Senior Design – Template Specialist

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $65k - $75k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Great Minds

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

📚 Education

Education

Great Minds is an educational company dedicated to developing high-quality instructional materials for students and teachers. It offers comprehensive curricula in mathematics, English language arts, and science, designed to build deep and enduring knowledge. Great Minds' products, such as the Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, and PhD Science, aim to advance equity in classrooms by engaging all learners. The company supports educators with professional learning resources and customizable teaching materials that align with state standards and focus on building essential skills and knowledge. Great Minds is committed to making educational opportunities accessible to every student and provides resources to help educators tailor instruction to meet diverse classroom needs.

📋 Description

• 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