Job description
Macmillan is hiring a Production Manager to manage the production/manufacturing of approximately 72 conversions a year in varying complexity. This position will manage all aspects of print production for paperback conversions of children's books, including picture books, chapter books, novelty books, and graphic novels, ensuring high quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery by coordinating with internal teams and external domestic and overseas printers and suppliers.
This entails preparing preliminary and final cost estimates; issuing production schedules; issuing purchase orders for book components, text printing and binding; trafficking production materials; and managing quality control throughout the process.