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Production Controller - Illustrated Trade books

 

Are you an experienced production professional with a trade/illustrated book background looking for a new challenge, more responsibility and the chance to work on some well-known and popular lists? An opportunity has arisen to work in the pre-production team of this highly successful and highly-respected independent London based  publisher of trade adult and children’s books. This is a fantastic role as you will work across a diverse range of high quality illustrated 4 colour books and work closely with designers and editors to deliver a very busy publishing programme to ensure that books are produced on time and within budget. Responsibilities will include making sure that Files are supplied to external parties and to archive with the correct specifications, and advise on the most appropriate pre-press work flows, and also liaise with production on schedules. Other responsibilities will involve liaising with internal departments as well as with external packagers, freelancers and repro houses on a wide variety of frontlist and revised titles, advising on templates, preflighting files to check print integrity and troubleshooting file set-up issues.

This is a great role for an enthusiastic and experienced production controller looking for a role which will broaden your production experience within trade publishing, as you will work across the whole production spectrum on both print and digital products.  

The successful person will be able to demonstrate relevant production experience from a similar background within an illustrated or children`s production department; you will be highly motivated, able to work independently and within a team which is passionate about books, and able to manage tight schedules within a busy department. A good working knowledge of InDesign, Quark and/or Acrobat is highly desirable as is a thorough understanding of the print process.  You will have a sharp eye for detail, experience of working with templates and style sheets and great communication and organisational skills as you will be liaising with internal and external colleagues and suppliers.

For further details on this role please forward a CV and short covering letter outlining your salary expectations and availability.

 

Production Controller - Illustrated Trade books

Redwood, London
Permanent
Children's Publishing, Trade
Production
Reference: 
TD/PC1167
Salary description: 
Excellent salary and benefits package

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Previous relevant production experience on illustrated, books, Indesign, Quark, Acrobat, experience with digital products