Manager, Production (4 color) (Princeton, NJ Hybrid)
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Job Location:
Princeton, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 75000 - 80000
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
HarperCollins has an exciting opportunity for a seasoned production professional with previous 4-color childrens book publishing experience. The professional in this role will produce frontlist childrens and adult titles in all formats including board books picture books cookbook and coloring books. This position will be responsible for working with two publishing teams one in Nashville and the other in New York City Must thrive in a team environment where quality communication budget and schedules are paramount.
Note: This position is located in our Princeton NJ facility. Opportunity for occasional travel to Nashville TN and New York City.
Responsibilities
- Manages the production of childrens titles for HarperCollins Christian Publishing division along with titles for Cider Mill and Applesauce imprints.
- Develops new processes and procedures with other departments to improve day-to-day operations
- Supervises all phases of production between internal departments and outside vendors
- Works with vendors to maintain schedules quality and pricing targets
- Issue Purchase Orders for first prints inclusive but not limited to printing binding components separations sales material and ebooks
- Research and Develops and prices special effects used on components for maximum effect in the most fiscally responsible manner
- Estimates titles for acquisition spec approval and final pricing.
- Triages technical procedural and quality issues with staff
- Reviews proofs and printed materials for color correctness
- Maintains and oversees compliance to safety testing program
- Handles special projects as needed
Qualifications
- 5 years book production and offset printing experience
- Proven success in the production field
- Expert-level understanding of printing binding finishing and prepress/premedia services for offset printing
- Experience producing color critical high-end materials with supervised on-press experience
- Ability to interpret color and provide color correction markups
- Understanding of industry vendors and their capabilities including both domestic and overseas vendors in Europe and Asia
- Sourcing experience and vendor contacts essential in both US and overseas.
- Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills
- Experience in digital asset management
- Thorough accurate and articulate verbal and written communication skills
- Capacity to think and react gracefully in a high-energy fast-paced environment
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Candidate must be willing to travel occasionally to Nashville TN and New York City
HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position we want to know why you want to work here and why you are interested in the job.Thats why cover letters are strongly preferred.
The salary range for this position is $75000-$80000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.
HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Management Experience
- 5S
- Operations Management
- Production Planning
- Production Management
- Kaizen
- Supervising Experience
- Manufacturing
