Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is hiring: Senior Manager, Production in New York

Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world, publishing a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. Macmillan Publishers is committed to our authors, our employees, and to the environment.

Location: New York

Department: Production

Position Overview

This role is a Senior Production Manager position on the reprint team, working primarily with Adult Trade and Mass Market titles. This role’s primary focus will be management of the Adult Trade and Mass Market reprint lists and reprint production team.

The Senior Production Manager will delegate reprint assignments, submit reprint orders, track orders in progress, run estimates, review quality on completed samples, and work closely with both vendors and our internal departments. They will oversee a team of two and provide support, guidance, and coverage for this team as needed. The Senior Production Manager will also work with Reprint Production, First Print Production, and other departments to develop, trial, and document new protocols and processes as needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the reprint title list and the Adult Trade and Mass Market reprint lists and reprint production team.
• Act as the key point of contact for specific queries regarding assigned imprints within the Adult Trade and Mass Market groups.
• Manage reprint orders of 1-color and 4-color titles (including, but not limited to, gathering costs, issuing purchase orders, routing and reviewing outgoing files for corrections, tracking schedules, reviewing digital and physical proofs, and addressing quality issues).
• Prepare for and attend weekly interdepartmental meetings.
• Prepare assignments for direct reports.
• Create margin estimates for offset and digital reprints.
• Develop and document workflows.

Qualifications

• 7+ years production experience.
• Experience with 1-color and 4-color book production.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Skills

• Adaptability and flexibility.
• Basic math skills.
• Communication (written and spoken).
• PC/Windows proficiency.
• Cost analysis skills.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace.
• Leadership (specifically in regard to people management).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to recognize and adjust priorities as needed.
• Technical knowledge of offset and digital printing.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.

Please include a cover letter with your application to be considered for this position.

This role will have an annual salary of $85,000 - $95,000.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.