Senior Manager, Art Direction & Production

Cvent, Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cvent, Inc. in Tysons, VA is seeking a Senior Manager of Art Direction & Production to lead a global design team, own the creative production workflow, and drive brand enablement across the organization.

You will partner with copy and video leads, set design standards, manage templates, tools, and processes, and apply AI-powered solutions to boost quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in design, art direction, or creative production with 2-3 years leading designers.
• Strong art direction instincts and a clear POV on design quality.
• Proven experience building scalable brand template systems and asset libraries.

Responsibilities

• Direct a global team of designers, setting expectations and driving growth.
• Lead art direction across deliverables ensuring brand standards are met.
• Own production workflow, SLAs, asset management, and quality checks.
• Develop and maintain brand enablement resources (toolkits, guides, libraries).
• Collaborate with copy and video leads to align cross-discipline workflows.
• Identify tools and processes to improve efficiency and output quality.
• Mentor team on AI-powered design tools and emerging technologies.

Skills

Brand leadership

Art direction

Creative production

People management

Brand systems

Template systems

Design tools

AI tooling

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

DAM systems

Job description

Overview:

Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we're transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection.

Cvent's strength lies in its people, fostering a culture where everyone is encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, taking risks and making decisions confidently. We value diverse perspectives and celebrate differences, working together with colleagues and clients to build strong connections.

AI at Cvent: Leading the Future

Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we're committed to continuous learning and adaptation — AI isn't just a tool for us, it's part of our DNA. We're looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you'll thrive here.

Cvent is seeking a Senior Manager, Art Direction & Production to lead and develop our global team of designers, own the operational backbone of our creative production process, and serve as the primary driver of brand enablement across the organization.

This is a people leadership role focused on designers. As a peer to our creative copywriting and video leads, you will sit within the broader creative function reporting directly to the Creative Director. You will own the day-to-day art direction of design output, manage the systems and templates that allow the broader organization to work in-brand, and establish the process and tooling standards that enable a high-quality, high-efficiency design operation.

This role is ideal for someone who is a strong design leader, a thoughtful manager of people, and an operator who believes great creative and great process go hand in hand.

In This Role, You Will:

Design Team Leadership & Management

• Directly manage a global team of designers, setting clear expectations, providing consistent creative direction, and fostering a culture of craft, accountability, and professional growth.
• Lead art direction across design deliverables, ensuring all output reflects Cvent's brand standards and creative quality bar.
• Build team capacity and competency, identifying skill gaps, coaching toward growth, and partnering with the Creative Director on hiring and team development.
• Manage workload distribution, bandwidth planning, and day-to-day prioritization across the design team.

Brand Enablement & Template Systems

• Own and evolve Cvent's library of brand-approved templates, asset banks, and design components that enable non-design teams to produce on-brand work independently.
• Develop and maintain scalable brand enablement resources including toolkits, style guides, component libraries, and usage documentation.
• Proactively identify where teams are working around brand standards and build solutions that make working in-brand the path of least resistance.
• Train and educate internal stakeholders on how to correctly apply brand assets, templates, and design best practices.

Production Operations & Process Excellence

• Own the production workflow for the design team, including intake, trafficking, versioning, and delivery processes.
• Establish and enforce clear SLAs, asset management conventions, and quality control checkpoints that support a high-volume, high-quality creative operation.
• Lead the evaluation, adoption, and optimization of design and production tools, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and output quality.
• Partner with the Creative Director and peer creative leads (copy, video) to ensure smooth cross-discipline production workflows.

Creative Standards & Best Practices

• Serve as the team's resident expert on design best practices, emerging tools, and the intersection of art direction and production efficiency.
• Document and champion repeatable creative standards across formats, channels, and use cases.
• Partner with the Creative Director to uphold and evolve brand creative standards as the brand grows and scales.

AI & Tool Innovation

• Lead the design team's adoption of AI-powered design tools and production technologies, helping the team work smarter and faster without sacrificing creative quality.
• Stay current on emerging creative technologies and proactively recommend tools and workflows that increase team capacity or output quality.

Here's What You Need:

• 8+ years of experience in design, art direction, or creative production, with at least 2-3 years in a people management role leading designers.
• Strong art direction instincts and a clear point of view on what makes design work well, across both brand expression and production quality.
• Proven experience building and maintaining scalable brand template systems, asset libraries, and design enablement resources.
• Deep fluency in design and production tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, DAM systems) and a track record of improving team workflow through tool and process optimization.
• Strong organizational and operational skills, with experience managing multi-project design operations in a high-volume environment.
• Experience working within a larger creative function, including collaboration with copywriting and video leads.
• Clear and direct communicator who can translate creative feedback effectively and align stakeholders to design decisions.
• Familiarity with AI-powered design and production tools, with a curiosity about how emerging technology can improve creative operations.

Physical Demands

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

This job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. If we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, this information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly.

The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $125,000-$160,000 annually + bonus depending on factors such as job-related knowledge, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, details of which can be found .