line production quality. You get just as excited about a flawlessly-loaded PowerPoint as you do about a fully-interactive Ebook. You see problems from the user's point of view and bring solutions that are creative yet practical. You're self-directed and know your way around a broad range of current creative software with your eyes blindfolded and your hands tied behind your back - all while juggling multiple projects simultaneously, keeping workflows rolling by meeting your internal and external deadlines. And when it's all said but not yet done, you know how to roll up your sleeves to get in the zone and work. Sense of humor strongly encouraged. Not to laugh away and ignore things that are wrong, but to laugh together as we work to get things right - for our team and our clients.

What You'll Do

Production design

• Experience and aptitude in a wide variety of creative disciplines from print to interactive
• Understanding of advanced graphic design principles (e.g. grid layouts, typography best practices, etc.)
• An expert superuser of software tools used by the design team
• Understands, adheres to and advocates for client standards, guidelines and ground rules
• Builds and maintains templates for design and identity systems
• Respectful of process and its ability to provide order, realize efficiencies and mitigate mistakes; adheres to naming and back-up procedures to ensure proper archiving of digital assets
• Understands relationships between scan, print and projected resolution issues
• Creates clean, organized final files across a wide variety of deliverables and platforms

Collaboration and relationships

• Strong collaborator and excellent ability to take direction
• Able to prioritize and adapt to changing situations
• Effective team player; always ready to lend a hand, raises own hand when help is needed
• Nurtures knowledge of software tools; always on the lookout for new tricks
• Knowledge of simple solutions for clients needing an editable template in a non-design platform
  (i.e. Microsoft Office/O365)
• Locks arms with account team in maintaining client focus

Production

• Interpret design and direction effectively in order to produce final set of deliverables
• Communicate project-related issues effectively and in timely manner
• Create quick mock-ups, comps, and pitch materials
• Versioning (i.e. resizing, cropping, etc.) and optimization of layouts and assets
• Provides guidance to the team on the best file formats and software to use for projects
• Create final files from direction provided in varying methods (i.e. verbal, concept sketches, rough layouts, tight layouts)
  • For print: collateral, identity systems and environmental signage
  • For digital: web, PDFs, Ebooks, slide presentations (PPT, Keynote, etc.) and video
• Inspect files for technical integrity and package according to department process
• Deliver final files using various delivery methods

Design

• Under the direction of a Designer, Art Director and/or Creative Director, accurately execute assigned projects in keeping with client strategy and marketing objectives, on time
  • Proactively work with the creative team on design reviews at multiple stages of design and production process
  • Complete entire projects from start to finish, which could look like:
    • Attend internal and client briefings/kickoffs
    • Collaborate with strategy team around business need
    • Generate comps/sketches/prototypes
    • Execute design and layout
    • Refine direction, layout, and usability

What You'll Need

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in production design for marketing or other design-centric agency
• Comprehensive knowledge of digital production processes
  • Understanding of standards governing final file deliverables for:
    • Social and web media
    • Email marketing platforms
    • Video editors/animators
    • Print-on-demand vendors and platforms
    • Event and presentation partners
  • Grasp of accessibility requirements for digital deliverables
  • Understanding of image compression and optimization techniques
• Comprehensive knowledge of the offset printing process and how to pre-press files for different print mediums
  • Understanding of color correction and all color reproduction methods (i.e. spot, duo/tritone,4-color)
  • Skilled with image retouching
  • Demonstrated experience in high-resolution production output techniques and file preparation protocols for all output mediums
• Software expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Adobe Creative Cloud libraries, Adobe Acrobat, Apple Keynote and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word)
• Familiarity with digital asset management tools, image hosting platforms and content management systems
• Strong organizational, project and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

How We'll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.