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The Design Operations Manager will oversee scheduling, workflows, and inter-department communications within the TPG Art Department, contributing to efficient project management and organizational effectiveness.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing project schedules, updating production documents, maintaining a status grid, coordinating meetings, and liaising with multiple departments for workflow efficiency.

Skills: Strong organizational skills, exceptional communication abilities, collaboration skills, and proficiency in Google Suite and Microsoft Excel are essential; Adobe Creative Suite knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications: 3-5 years of experience in publishing is preferred, with production editorial or management experience being an advantage; a college degree or equivalent experience is also required.

Location: The job is based in New York, New York, United States.

Compensation: $60000 - $65000 / Annually

The Design Operations Manager of the TPG Art Department will oversee the design team’s schedules, develop and

maintain department workflows, and act as a liaison to the editorial, production, managing editorial, publicity,

ad/promo, and marketing and sales departments. The candidate must have exceptional organization and

communication skills and have a strong interest in developing systems and workflows.

What you'll do:

• Prepare seasonal studio schedules and individual project roadmaps; ensure deadlines are met.
• Keep designers aware of deadlines for meetings, conferences, sales calls, etc.
• Support the Art department with seasonal updates to strategic planning and production documents.
• Maintain a status grid for covers and other design elements for staff to reference.
• Maintain the agenda and compile notes at weekly department meetings and weekly company cover meetings.
• Attend weekly production meetings to provide updates and take notes for art department.
• Coordinate with the Operations department for large seasonal meetings.
• Obtain approval for cover images; post cover files to the internal bibliographic system.
• Liaise with other departments within TPG and Macmillan to manage file/material requests.
• Update and implement workflows as departmental needs evolve.

What you'll bring:

• Excellent organizational skills; ability to manage schedules for numerous simultaneous projects.
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across various departments.
• Ability to create and implement new processes.
• Expert use of Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, Mac Platform, skilled at data entry and running reports.
• Knowledge of the bookmaking process, from early stages to printed books.

Ideal Experience: 

• 3-5 years of publishing experience.
• Production editorial, managing editorial, and production management experience are a plus.
• No design background needed, but knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
• College degree or equivalent experience.

This role will have an annual salary of $60,000-$65,000

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. 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.