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Sr. Manager, Production
HarperCollins
Monmouth Junction, NJ, United States
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Note: This position is primarily located in our Princeton, NJ facility.
HarperCollins is currently seeking a Senior Manager of Children’s Production to produce frontlist children’s titles in all formats. This position will be responsible for working with editors and publishers in multiple locations as as well as print vendors to ensure that high quality standards are met. Must thrive in a fast-paced, team environment where quality, budget and schedules are paramount. Some travel is required for meeting with publishing teams and conducting press okays.
Responsibilities:
• Oversees the production of HarperCollins children’s trade and faith based titles
• Manages a production staff of 2 professionals
• 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 new books inclusive but not limited to printing, binding, components, separations, sales material and ebooks.
• 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.
• Color corrects proofs and attends press checks as needed.
• Maintains and oversees the due diligence safety testing program
• Quality controls all product and samples.
• Stays abreast of all safety issues through interaction with Legal Department and applicable vendors.
• Carries out special projects as needed.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years book production and offset printing experience
• Proven success in the production field
• Experience with direct reports
• 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 precise instruction and retouching & color correction markups
• Some travel required to work with designers and publishers beyond the tri-state area
• Thorough understanding of industry vendors and their capabilities, including overseas vendors in China
• Sourcing experience and vendor contacts essential in both US and overseas.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem solving skills
• Mac/PC experience including proficiency in MS office and working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• 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
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
About the Company:
HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With nearly two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 17 languages, and has a print and digital catalogue of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.
HarperCollins Publishers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.