Merchandise Design Manager
About the role
Our Merchandise team exists to take those moments, a character, a running joke, a friendship, an episode people can quote from memory and turn them into things fans can hold, wear, and display. We're looking for a Merchandise Design Manager to join us in Austin, TX and help lead a team focused on internal content development. You'll own both halves of our creative output: the Concept Design track that turns story into product ideas, and the Design track that turns approved ideas into final artwork ready for production. This is a creative leadership role with teeth. You'll set the quality bar, define the approval gates, manage product capacity for your team, and review the major concept, artwork, and packaging packages before they reach Content, Merchandise Leadership, or executives. You'll also own the harder half of the job: making sure we are making the right product, for the right audience, and delivered at the right time. Capacity planning is a real part of this, not an afterthought. You'll balance internal assignments against contractor artist support, and you'll be the person who sets the pace for the team to help deliver the product on time. You'll also partner with Licensing, Production, and Executive Leadership when an approval decision gets escalated. If you've led designers before and want a brand where the audience is enormous and passionate, the characters are genuinely loved, and the work ships at real volume, this is that job.