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About the Role
This role is offered on a 9-month fixed term contract basis from December 2026 to September 2027. We are looking for an enthusiastic Production Manager with experience of both mono and colour production who is passionate about making a difference, has a commercial outlook, and is comfortable driving change.
Responsibilities
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal teams across Editorial, Design, Sales, Inventory, Finance as well as external suppliers, to identify and implement solutions for reprographic, manufacturing, costing, and scheduling challenges.
- Manage supplier relationships, influencing and negotiating with external suppliers.
- Support and manage members of the team, inspiring, developing, and enabling them to do their best work.
- Ensure everything is delivered on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards.
- Manage the production of books and associated formats, including working on custom product, bringing ideas and solutions to the creative teams.
- Have a confident understanding of the needs and goals of your Production team and use this to inform your decision-making with high commercial awareness.
- Take a proactive role in shaping how we work by evaluating, critiquing, improving, and communicating our processes and best practices.
- Be authoritative and influential, serving as an ambassador and point of contact for the team.
- Provide trusted production advice and support to other departments.
- Develop and communicate a proactive and collaborative production approach, partnering with Editorial, Design, and Sales to drive innovation and growth.
- Demonstrate market and commercial awareness, showing a strong understanding of business needs and how the team can best support the Ebury Publishing Division.
- Take initiative and lead on ad-hoc projects and tasks outside of the usual Trade and Non-Trade production cycles.
- Approach production solutions creatively and innovatively, contributing to the department’s strategic initiatives and process improvements.
- Contribute to a calm, constructive, and mature atmosphere in the team, being a positive influence within the department and the broader company.
- Be confident in your understanding of production processes, systems, terminology, and the broader company and industry.
- Guide, advise, and formally train junior team members.
Requirements
- Excellent experience of colour and mono book production.
- Experience of mentoring, training or managing direct reports.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Calm, positive and flexible approach to work, even when under pressure.
- Experience of managing a varied workload with a track record of successfully delivering to deadlines while meeting the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
- Great communication and negotiating skills, adept at building and maintaining relationships.
- Experience of working with Biblio and Adobe Creative Cloud required.
Skills
- Colour production
- Mono production
- Reprographics
- Manufacturing
- Costing
- Scheduling
- Supplier relationship management
- Negotiation
- Team management
- Commercial awareness
- Process improvement
- Communication
- Biblio
- Adobe Creative Cloud
Location
- Embassy Gardens office in London
Work Type
- 9-month fixed term contract
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Production Manager
Salary/Compensations
- £40,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
About the Company
- We publish for people’s every need and passion, from food, personal development and memoir, to smart thinking, parenting and business.
- We work in close partnership with stellar talents like Yotam Ottolenghi, Michaela Coel, Fearne Cotton, Charlie Mackesy, Stacey Solomon, Tom Felton, Adam Grant, Wim Hof, Mary Berry and Brené Brown.
- Here at Penguin, we believe in the power of authenticity and human creativity.
- We celebrate creativity and diverse perspectives.