D Magazine is hiring: Print Magazine Production Manager in Dallas

D Magazine Partners has an immediate opening for a Production Manager. If you’re a friendly perfectionist with an eagle eye for quality control, keep reading.

Quality control – the ability to take the work through multiple departments, with multiple stakeholders, and communicate with and extract from our printer the highest standards – is critical to your success.

We’re looking for someone who’s both relentlessly organized and excellent at building and maintaining relationships with designers, editors, and sales staff. Logic, tact, and a great attitude go a long way.

Duties include creation and management of office-wide publication deadlines, preflight and print prep of both print advertising materials and editorial content, and occasional design for advertising needs. Candidate will need to be a scrupulous protector of qualityand will be responsible for final file signoff and upload, and various departmental documentations.

Our ideal candidate believes in a quality product, can sense a paper weight change a mile away, and gets personal satisfaction crossing off items from their to-do list.

Responsibilities include:

• Construct initial layout of magazine based on advertising and editorial needs
• Manage process of materials collection, including tracking for in-house produced advertising
• Coordinate and enforce office-wide publishing deadlines
• Preflight and print prep all magazine content
• Upload and approve magazine content to printers and to our website
• Manage manufacturing and distribution expenditures
• Daily check-ins with editorial, art and sales staff on materials needed and production status
• Vet and oversee print and manufacturing contracts and vendors

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements:

• 8+ years experience at a publication or agency preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in design or other creative field, and mastery of Adobe Creative Suite required
• Experience in print production and print vendor management
• Proven track record of relationship building, personality management, and calm temperament under fire
• Highly organized with documented success in a fact-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Samples of work produced required

Work/Life

• D Magazine Partners benefits include medical, dental insurance, disability, and retirement savings.
• 19 days off when our office is closed for holidays and just to take a break, in addition to vacation and personal time opportunities.
• Complimentary and convenient downtown parking, even on weekends.
• D Magazine Partners offers flexible PTO, that you can take for sick days or vacation in coordination with your manager to ensure coverage.

Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, responsibilities, or other aspects of the job. The responsibilities and qualifications mentioned above may be subject to change based on the needs of the company.