Garmin International: User Interface Graphics Designer Team Leader

Full-time

(Olathe, KS)

 Provide supervision and leadership to the production art team.    **Please see full job description at garmin.com/careers

 

This position reports into the Engineering department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and mentor Production Artists with diverse capability levels that are creating graphics that will be embedded into GPS products.
• Directly supervise production artist team members with daily observation, assuring appropriate attendance, and providing assistance to team members
• Work with Human Resources to address employee relations issues as needed including writing and conducting annual performance evaluations
• Be responsible for the growth and success of a production art team by overseeing training and mentoring of new associates
• Schedule jobs based on project priorities and manage a scheduling system for each project aiming for specific software development milestones Work closely with user experience design teams to give visualization ideas to new design concepts
• Ensure graphics are finalized and delivered on time to the software teams
• Oversee the art production process to improve efficiency
• Evaluate positive performance within team members and address performance issues in a timely manner
• Manage the collection and maintenance of graphic assets in appropriate repository area for the software engineering department
• Partner with user experience designer and software engineers to understand complete requirements for tasks 
• Keep track and estimate resources and time needed to get tasks done by negotiating deadlines when necessary

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or a related field / equivalent education
• 4 years of related production art or graphics design experience
• 4 years leadership experience production design environment
• Strong graphics design background
• Experience with Adobe design software (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Must be flexible and able to work in a fast paced, demanding environment
• Must be able to communicate ideas and directions clearly both verbally and written
• Ability to assign work and responsibilities effectively to ensure efficient workload for each team member.
• Must be able to interact positively with other teams
• Must be organized and have the ability to prioritize and delegate tasks efficiently to ensure proper workload for each team member 
• Excellent art directing skills
• Strong portfolio which demonstrates successful and a high quality body of work in design/art
• Have the ability to increase team members ownership and accountability to encourage high quality work
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
• Must be flexible and able to work accurately in a fast paced environment

EEO/AA/M/F/D/V

Apply: Please apply at http://www.garmin.com/careers

Garmin International: User Interface Graphics Designer Team Leader

Full-time

(Olathe, KS)

 Provide supervision and leadership to the production art team.    **Please see full job description at garmin.com/careers

 

This position reports into the Engineering department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and mentor Production Artists with diverse capability levels that are creating graphics that will be embedded into GPS products.
• Directly supervise production artist team members with daily observation, assuring appropriate attendance, and providing assistance to team members
• Work with Human Resources to address employee relations issues as needed including writing and conducting annual performance evaluations
• Be responsible for the growth and success of a production art team by overseeing training and mentoring of new associates
• Schedule jobs based on project priorities and manage a scheduling system for each project aiming for specific software development milestones Work closely with user experience design teams to give visualization ideas to new design concepts
• Ensure graphics are finalized and delivered on time to the software teams
• Oversee the art production process to improve efficiency
• Evaluate positive performance within team members and address performance issues in a timely manner
• Manage the collection and maintenance of graphic assets in appropriate repository area for the software engineering department
• Partner with user experience designer and software engineers to understand complete requirements for tasks 
• Keep track and estimate resources and time needed to get tasks done by negotiating deadlines when necessary

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or a related field / equivalent education
• 4 years of related production art or graphics design experience
• 4 years leadership experience production design environment
• Strong graphics design background
• Experience with Adobe design software (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Must be flexible and able to work in a fast paced, demanding environment
• Must be able to communicate ideas and directions clearly both verbally and written
• Ability to assign work and responsibilities effectively to ensure efficient workload for each team member.
• Must be able to interact positively with other teams
• Must be organized and have the ability to prioritize and delegate tasks efficiently to ensure proper workload for each team member 
• Excellent art directing skills
• Strong portfolio which demonstrates successful and a high quality body of work in design/art
• Have the ability to increase team members ownership and accountability to encourage high quality work
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
• Must be flexible and able to work accurately in a fast paced environment

EEO/AA/M/F/D/V

Apply: Please apply at http://www.garmin.com/careers

Garmin International: User Interface Graphics Designer Team Leader

Full-time

(Olathe, KS)

 Provide supervision and leadership to the production art team.    **Please see full job description at garmin.com/careers

 

This position reports into the Engineering department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and mentor Production Artists with diverse capability levels that are creating graphics that will be embedded into GPS products.
• Directly supervise production artist team members with daily observation, assuring appropriate attendance, and providing assistance to team members
• Work with Human Resources to address employee relations issues as needed including writing and conducting annual performance evaluations
• Be responsible for the growth and success of a production art team by overseeing training and mentoring of new associates
• Schedule jobs based on project priorities and manage a scheduling system for each project aiming for specific software development milestones Work closely with user experience design teams to give visualization ideas to new design concepts
• Ensure graphics are finalized and delivered on time to the software teams
• Oversee the art production process to improve efficiency
• Evaluate positive performance within team members and address performance issues in a timely manner
• Manage the collection and maintenance of graphic assets in appropriate repository area for the software engineering department
• Partner with user experience designer and software engineers to understand complete requirements for tasks 
• Keep track and estimate resources and time needed to get tasks done by negotiating deadlines when necessary

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or a related field / equivalent education
• 4 years of related production art or graphics design experience
• 4 years leadership experience production design environment
• Strong graphics design background
• Experience with Adobe design software (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Must be flexible and able to work in a fast paced, demanding environment
• Must be able to communicate ideas and directions clearly both verbally and written
• Ability to assign work and responsibilities effectively to ensure efficient workload for each team member.
• Must be able to interact positively with other teams
• Must be organized and have the ability to prioritize and delegate tasks efficiently to ensure proper workload for each team member 
• Excellent art directing skills
• Strong portfolio which demonstrates successful and a high quality body of work in design/art
• Have the ability to increase team members ownership and accountability to encourage high quality work
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
• Must be flexible and able to work accurately in a fast paced environment

EEO/AA/M/F/D/V

Apply: Please apply at http://www.garmin.com/careers