About the role
Meter's design team is lean, exceptionally talented, but increasingly stretched thin. The design team’s work is needed from every part of the business and increasing in quantity and scope everyday: Online and offline campaigns, packaging design, events, customer stories, paid digital ads, sales collateral. Every urgent and high priority request is competing for the same three designers. We are looking for someone to own everything that pulls the designers away from creative work by owning project management and production for the design team. In this role, half of your time, you're doing project management (intake, prioritization, stakeholder alignment). The other half you're managing vendors, producing photo and video shoots, and bringing campaigns to life. What you'll drive in your first six months Launch a single, trusted design intake system in your first 30 days so every team at Meter knows exactly how to request work, what to expect, and when. Give each designer back at least three hours a week by owning the coordination, prioritization, and stakeholder communication that currently falls on them. Produce at least one major photoshoot (a customer story or lifestyle shoot) from vendor sourcing through final delivery, alongside our design team. Systemize templates to enable marketers to self-serve, like getting paid advertising creative out of the queue. Right now, some assets sit for months. What a real week looks like Monday: You triage the weekend's Slack requests, assign them in Linear with clear briefs, and flag two that need more context before a designer touches them. Tuesday: You kick-off a new design request with designers and marketers. You research new design studios and freelancers to partner with for our upcoming campaign. Wednesday: You're on a call with a photographer for an upcoming customer story shoot in San Antonio—nailing down logistics, reviewing shot lists, confirming deliverables. Thursday: A campaign deadline moved up. You rework the timeline, tell the right people, and protect the designers from finding out at 4pm. Friday: You run a quick retro on last week's launch. Something shipped late. You figure out why and write a one-pager on how to prevent it next time. What success looks like In three months, design at Meter feels organized, predictable, and fast. Designers are doing design. Stakeholders trust the process. High-visibility work—launches, campaigns, events—ships on time, at a higher quality bar than before.