Senior Design – Template Specialist
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Senior design specialist building reusable templates and CMS components for Great Minds’ research-based K–12 curricula. Bridging visual design, accessibility, and technical publishing workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Translate creative direction and established visual designs into scalable templates, reusable components, styles, patterns, libraries, and documentation
- Apply typography, layout, hierarchy, color, and information-design principles to static and dynamic design solutions
- Partner with Design Leads and Design and Template Specialist colleagues to preserve creative intent in structured production systems
- Create, revise, and maintain templates and production systems in Figma, InDesign, PowerPoint, and other platforms
- Support consistency between print and digital expressions of the same content
- Bridge print design and template workflows with CMS-based publishing
- Translate Figma and other prototypes into specifications, components, and patterns for CMS implementation
- Develop flexible, scalable, and maintainable designs within CMS capabilities and constraints
- Collaborate with Digital, Product Management, Content & Editorial, and other cross-functional partners
- Participate in CMS component testing and refinement for visual, functional, and accessibility expectations
- Build documentation, specifications, and usage guidance for designers, production teams, vendors, and partners
- Apply accessibility requirements including color contrast, typography, reading order, semantic structure, and alternative text
- Share technical knowledge and emerging best practices with the Design & Brand team
- Guide designers transitioning from page- and template-based workflows to component- and system-based design
- Contribute to experimentation, learning, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience spanning graphic design, digital design, production design, design systems, publishing design, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated experience working across both design and technical implementation
- Portfolio or work samples demonstrating advanced visual design skills and ability to translate design systems into functional, reusable templates, components, or digital experiences
- Extensive proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, PowerPoint, and related design tools
- Experience with CMS-based digital workflows
- Working knowledge of HTML/CSS is a plus
- Experience creating and managing design components within a CMS-based workflow
- Strong collaboration, communication, organization, and time-management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with creative and technical partners
- Intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and willingness to learn new software, platforms, and approaches
- Strong understanding of design systems, including reusable components, styles, variables, patterns, libraries, and documentation
- Experience with educational publishing, complex content, or large-scale content production is preferred
- Experience with scripting, structured content, or AI-assisted production tools is a plus
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related education and/or professional experience
- Cover letter and resume required
- Successful completion of a background check required for new employees
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship requirements are queried in the application
Benefits:
- Less than 10% travel
- Equal opportunity employment
- Background check process and hiring communications from verified company domains
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