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The Associate Manager, Production will oversee the management of a first print list for a main publishing division, ensuring production schedules and quality standards are met for approximately 100 titles annually.

Responsibilities: Main responsibilities include issuing purchase orders, communicating with various departments about production materials, and maintaining schedules while ensuring quality control throughout the production process.

Skills: Candidates must possess excellent book production knowledge, organizational skills, accuracy, collaboration, and the ability to adapt to changes and resolve issues promptly.

Qualifications: At least 3 years of book production experience and a College Degree in Book Printing/Production or equivalent work experience are required.

Location: This position is based in New York, New York, United States, with no indication of remote work options.

Compensation: $34 - $34 / Hourly

To help manage first print list for a main publishing division, approx. 100 titles per year. This will include preparing preliminary and final cost estimates for each title. Work with Managing Editorial on production schedules, purchase orders for book components, text printing and binding. Traffic production materials and work closely with in-house departments and vendors to ensure schedules are maintained. Responsible for quality control throughout the process.

Major Responsibilities:

• Issue purchase orders to vendors for composition, book components, galleys, and manufacturing.
• Communicate paper requirements and review paper specs in a timely manner with paper manager.
• Review and route production materials among Interior Design, Jacket Design, Managing Editorial, Production Editorial, and vendors.
• Communicate with text designers, production editors, managing editors, jacket designers, other in-house departments and vendors as needed as it concerns schedules, query solutions and issues impacting budget and quality. Making recommendations in response to changed circumstances.

Required Skills / Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of all facets of book production and manufacturing with basic understandings of overall business of publishing and how production issues affect the success of a publishing company.
• Ability to prioritize.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in work.
• Works collaboratively with others in a professional manner.
• Able to adapt to schedule changes, delays and unexpected events. Anticipates, identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.

Experience Needed:

• At least 3 years of book production experience.
• Must be highly organized and detail minded.
• College Degree Book Printing/Production or equivalent work experience.

This role will have an hourly salary of $34/hour and the finalist will be hired through a third party vendor, Noor.

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. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.