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The Production Associate at Macmillan Publishers will manage ordering and production tasks for multiple imprints while handling various administrative duties.
Responsibilities: Order marketing materials, manage purchase orders, communicate with internal teams and vendors, and handle administrative tasks.
Skills: 1-2 years of book production experience, basic knowledge of book production, working knowledge of Biblio, RSuite and Google platform.
Qualifications: Ideal candidates will have 1-2 years of experience in book production and familiarity with relevant software.
Location: This position is located in New York, New York, United States.
Compensation: $55000 - $58000 / Annually
The Production Associate will be in charge of ordering bound galleys, and marketing materials for five imprints, handling approximately 15-20 paperback conversions across two or three imprints, as well as handling various administrative duties.
What you'll do:
- Order marketing materials (bound galleys/ARC’s) for Celadon, Flatiron, FSG, Holt, and Picador.
- Issue purchase orders to vendors for composition, book components, and manufacturing for small paperback conversion list.
- Communicate paper requirements and review paper specs in a timely manner with paper manager.
- Review and route production materials among Interior Design, Jacket Design, Managing Editorial, Production Editorial, and vendors.
- Communicate with text designers, production editors, managing editors, jacket designers, other in-house departments and vendors as needed as it concerns schedules, query solutions and issues impacting budget and quality.
- Handle any administrative duties that may come up.
What you'll bring:
- 1-2 years of book production experience.
- Basic knowledge of book production and manufacturing.
Ideal Experience:
- Working knowledge of Biblio, RSuite and Google platform
This role will have an annual salary of $55k-$58k.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
