Job title: Production Controller
Company: Quarto
Location: London
Is the role permanent? yes
Is the role full time? 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model, with three days in our London office and two working from home.
Salary: Starting from £29,000 (depending on how your skills and experience align to the role)
Contact: [email protected]
Closing date: 30 April 2024

Job description

Are you an enthusiastic and curious Production person with a flair for problem solving and an eagle eye for detail? Do you want to deliver award-winning Children’s books to our next generation of readers? We’re looking for an enthusiastic and curious individual to join our busy and exciting Children’s Production team here at Quarto. You will be part of a dynamic team looking to expand our successful publishing; at Quarto we aim to create a workplace as diverse as our customers and books. From Wee Gallery bath books to Wide Eyed Dictionary of Dinosaurs our aim is to entertain, educate and enrich the lives of our readers across the globe.

About the role

As a Production Controller, you will play a key role in the production and distribution of our books, building strong working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and distributors to bring our books to life and deliver to our global customers. You will have the opportunity to flex your production skills and creativity to ensure you deliver our wonderful product on time and – wherever possible – suggest cost savings or efficiencies. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills you may need to progress to more senior roles in publishing and production.

What you will be involved in

  • Costing, scheduling, manufacturing, and delivery of titles across reprint, co-edition and custom
  • Ensuring costs, schedule, administration and paperwork is all in order for all titles
  • Learning and following departmental processes
  • Ensuring work is well organised; email and systems are kept up to date

About you

You will be able to demonstrate you have experience in book production and are looking for your next move up in your production career.

We are looking for someone who can:

  • Demonstrate solid fundamental technical production knowledge (4c printing, file set up, proofing, quality checking)
  • Demonstrate an understanding of pricing, negotiation, and specification. Book plus experience would be advantageous
  • Organise own workload efficiently
  • Prioritise and manage pace and volume
  • Communicate effectively
  • Anticipate problems and implement solutions
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

  • 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays
  • Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Pension
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Summer hours
  • Free books scheme
  • Active social and diversity committees

How to apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected] by the closing date and state the vacancy name in the email subject title.

Ensure you cover the following:

  • Your motivation and match with the role requirements
  • What appeals to you about this particular role
  • What key skills, experience and achievements do you have that you think are relevant to this role, and why. Please provide examples of how you have used or demonstrated those.
  • Where you saw the vacancy advertised

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we only be able to respond to candidates selected for interview.