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About the Role
Oversee the manufacturing of adult and children's one-color titles across hardcover and paperback formats, managing titles from early estimates to finished book. Collaborate with Editorial, Managing Editorial, Design, and printers to deliver high-quality products on ambitious timelines while balancing budget requirements.
Responsibilities
- Proactively monitor production schedules and coordinate with outside vendors and in-house teams for on-time delivery.
- Supervise outside vendors to regulate supplier performance and ensure schedule, quality, and budget requirements are met.
- Perform desk duties including cost estimating, production scheduling, preflighting files, proof trafficking, and color assessment.
- Prepare and update budgets and cost estimates.
- Prepare purchase orders and shipping instructions.
- Attend and participate in weekly production meetings.
- Analyze production specifications to propose cost-saving measures.
- Work under supervision, keeping Senior Manager informed of service disruption or vendor quality issues and communicating issues to vendors.
- Maintain accurate specification and scheduling information in company databases.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
- College degree or relevant work experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in 1/c print book manufacturing with domestic and overseas suppliers.
- Effective and efficient vendor management skills.
- Comfort with Adobe Creative Suite and basic file preflight, specifically InDesign and Acrobat.
- Creative, highly organized, and detail-oriented.
- Flexible and able to prioritize in the face of high-volume work.
- Self-starter requiring minimal supervision, who can also collaborate well with a diverse team.
- Proficiency in Excel, basic math, calculating, analyzing, and organizing data.
- Thorough, accurate, and articulate verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with digital asset management systems.
- Seeks continuous improvement and innovative solutions.
- Maintains grace under pressure in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- File preflight
- InDesign
- Acrobat
- Excel
- Basic math
- Data analysis
- Data organization
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Digital asset management systems
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- College degree or relevant work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000-$75,000
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Accidental death and dismemberment
- Critical illness insurance
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Health and dependent care FSA
- Commuter benefit plan
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Travel assistance
- 401(k)
- Discretionary bonus program
- PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays, generous sick leave)
- Group discounts on auto and home insurance
- Group discounts on legal services
About the Company
- Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world.
- The mission of Hachette Book Group is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity.
- At HBG, we are guided by four core pillars: Understanding Consumers, Changing the Story, Owner Mentality, and Growth Mindset.
- As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do.
- Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.
Equal Opportunity
- Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.