Production Designer

Description

Job: Part-time, Hourly, Non-exempt, Union

Supervisor: Sr. Designer

Union Minimum Pay: $25.00/hr

Position Overview

The Milwaukee Art Museum seeks a highly organized and detail-oriented Production Designer to support the development and delivery of visually consistent, brand-aligned materials across digital and print platforms. Reporting to the Senior Designer, this role is essential to the daily operations of the Museum’s in-house Marketing and Communications team and ensures design excellence at every touchpoint—from gallery labels to social media graphics.

Ideal candidates will be technically proficient, flexible, and solutions-driven, with strong design fundamentals and a desire to contribute to a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support Design Execution: Assist the Senior Designer in creating and formatting print and digital materials for programs, events, exhibitions, campaigns, Director’s office requests and other Museum initiatives.
• Prepare Exhibition Graphics: Format and prepare exhibition-related graphics, including labels, title walls, and signage, for production and installation.
• Adapt Creative Assets: Modify and resize existing creative assets for various platforms, including web, social media, email, and print.
• Versioning and Resizing: Assist with resizing, versioning, and updating ads, flyers, and other materials.
• Uphold Brand Consistency: Apply brand templates, typography, and design standards across all deliverables to maintain a unified visual identity.
• Coordinate with Production Partners: Liaise with printers, fabricators, and other production vendors to understand material options, gather estimates, deliver files, review proofs, and manage production logistics in alignment with project goals.
• Support Project Management and Budgeting: Assist in tracking timelines, managing production schedules, and supporting budgeting efforts by obtaining quotes, monitoring costs, paying invoices, and ensuring projects stay within scope and financial parameters.
• File Preparation: Prep final files for print and digital delivery, ensuring accuracy in layout, resolution, color, and file specs.
• Asset Management: Organize and archive design files, templates, and project assets to support team efficiency.
• Installation and Production Support: Provide on-site support as needed for installing signage or preparing collateral for events and exhibitions.
• Stay Current: Keep up to date on production tools, design software updates, and best practices in file formatting and delivery.
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communication, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 1-3 years of production or graphic design experience, preferably in a creative or nonprofit setting
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, color theory, and preparing files for both print and digital output
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and file organization
• Ability to manage multiple projects on deadline in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Demonstrated maturity and discretion, as this role will be involved in supporting Director’s Office requests involving Board-level initiatives, labor union–related matters, and crisis communications.
• Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality when working on sensitive projects or materials that may involve proprietary or pre-release information.
• Familiarity with exhibition production or museum environments is a plus.
  
  

To Apply

Please submit a Cover letter with a link to a portfolio showcasing examples of your production and layout work.

Temperament

Excellent interpersonal skills, systematic, meticulous, reliable, patient, self-starter and works well under pressure. Manages time efficiently, analyze and solve problems independently and if necessary, collaboratively. Ability to be flexible and embrace changes within this position due to departmental priorities. Ability to work with a wide variety of people to achieve the goals of the Museum.

DEAI Statement

The Milwaukee Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer. The Museum recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

We are committed to recruiting, developing, compensating, and retaining professional staff that reflect our community. We aspire to be a diverse workplace where talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work.

We stand committed to the work ahead, informed by our community, which we will support with our best thinking, our deepest empathy, and the courage to embody the convictions shared in our Strategic Direction.

Milwaukee Art Museum is an EOE/M/W/Vets/Disability Employer.