Job Description

Locations

• Sunnyvale, California, United States 94085

Salary

Skills Required

• thorough understanding of the design/creative processintermediate
• form strong partnershipsintermediate
• build relationships with key decision makersintermediate
• highly organizedintermediate
• adaptable leaderintermediate
• manage multiple projectsintermediate
• manage timelinesintermediate
• manage collaboratorsintermediate
• sharp eye for designintermediate
• passion for craftintermediate
• meticulous attention to detailintermediate
• thrive in complex fast-moving environmentsintermediate
• provide clear guidanceintermediate
• effective supportintermediate
• resourcefulintermediate
• creativeintermediate
• calm under pressureintermediate
• balance strategic priorities with hands-on executionintermediate
• lead by exampleintermediate
• mentor othersintermediate
• drive projects toward exceptional resultsintermediate
• managing creative developmentintermediate
• collecting assets and informationintermediate
• organizing presentationsintermediate
• managing approval processesintermediate
• managing creative schedulesintermediate
• work closely with other teamsintermediate
• work cross-functionallyintermediate
• create product packagingintermediate
• ensure creative objectives are well definedintermediate
• ensure creative objectives are appropriately implementedintermediate
• aligning with strategy partnersintermediate
• create end-to-end timing plansintermediate
• scheduling sharesintermediate
• set up kick-offsintermediate
• weekly check-insintermediate
• distilling feedbackintermediate
• distributing meeting notesintermediate
• driving the team toward creative lockintermediate
• operating with foresightintermediate
• staying ahead of potential roadblocksintermediate
• understand legal constraintsintermediate
• understand regulatory constraintsintermediate
• understand environmental constraintsintermediate
• understand manufacturing constraintsintermediate
• partner with designer to implement constraintsintermediate
• forecasting creative resource needsintermediate
• managing project resources in planning toolsintermediate
• make recommendations for project-level staffingintermediate
• problem-solving obstaclesintermediate
• making recommendations for new ways of workingintermediate
• humbleintermediate
• kindintermediate
• hard-workingintermediate
• bring levity in situationsintermediate

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of account management, design/creative producer or creative project management experience. (experience, 12 years)
• Familiarity of the print production process. (experience)
• Experience leading end-to-end creative production for complex and high-impact projects (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creative producing or overseeing Packaging design projects —working through the full design journey from project inception through to design lock/file delivery. (experience)
• Well-versed in leading the creative development process with strong creative project management skills. (experience)
• You care deeply about packaging, the customer experience, details and design. You appreciate quality, can communicate clearly and calmly, and have patience for the process—both as it relates to details and design. (experience)
• You have experience navigating ambiguity and proactively solving for cross-functional challenges before they arise. (experience)
• You anticipate what’s ahead — identifying both risks and opportunities — with a strong ability to flex and work in an often ambiguous environment. (experience)
• You adapt with ease and demonstrate a willingness to pivot in pursuit of the strongest creative solution. (experience)
• You have driven process innovation, have identified and implemented operational efficiencies that elevate team productivity, stakeholder satisfaction, and creative output. (experience)
• You have experience overseeing and mentoring a team — you champion team culture, collaboration, and communication. (experience)
• Ability to drive workflows, creative shares and schedules across multiple partners and departments. (experience)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to learn quickly to adapt. (experience)
• Excellent presentation skills, and comfortable in presenting work to C-suite leaders. (experience)
• Incredibly detail oriented with extraordinary follow-through skills and the ability to manage up to leaders. (experience)
• While helpful, this role does not require a strong understanding or focus on operations or packaging supply chain details. (experience)

Responsibilities

• A successful Lead Design Producer is a highly organized and adaptable leader who can manage multiple projects, timelines, and collaborators simultaneously across a wide range of categories. You bring a sharp eye for design, a passion for craft, and meticulous attention to detail. You thrive in complex, fast-moving environments, providing clear guidance and effective support for initiatives that span diverse categories and varying levels of complexity. You are resourceful, creative, and calm under pressure—able to balance strategic priorities with hands-on execution. You lead by example, mentor others, and consistently drive projects toward exceptional results.
• RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Managing creative development (collecting assets and information for the creative team, ensuring they are set-up for success in their explorations), organizing presentations, managing approval processes and creative schedules.
• Work closely with other teams within Marcom (including Creative, Editing, Production and Studio) and work cross-functionally with other groups at Apple (Product Marketing, Human Interface, Industrial Design) to create product packaging and ensure creative objectives are well defined and appropriately implemented.
• Aligning with Marcom Strategy, Marcom Brand and Marcom Production partners to create end-to-end timing plans that deliver against the business need.
• Scheduling shares, set up kick-offs, weekly check-ins, distilling feedback, distributing meeting notes and driving the team toward creative lock — operating with foresight, staying ahead of potential roadblocks.
• Understand the legal, regulatory, environmental, and manufacturing constraints related to each category of products and partner with your designer to implement as needed.
• Forecasting creative resource needs and actively managing project resources in planning tools; working closely with your Manager to make recommendations for project-level staffing based on project needs and creatives’ bandwidth.
• Problem-solving obstacles that create inefficiencies and making recommendations for new ways of working.
• Being humble, kind, hard-working and able to bring levity in situations is important for success in this role.

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