Production controller/senior production controller

Salary: £29,000 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Working pattern: Hybrid - minimum of two days per week in the office; up to three days per week working from home

Department: Production

Reporting to: Deputy Production Manager

Location: 5th Floor, HYLO, 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LZ

Become a key member of this friendly production team working with international suppliers at Bonnier Books UK Trade.

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen for an experienced and creative individual to join the trade team at Bonnier Books UK Trade. We are looking for a first-class production controller or senior production controller to join our talented production team.

Flexibility, commercial acumen, and experience in both 4-colour and mono production are a must as well as having a positive and can-do attitude. You must be enthusiastic, positive, a great communicator and a strong team player.

Responsibilities

• Managing a list of front list titles and reprints as required
• Vendor management & price negotiation
• Product development & safety testing
• Colour & quality management
• Overseeing successful delivery of product
• Actively liaising and collaborating with various teams across the wider business
• Problem solving & troubleshooting

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Demonstrable book production experience across a range of products
• Experience of mono and 4 colour trade publishing
• Confident communication and organisation skills, with the ability to forge strong relationships quickly with both internal and external stakeholders
• Able to manage a high volume of diverse & complex titles with competing deadlines
• Experience and knowledge of working in Biblio3 is beneficial
• Pro-active, quick thinking and analytical, with a strategic approach and excellent attention to detail.

Company benefits

• Private health insurance
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Lively social committee hosting regular events
• Group Life cover - including 24-hour GP service
• Company-funded gym membership for all trade staff
• Comprehensive staff training and mentorship programmes
• Flexible working and flexible hours from day one of employment
• Additional holiday allowance accrued for long service – and a full bonus week of holiday to celebrate your 10th year at BBUK
• Enhanced family leave - with equal six months’ paid leave for all new parents
• Employee assistance programme available to all employees and their families
• Dedicated volunteering hours each year to support charities promoting literacy and reading for pleasure
• Cycle to work scheme with bike storage and changing facilities on-site at our London HQ
• Wellbeing programme and daily benefits such as fresh fruit and porridge in the office

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.