Asst, Production

This role is an entry-level position responsible for supporting the Reprint Production team. They will submit reprint orders, track orders in progress, run estimates, route corrections, review quality on completed samples, and work closely with both vendors and our internal departments. The Production Assistant must be able to execute requests quickly, communicate with all levels of the company, work with all members of the department, and create clear and concise reports. The Production Assistant will work on reprints for both children's and adult titles, including novels, picture books, graphic novels, and board books.

What you'll do:

• Manage reprint orders of 1-color and 4-color titles (including, but not limited to, checking costs, issuing purchase orders, routing and reviewing outgoing files for corrections, tracking schedules, and reviewing digital and physical proofs).
• Review and route corrections not associated with active reprint titles.
• Create margin estimates for offset and digital reprints.
• Process incoming reprint samples (including performing quality checks, labeling, and shelving/filing book and component samples.
• Prepare for and attend weekly interdepartmental meetings.
• Support Reprint Production team on administrative tasks (e.g. mail organization, supplies monitoring and ordering, updating team calendars and documentation).

What you'll bring:

• Office/Intern experience.
• Publishing or production knowledge.
• Bachelor's Degree (OR equivalent amount of office/admin experience).

The hourly rate for this role will be $25 per hour. The role will be hired through a third party vendor, Noor Staffing.

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.