Integrated Print & Brand Production Lead

Aquent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health, vision, and dental

Paid sick leave

Retirement plan with matching

Job summary

Aquent partners with a leading financial services organization to empower individuals and institutions through innovative solutions. Join a team focused on delivering exceptional integrated print production that upholds brand integrity across channels, shaping campaigns and budgets to drive marketing success.

You will plan, coordinate, and execute production across channels, manage vendor relations, and drive QA and timelines from concept to delivery, ensuring high quality and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years in print production management with agency or in-house teams.
• Experience coordinating with creative staff and production studios.
• Familiarity with Workfront or Basecamp workflows.
• Ability to decode complex file construction and use PDF previews.
• Strong knowledge of Direct Mail best practices and postal rules.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute integrated production across channels while upholding brand standards.
• Develop production plans with scopes, estimates, and schedules; manage risks.
• Oversee asset handoffs, file packaging, and trafficking to platforms/partners.
• Establish QA standards across formats, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Manage external production partners, SOWs, bids, rights/usage, and costs.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors and vendors from concept to delivery.
• Lead promotional strategies for launches and campaigns across channels.
• Monitor trends to inform innovative production approaches.
• Advise design teams on file construction and delivery specifics.
• Control substantial budgets and present options to internal partners.
• Coordinate timelines with internal and external stakeholders for deliverables.
• Own production QA, including image quality, color, fonts, and stock.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Budgeting & cost control

Direct Mail knowledge

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Timelines & scheduling

Tools

Workfront

Basecamp

Adobe Creative Suite

Peoplesoft

Ariba

Adobe PDF preview

Job description

Aquent partners with a leading financial services organization to empower individuals and institutions through innovative solutions. Join a team focused on delivering exceptional integrated print production that upholds brand integrity across channels, shaping campaigns and budgets to drive marketing success.

You will plan, coordinate, and execute production across channels, manage vendor relations, and drive QA and timelines from concept to delivery, ensuring high quality and cost efficiency.