Production Controller

Troubador Publishing; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A publishing company is seeking a Production Controller to manage book production processes and liaise with authors. The role involves project management from contract to publication, requiring excellent organization and communication skills. Candidates should thrive in fast-paced environments, have an eye for detail, and ideally possess some knowledge of Adobe InDesign. This role is on-site at the company's Market Harborough HQ.

Qualifications

• Thrives in a fast-paced work environment.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Strong attention to detail in grammar and spelling.
• Ability to multitask with various project deadlines.
• Able to explain complex topics to authors effectively.
• Ability to multitask on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual authors and projects from contract to publication.
• Project manage production from manuscript to delivery.
• Communicate with other departments to ensure smooth publishing.
• Handle scheduling of book deliveries from printers.
• Schedule all book deliveries from printers and communicate with printers to ensure smooth process.
• Carrying out proof corrections and amendments in InDesign; prepare and check files for print.

Skills

Customer service

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Apple computers

Job description

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Troubador Publishing is looking for a Production Controller to join a busy book production department, producing beautiful books across all genres. This role will be key to supporting the production team with important publishing administration tasks while also managing your own selection of authors. This will include liaising with other team members to ensure edits, typesets and cover designs are produced on time and to schedule. You’ll be the main point of contact for your own list of authors and a critical team member for the production department.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll be given responsibility early on as part of this role and will be speaking with authors directly over the phone and by email, making sure that their publishing journey is as good as possible. We also invite authors to visit our offices for meetings, and therefore, you may also be liaising with those authors face-to-face.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities for this role will include:

• Responsible for each individual author and project assigned to you, from the point of contract receipt, right through to the book's official publication date.
• Project managing the production of books, from manuscript to delivery of the final product.
• To manage the production process of multiple books simultaneously as the named Production Controller, to liaise with other staff as part of this process and to follow the production process.
• Communicate with other departments to ensure the smooth running of the publishing, marketing and distribution processes.
• Handling the scheduling of all book deliveries from the printers, whether to the Troubador warehouse or authors, and communicating with those printers to ensure the smooth running of this process.
• Carrying out proof corrections and amendments in InDesign.
• Preparing and checking files for print, ensuring accuracy and quality.Typesetting from an approved style to create a professional book interior.

Requirements

Key requirements for this role are:

• We are looking for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
• The successful candidate will be able to offer excellent customer service.
• An eye for detail and a good level of grammar and spelling.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent tech skills (Adobe InDesign experience is a plus, but not essential).
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to explain complex or technical processes or topics to authors effectively.
• Ability to multitask - you’ll have a lot of projects ongoing at the same time, each with its own deadlines.
• Ability to work well within a team, and comfortable asking for help.

Nice to haves

Some things that it would be nice for candidates to have but are not essential are:

• Adobe suite, specifically InDesign experience, is a plus.
• Ability to use Apple computers.
• Experience with the book production process.
• Experience working directly with customers or clients.
• A creative eye and a passion for design.

Working location: On-site at our Market Harborough HQ

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Book Publishing

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