

MGMT GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO PROFESSIONAL
Focused on the personal and professional development of their team.Involved in recruitment and selection decisions.Manages the multi-disciplinary studio team which may comprise of a range of designers, creative directors, digital skills and freelancers setting daily priorities and supporting CPD for the team.Setting up systems and processes so that the studio and the wider agency are aware of how the creative studio operates.Ensuring files are stored and named according to protocols and timesheets are completed effectively. Curating image libraries and video, art work and branding assets.Managing procurement of print, large format production, subscriptions and tools and organise deliveries.Creating and implementing deadlines, project goals, expectations and workflows, to ensure a smooth production process with on-time delivery.Assisting on creative production when needed and meeting with team members for feedback.Proofing and reviewing designs and checking documents before they are shared with the account team /client.Assessing, interrogating and clarifying client briefs and assigning the appropriate designers to a project.Clearly communicating the client and project needs to the design team to ensure that the work meets the agreed brief.Efficiently managing studio time and the Design team, in accordance with the budget. Managing all aspects of the budget for each project, along with financial tracking and controls.
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He was named one of Adweek Creative 100 in 2018, one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business in 20, and was featured in Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 list.Head of Creative Studio, Creative Project Manager The role in brief. Opara is also a senior critic at the Yale University School of Art and has recently authored a book, Color Works, published by Rockport. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and has appeared in publications such as Wired, Fast Company, Creative Review, Archis, Surface and Graphis. His projects have included the design of brand identity, publications, packaging, environments, exhibitions, interactive installations, websites, user interfaces and software, with many of his projects ranging across multiple media and clients including lululemon, Samsung, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Nike, Grace Farms, the Menil Foundation, the Corcoran Group, Morgan Stanley, New York University, SHoP Architects, buroOS, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), David Adjaye Associates and Princeton Architectural Press. He joined Pentagram’s New York office as partner in 2010. He began his career at ATG and Imaginary Forces and worked as senior designer-art director at 2×4 before establishing his own studio, The Map Office. He studied graphic design at the London College of Printing and Yale University.
