Associate Director, Children's Production Lead

Macmillan Learning; United States; A distancia; USD 105.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Macmillan Children's Publishing Group seeks an experienced Associate Director of Production to lead the frontlist production team for Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt, and Godwin Books imprints, as well as conversions for MCPG. You will coach production managers while handling a personal list of 40–45 titles annually across picture books, chapter books, novelty titles, and graphic novels.

You’ll partner with Editorial, Design, Managing Editorial, and Publishers; own 4-color workflows; and

Formación

• 15 years of book production experience with at least 10 years in Children’s publishing.
• Strong vendor relationships and ability to keep complex projects on schedule, on budget, and high quality.
• Experience in people management is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Supervise and coach the production team across production and manufacturing including scheduling, prepress, estimating, printing and binding for text and components.
• Maintain quality and coach team to manage vendors and review projects to high standards.
• Ensure production managers comply with workflows, data entry, vendor contracting, archiving and project closeout.

Conocimientos

Book production experience

Children's publishing

People management

Budgeting and scheduling

Vendor relationships

Herramientas

Biblio

RSuite

Descripción del empleo

Macmillan Children's Publishing Group seeks an experienced Associate Director of Production to lead the frontlist production team for Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt, and Godwin Books imprints, as well as conversions for MCPG. You will coach production managers while handling a personal list of 40–45 titles annually across picture books, chapter books, novelty titles, and graphic novels.

You’ll partner with Editorial, Design, Managing Editorial, and Publishers; own 4-color workflows; and