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The Assistant Print Production Manager at Benchmark Education Company supports the Creative Services department in managing print and digital projects, ensuring quality and timely execution of print production tasks.

Responsibilities: Assist in daily production operations, manage offshore teams, execute layout corrections, and perform quality assessments on final page files.

Skills: Minimum 5 years experience in graphic production, proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign, Acrobat, and Illustrator), and strong understanding of printing processes.

Qualifications: 5+ years of experience with Adobe Creative Suite and management of offshore production teams; proficiency in MAC OS preferred.

Location: New Rochelle, United States of America

Compensation: $75000 - $85000 / Annually

*This position is onsite 5x a week at our New Rochelle office.

Position Purpose:

Responsible for providing production support to the Creative Services department in a variety of capacities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist supervision of daily operations of the production department
• Management off shore production teams across multiple projects
• Execute InDesign layout corrections based upon instruction from Editorial, Copy Editing and Design departments.
• Advance print and digital projects through the production workflow
• Troubleshoot problems with design layouts
• Create InDesign Templates utilizing correct printer specifications
• Digital manipulation of high-resolution art and photographic file to optimize reproduction, and impart alterations to fit layout design, including image extension, silhouetting, color correction, and file format changes as needed.
• Quality assesses final page files for accuracy in content and execution
• Create PDF files from InDesign documents
• Transmit PDF files to various print facilities
• Migrate and archive files to BEC’s DAM locations
• Perform minor design work as needed.

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience in graphic production for publications
• 5 plus years of experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including Acrobat and Illustrator
• 3 years of experience Woodwing preferred.
• High Proficiency with MAC OS.
• Understanding of printing processes
• Experience managing teams on a project-by-project basis
• Experience managing offshore teams and vendors
• Comfortable multitasking several projects concurrently
• Ability to work in a team setting and willingness to share knowledge with others
• Keen interest in instructional technology and digital media
• Ability to learn new software quickly
• Excellent communication skills 

Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000

*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.

ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com