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Inspired by the original teaching primers that shaped a nation of readers, thinkers, and builders, our schools begin with what has always worked, and build for what lies ahead. Close-knit learning environments. Skilled educators. A culture that takes kids seriously as learners and leaders.\nPrimers shaped the first 200 years of American children. Primer will ready them for the next.\nWe hear from parents, educators, legislators, and community leaders every day about the lives we’re changing - from families who felt stuck in the traditional system and now see their child thriving at Primer, to parents who “feel like they have their child back” after a few months at Primer.\nYour job is to bring Primer’s story to life for families across every state, campus, and event. You’ll own the standards that keep our creative consistent and build the production engine that makes high-quality, locally relevant assets available fast. You’ll work within Primer’s established brand, making one brand feel personal in dozens of communities, soon hundreds.\nThis is a hands-on role. You’ll design, review, and ship work yourself while building the templates, workflows, and AI-powered tools that help us scale. Teams will count on you as a creative partner with a sharp eye for detail, clear judgment on what’s ready to ship, and the resourcefulness to deliver as demand grows.\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn and uphold Primer’s established brand guidelines, ensuring every asset meets our standards while reflecting state, campus, and event-specific needs.\n\nBuild and run a creative production program that delivers high volumes of customized, high-quality assets with fast, predictable turnaround times.\n\nDevelop reusable templates, event kits, and asset libraries that make localized production efficient and maintain brand consistency.\n\nPartner with Growth, Admissions, and campus teams to translate business needs into clear creative briefs, priorities, and deliverables.\n\nOwn the workflow from intake through delivery, establishing clear SLAs, approval processes, and quality checks.\n\nServe as the final creative reviewer, ensuring assets are accurate, polished, on-brand, and ready to publish or print.\n\nPersonally design and produce assets while directing contractors or external creative partners as needed.\n\nTrack turnaround times, revision volume, and output quality to improve production as Primer expands.\n\nWhat You Bring:\nA strong design portfolio demonstrating brand consistency across digital, print, and localized marketing materials.\n\nExceptional attention to detail and the creative judgment to recognize what is ready to ship and what needs refinement.\n\nExperience building creative workflows that support high-volume production across multiple locations, audiences, or event types.\n\nA scrappy, hands-on approach with the ability to lead a program and execute the work yourself.\n\nStrong prioritization and stakeholder management skills, balancing speed, quality, and competing deadlines.\n\nFluency in design tools and experience using templates, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to scale production without compromising quality.\n\nUses AI tools and automation to accelerate creative production, scale state and campus customization, and shorten turnaround times while maintaining brand consistency and quality.\n\nExperience:\n6+ years of experience in graphic design, brand design, or creative production, creating high-quality digital and print assets.\n\n3+ years of experience adapting an established brand across multiple locations, audiences, and event types, with a portfolio demonstrating strong design judgment and locally relevant creative.\n\n2+ years of experience building creative production systems, including templates, asset libraries, intake processes, and clear turnaround expectations.\n\nHands-on proficiency with design tools and a track record of personally taking assets from brief to final delivery.\n\nExperience using AI and automation to accelerate production and customization while maintaining quality and brand consistency.\n\nDemonstrated attention to detail, including reviewing creative for accuracy, consistency, and readiness to publish or print.\n\nExperience partnering with growth and local operations teams to prioritize requests and deliver against competing deadlines.\n\nPrimer is a mission-first company. 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