Offset Project Manager: From Docket to Delivery

Accent Impression; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Extended health care

On-site parking

Job summary

Accent Impression in Montreal seeks an Offset Project Manager to convert sold orders into complete production dockets and shepherd them through delivery. You will serve as the hinge between sales and production, ensuring clear instructions and on-time execution.

The role emphasizes reading quotes, coordinating across prepress, press, finishing, and shipping, and maintaining strong client communication in French (English a plus for non-Quebec clients).

Qualifications

• 6 to 8 years of commercial print experience in project management, customer service, production coordination or prepress.
• Solid understanding of print processes including sheet sizes, paper, colours, finishing and bindery.
• Able to read a quote and build a complete production docket from it.
• Comfortable with a print MIS.
• Well organized and able to run several jobs at once.
• Precise and detail-oriented: a missed spec stops the press.
• Sound judgment and clear communication with clients and production.
• Spoken and written French; English is an asset for serving clients outside Quebec.

Responsibilities

• Open dockets from sold orders: full specs, quantities, versions, paper, sizes, and processes.
• Translate client and sales language into precise production terms.
• Write clear instructions for each department: prepress, press, finishing, shipping.
• Check docket specs against the accepted quote before releasing to production.
• Set and track schedules, proofs, and approvals; follow projects end to end and communicate status.
• Act as the client’s point of contact during production.
• Handle revisions, late changes, and reprints.
• Work closely with prepress, press, finishing, and shipping.

Skills

Project management

Customer service

Production coordination

Prepress

Tools

Print MIS

Job description

Accent Impression in Montreal seeks an Offset Project Manager to convert sold orders into complete production dockets and shepherd them through delivery. You will serve as the hinge between sales and production, ensuring clear instructions and on-time execution.

The role emphasizes reading quotes, coordinating across prepress, press, finishing, and shipping, and maintaining strong client communication in French (English a plus for non-Quebec clients).