Marketing Design Manager

Job Description

Image Comics is looking to fill a full-time Marketing Design Manager position (primarily remote, with occasional in-person planning meetings, must reside in New York, Tennessee, Washington, Oregon, or California).

Marketing Design Manager duties:

• Primarily responsible for the overall design and production of the company’s monthly digital catalog and working closely with the Sales and Marketing departments in implementing design feedback, corrections, and updates to the pages from start to finish.
• Responsible for designing all Marketing materials, such as: bookmarks, posters, convention signage, print catalogs, advertisements, Website banners, social media graphics, etc., as the need arises.
• Supervisory responsibility for 1-2 support staff employees.

Requirements

Marketing Design Manager required skills:

• Well-versed in the CMYK print production process and specifications including: resolution, layout, file sizing/quality, and navigating different uploading procedures as well as converting files to web-res/social media-ready content
• Able to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment (the production lifecycle of a comic book can be as short a turnaround as 2 or fewer weeks) while maintaining high standards of quality and a strong creator focus/client-service attitude
• Must have a deep understanding of and expert-level working knowledge of G-Suite and Adobe-Suite 
• Able to effectively and efficiently manage and direct the work of support staff employees
• Team player willing to multi-task and provide backup production/light design to clients when the need arises
• Must be a highly organized, self-starter with an ability to “manage up” and a talent for pivoting and streamlining processes in a high velocity environment
• A collaborative worker with an aptitude for follow-up and follow-through when supporting teammates
• Must have experience in and be comfortable with managing 1-2 support staff employees

Five years experience in comic book print production or a related field preferred; knowledge of the comics and graphic novel industry and prior supervisory experience is a plus. This is a full-time, mid-level supervisory position that will report directly to the VP of PR & Marketing.

Please upload your resume with salary requirements to: https://imagecomics.app.box.com/f/7263b272332e4684804166ed0efade2e

The starting salary for this role will be $75K. 

Image Comics offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Our benefits include no-cost employee medical/prescription drug insurance, dental, vision, health care/dependent care Flexible Spending Account, HSA, Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k), Life/AD&D Insurance, & generous paid time off.

Image Comics is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, Stray Bullets, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com.