Production Manager

MTA Digital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

MTA Digital is growing and expanding its leadership with a newly created role reporting to the General Manager. Based in London, you will run the factory floor, schedule jobs, manage the production team, and ensure quality across all print formats.

You will oversee HP Indigo and EFI wide-format presses, drive cross-training, and collaborate closely with the Installation Manager to keep schedules aligned. A strong background in small- and large-format print is essential.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience in small-format print production.
• Experience managing or supervising a production team.
• Experience operating small and large format kit (Zund, guillotine, folding, saddle-stitching).
• Knowledge of HP Indigo, toner press, and EFI wide-format processes to instruct and oversee staff.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) for reviewing artwork.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day production team on the factory floor.
• Schedule and prioritise jobs across small- and large-format print runs.
• Quality control and troubleshooting on press.
• Oversee press operations: HP Indigo and EFI wide-format presses; guide the floor team.
• Oversee print finishing: guillotining, folding, saddle-stitching and laminating.
• Line management: performance, holidays and day-to-day staff.
• Coordinate with Installation Manager to align production and installation schedules.

Skills

Production management

Team leadership

Quality control

Press troubleshooting

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

HP Indigo

EFI wide-format press

Zund

Guillotine

Saddle-stitching

Vutek wide-format

PACE MIS

Job description

MTA Digital is growing, and we're building out our leadership team to match — this is a newly created role, not a replacement, reporting into the General Manager.

About Us

MTA Digital is one of the few print businesses that genuinely does both small-format and large-format work under one roof, from business cards and leaflets through to large-format print and installations. We're a close-knit, family-run team based in London (SE6).

The Role

Running the day-to-day of our factory floor from production scheduling, quality, managing the production team and working closely with our Installation Manager and our new General Manager.

What you'll be doing

• Day-to-day management of the production team on the factory floor
• Scheduling and prioritising jobs across small-format and large-format print runs
• Quality control and troubleshooting on press
• Overseeing our print processes: HP Indigo and toner digital presses, plus our EFI wide-format press — directing and instructing the factory floor team on press
• Overseeing print finishing across both small and large format: guillotining, folding, saddle-stitching and laminating
• Instigating cross-training across the production team to build a more flexible, multi-skilled floor
• Line management: performance, holidays, day-to-day people management for the production team
• Working closely with the Installation Manager to keep production and installation schedules aligned

What we're looking for (essential)

• Solid hands-on experience in small-format print production
• Experience managing or supervising a production team
• Practical, hands-on experience operating small and large format kit e.g. Zund, guillotine, folding and saddle-stitching equipment, HP7800, Vutek wide-format press and laminating equipment
• Good knowledge of HP Indigo, toner press, and EFI wide-format print processes — enough to instruct, troubleshoot and oversee factory floor staff (you won't be required to run the presses yourself)
• Explicit knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) for reviewing artwork and prepress files
• Right to work in the UK

Great to have

• General understanding of imposition and prepress principles across both small and large format work
• General technical skills — colour management, preflighting, and job costing/MIS systems (we use PACE)

Salary range: £40,000 - £48,000 depending on experience

This is a genuine opportunity to shape a newly created role in a growing, family-run business.