Production Controller

The Quarto Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health Cash Plan

Pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Summer hours

Staff discounts

Job summary

The Quarto Group in London is seeking a Production Controller to join our Children's Production team. You will handle costing, scheduling, and delivery of titles, working with suppliers and internal teams to ensure on-time, high-quality outputs.

The role offers a discretionary hybrid model: three days in the office, two days at home, with 35 hours per week. We welcome proactive problem-solvers who can manage workload, negotiate with suppliers, and help drive cost savings.

Qualifications

• Solid fundamental technical production knowledge (4c printing, file set up, proofing, quality checking).
• Understanding pricing, negotiation, and specification; novelty experience desirable.
• Organise own workload efficiently and manage pace and volume.

Responsibilities

• Costing, scheduling, manufacturing, and delivery of titles across reprint, co-edition and custom.
• Ensuring costs, schedule, administration and paperwork are maintained for all projects.
• Learning and following departmental processes.

Skills

Production knowledge

Pricing & negotiation

Time management

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Job description

Are you an enthusiastic and curious Production person with a flair for problem solving and an eagle eye for detail? Do you want to deliver award-winning Children's books to our next generation of readers? We're looking for an enthusiastic and confident individual to join our busy and exciting Children's Production team here at Quarto. You will be part of a dynamic team looking to expand our successful publishing; at Quarto we aim to create a workplace as diverse as our customers and books.

Contract

Permanent

6 th November 2026

Working hours

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model, with three days in our London office and two working from home.

About the role

As a Production Controller, you will play a key role in the production and distribution of our books, building strong working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and distributors to bring our books to life and deliver to our global customers. You will have the opportunity to flex your production skills and creativity to ensure you deliver our wonderful product on time and – wherever possible – suggest cost savings or efficiencies. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills you may need to progress to more senior roles in publishing and production. The role will include a mixture of conventional and novelty product so some experience with safety testing would be advantageous.

What you will be involved in

• Costing,scheduling,manufacturing,anddeliveryof titles across reprint, co-edition and custom
• Ensuringcosts,schedule,administrationandpaperworkis maintained for all projects
• Learningandfollowingdepartmental processes

About you

You will be able to demonstrate you have experience in book production and are looking for your next move up in your production career.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Demonstrate solid fundamental technical production knowledge (4c printing, file set up, proofing, quality checking). Knowledge of the co-edition production process is desirable.
• Demonstrate an understanding of pricing, negotiation, and specification. Novelty experience would be advantageous
• Organise own workload efficiently
• Prioritiseandmanagepaceandvolume
• Communicate effectively , working closely with internal teams (Operations, Creative, Foreign Rights) and external suppliers.
• Anticipate problems and implement solutions
• Build relationships with key stakeholders

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days.
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Active social and diversity committees
• Excellent and welcoming office facilities in a fantastic location

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview. We will keep applications on file for 6 months should a suitable vacancy arise. If you'd rather we didn't, please let us know with your application.