AIML - Design Manager, Communications Cary,North Carolina,United States Machine Learning and AI Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something. Apple’s AI and Machine Learning Communications team is focused on inspiring, informing and connecting Apple employees with the knowledge and tools for working in Machine Learning. Our team works to deliver exceptional content in many forms—events, video, text, graphic design, motion, and more. We are excited by the many ways we can create inspiring and memorable content and experiences. **Description** This role will lead design within the AIML Communications team, guiding creative professionals to create and deliver amazing work for the AIML organization, Apple employees and the ML research community. You will lead and operationalize the design team to handle incoming requests ranging from design consultation to full design ownership. Your responsibilities will include: - Managing a small team of designers while fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. - Lead and help execute creative direction across a wide variety of media—presentation, video, web, events, and more—with a high attention to detail. - Lead employees through forecasting, planning and replanning processes to address changing needs within a large engineering organization. - Owning the end-to-end creative process, establishing briefing structure and documentation of processes from concept to completion, and be accountable for the quality of all outgoing work. - Owning key stakeholder relationships to influence all levels within the organization on design vision and gain support. - Establish cross functional relationships to keep track of upcoming milestones to balance the workload throughout the year. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. + 7-10 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams. + Demonstration of strategy development that is thoughtful, clear, inspiring, and which ranges from single execution to both short and long form storytelling. **Key Qualifications** **Preferred Qualifications** + 7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization. + Experience innovating and creating new design proposals based on user and business needs. + Foster a culture of design excellence by inspiring and empowering the team to experiment and push boundaries. + Experience in presentation design, branding, photography, video, and user experience. + Understanding of machine learning concepts and technologies. + The ability to approach problem solving with tenacity and flexibility. 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