Closing date: 10th October 2024
Salary: £40,000+ dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)
Location: The role will be based at our London or Sheffield offices, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Manage a team and deliver a programme of dynamic publishing projects as a production manager at Hachette division, Orion.
At Orion, we believe every story matters. Open, agile, passionate and innovative, our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Ambitious to continually raise the bar, we believe good stories can come from anywhere and so encourage and value contributions from everybody here.
Orion is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
What you'll be doing
- You will manage, support and inspire a team of senior Production Controllers who with the Production Manager collectively are responsible for delivering a dynamic programme of publishing projects across a range of colour books and gifts.
- These come primarily from the Laurence King and Seven Dials imprints, with some additional publishing from the other Orion imprints.
- Central to the role is the ability to ensure the cost-effective, timely and quality production of new publications and reprints, in line with the ambitions of the company and its publishing programme.
- You will take the lead on your own range of production projects and you will also work on projects to improve process, performance and compliance, either on your own, on with others in the Production leadership team.
Who we're looking for
- We are looking for an experienced and ambitious production professional with the talent and vision to lead an experienced team and make a significant contribution to the success of our publishing business.
- You will have considerable experience managing a range of production projects, either colour book or gifts, ideally both.
- You should bring experience in trouble-shooting and problem-solving as well as a solid grounding in managing budgets, schedules, tenders, complex technical specifications and estimates.
- You will also enjoy making productive relationships with stakeholders across the business and will invest in high levels of collaboration and clear communication which inspire professional confidence, and similarly manage and develop excellent relations with suppliers to ensure the best service and terms for our projects.
- We expect proficiency with MS Office tools as well ideally experience using Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign and Biblio and a knowledge in safety testing would be desirable.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
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