Creative Production Lead

Position: Creative Production Lead 

2/1/25

We're seeking a Full Time team member to join our Production Team. The Creative Production Lead helps to produce and oversee the production of our paper products, maintaining the original design vision of our founder, Meg. The Production Team has to visually interpret systems and patterns for each product, maintaining the uniqueness of each product. The Creative Production Lead supports the Production Manager in all tasks, and specifically acts as an expert in the artistic vision of the company. 

Applicants should be highly detail-oriented and able to stand for long periods of time. The Creative Production Lead responsibilities include producing products, documenting projects, maintaining project times, product quality inspection, product packaging, binding, sorting, and assembling products. The Creative Production Lead will support the Production Manager by assisting with supply ordering, daily organization, managing production flow, documenting production quotas, and updating on any issues. The Creative Production Lead also works with the Design Team to create and prototype new products, as well as assisting with creating new processes for the line. 

We're looking for someone with a strong eye for detail, good with color and composition, and is interested in and excited about Moglea products. The ideal candidate should be interested in optimizing production processes while working quickly. The ideal candidate is versed with matching painting styles and can easily carry on the look and feel of the Moglea brand. A background in the arts is helpful but is not required. Great candidates are teachable, asking lots of questions as they go. Great candidates are confident, able to make this creative practice their own, while continuing to create beautiful Moglea designs. This individual is ready to lead others both verbally and in practice, adhering to the values of the company.  

 

Our Company: 

Moglea was launched in 2012, and is under the creative direction of Chad and Meg Gleason. Their artful stationery and product line is created by using hand-applied production processes to add one-of-a-kind elements to each product. The production team in their Des Moines, Iowa-based studio thoughtfully applies layers of paint to extra thick sheets of paper before cutting them down, yielding completely unique compositions. Each piece is finished on one of their antique presses where it is foil stamped, printed or die cut using traditional letterpress printing processes. 

The Moglea line is a joyful exploration of composition, pattern and color. For each new release, Chad and Meg intentionally focus on adding unexpected production processes or visual ideas to the current collection. The result is a product line in which each piece feels like a work of art that is meant to be shared. 

The Moglea line is sold worldwide, with placement in over 1000 stores. The line is also sold nationwide by retailers such as Anthropologie, West Elm, CB2, The Container Store and Dick Blick Art Materials. 

 

Our Values

Sincerity: We speak honestly and from our heart. We believe in caring personally and challenging directly as a means to improve when working together. We share our own stories and extend space for others to share theirs. We truly think this is the best and only way we can continue to grow as a team and company. 

Accountability: We embrace mistakes and learn together. We listen, observe, and gather information that brings us closer to understanding our team. 

Respect: We respect and listen to all members of our team, whether new to Moglea or senior employees. 

Humility: We recognize that we can and we will be wrong. That new information, time, new levels of understanding asks us to challenge our previously-held opinions and seek to improve ourselves and our work. 

Adaptive Tenacity:  We commit to our goals and stick to that commitment with a spirit of open-hearted and earnest striving. We are growth-minded, and ask that all employees continue to grow and adapt to the growth of our company. 

Integrity: We ask that all employees are trustworthy, do what is right, and lead by example. 

Joy: We acknowledge that as coworkers we see each other more than family and friends. Work can be challenging but overall should be fun, joyful, and fulfilling to every member of the Moglea team. We seek to ensure that every employee has a net positive experience while working at Moglea. 

Primary duties:

Painting

• Mixing paints, creating recipes, and matching existing color palettes
• Painting products including cards, notebooks, clocks and artwork
• Packaging and assembling products
• Helping put away and document product inventory
• Maintaining target labor times on all production processes and projects
• Documenting all production projects so that they can be easily recreated
• Maintaining the aesthetic quality of the Moglea brand
• Painting product for social media videos - marketing purposes
  
  Assembly
  
   
• Packaging and assembling Moglea products
• Quality control for products - watching for production issues and sorting
• Helping put away and document product inventory. 
• Maintaining target assembly times on all production processes and projects
• 
  Production Operations Support 
  
   
• Taking inventory of supplies
• Ordering supplies
• Daily and Weekly reporting on production quotas
  • Monitoring target production times
  • Monitoring processes for efficiency and accuracy
• Sales Platform support - updating daily
• Artistic quality control of production processes - color and aesthetics matching 
  
   

Potential - ideally within the first 12 months

• Collaborating with Design Team on new designs. 
• Working on process improvements for new painting production techniques. 
• Working on process improvements within bindery and assembly.
• Prototyping for new designs. 

Desired Education/Experience/Skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design or arts field or relevant work experience
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Proficiency in building spreadsheets in Google Sheets and Excel
• Ideal - coursework in operations or business 

It is helpful but not required to have experience in painting, color mixing, and a background in the arts. This job is physical, so you’ll need to be comfortable with performing repetitive tasks, swirling paint, and brushing on large sheets. This includes lifting and moving boxes or paper stock that weighs up to 50 pounds. 

 

Position Type: We need to fill as soon as possible. We are only hiring a full-time candidate for this role. 

 

Starting Pay Range:

This position’s pay will be based on the candidate's experience/qualifications. This role is $22.00 hourly (with an option to proceed to salary at the 3 month mark) or $45K annually with benefits. 

Benefits:

• Health savings plan
• Retirement savings plan 
• Paid vacation and sick days
• Employee discount
• Free downtown parking
• Ability to learn and grow within a creative environment 
• Hybrid creative position - Operations + creative mix

Location:

Our production studio is located in downtown Des Moines at 110 11th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309.  

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

Application Process:

Please email jobs@moglea.com and submit:

Your cover letter and resume (if you have one or just a listing of job history if applicable). Your cover letter should state why you think you would be a great fit at Moglea or why you would like to work at Moglea. Please also include PDF of samples of your creative or paint work if you can. 

Please also put the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email - Creative Creative Production Lead

We really appreciate you taking the time to consider yourself for this position. If you have any questions, please email jobs@moglea.com.