Overview
Visual Studio Manager Jobs in City of Rochester, USA at Truth Collective
Location: City of Rochester
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Visual Studio Manager is a hands‑on creative leader and senior visual designer purpose‑built to support a dedicated creative and production model for a Fortune 50 client. This role combines high‑level design execution with the operational discipline, client‑service judgment, and people‑management skills required to lead a fast‑moving design studio team.
This role serves as the primary client and studio point of contact during assigned coverage shifts. The Visual Studio Manager is responsible for daily intake, prioritization, creative direction, work assignment, staffing coverage, recruitment, task reporting, quality control, vendor coordination, client expectation management, and timely delivery of confidential creative and production requests.
The position is designed for a working manager who can personally design and produce high‑quality work while also leading designers, balancing workloads, coaching team members, managing handoffs, and keeping the client informed, aligned, and confident under demanding timelines.
This role is part of a rotating studio coverage model designed to support clients 365 days a year while providing designers with more days off than a traditional Monday–Friday schedule.
Designers follow a 3‑days‑on / 3‑days‑off rotation, with alternating Sunday coverage shared between two teams. Depending on the week, this schedule typically provides 3 or 4 days off. Over the course of a year, designers on this schedule work approximately 78 fewer days than employees on a standard Monday–Friday schedule.
Because the studio operates every day of the year, weekend and holiday coverage may be required. Holiday assignments are balanced between the two teams, and holiday coverage compensation is reflected in the overall compensation package.
On assigned coverage days, team members are expected to be available and responsive to client needs throughout the coverage period. Active coverage hours run from 7:00 AM ET to 10:00 PM ET, supported by staggered shifts. One team member typically covers the early shift, approximately 7:00 AM ET to 5:00 PM ET, while another covers the midday/evening shift, approximately 12:00 PM ET to 10:00 PM ET.
Requests may occasionally arise outside of these hours due to urgent client priorities or business needs.
This Visual Studio Manager role is best suited for a calm, highly‑organized creative leader and creator who thrives in responsive, fast‑moving environments and values the flexibility of a compressed schedule model with extended time off built into the rotation.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This role has day‑to‑day management responsibility for the Fannie Mae‑dedicated design studio team including visual designers, freelancers, contractors, and/or vendor partners assigned to the account. Responsibilities include shift coverage planning, recruitment, workload management, coaching, onboarding, creative review, quality control, performance input, and functional leadership of employees, freelancers, contractors, and vendor partners assigned to the coverage model.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience preparing files for print, coordinating with vendors, managing production details, and working directly with clients is required.
- Experience leading or functionally managing designers, production artists, freelancers, contractors, or a small creative studio team is required. Formal direct people‑management experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience with shift‑based coverage models, client‑facing task reporting, intake systems, status trackers, workload balancing, recruiting, onboarding, and creative team operations is strongly preferred.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Lead and manage design studio team, including visual designers, production designers, freelance support, contractors, and vendor partners assigned to the client relationship.
- Create, adapt, version, and produce high‑quality visual materials across digital, presentation, print, environmental, fabrication, installation, and production applications.
- Use AI tools appropriately to accelerate design exploration, image and video generation, versioning, content adaptation, production efficiency, and workflow support.
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Title: Visual Studio Manager
Company: Truth Collective
Location: City of Rochester, USA
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