Senior Production Manager

Summary

Join Avalere Health as a Senior Production Manager and play a key role in the department, partnering with multiple teams to provide strategic production guidance. You will lead the flow of printed materials, manage vendor relationships, ensure production quality and on-time delivery, and collaborate with creative teams. The role involves upholding production best practices, coordinating print vendor management, demonstrating a strong understanding of client needs, and establishing strong working relationships with vendors. You will also collaborate with project management and art directors, review layouts, communicate production challenges and solutions, manage stock image vendors, understand licensing restrictions, and educate team members on licensing. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant or transferrable experience
• Strong working knowledge and experience in the printing process
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Suite programs
• Respect for details, organization, and planning
• Aptitude to continue to learn business management and production techniques
• Excels at communication and multi-tasking, accountable while holding others accountable, comfortable under pressure and effectively manage stress

Responsibilities

• Uphold and train on Production best practices
• Ensure production quality and on-time delivery of all collateral, media/print advertising, promotions, and conference materials
• Coordinate print vendor management including
• Purchase orders
• Production schedules
• File release creative
• Receipt and approval of proofs
• Receipt, approval, and distribution of samples
• Shipping coordination
• Delivery confirmation(s)
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the needs and expectations of all agency clients pertaining to production of jobs
• Establish strong working relationships with vendors to ensure the best visual quality as defined by Avalere Health’s visual standards
• Collaborate with project management regarding estimating, planning, scheduling, and organizing of production tasks
• Collaborate with Art Directors to develop specifications of each project
• Review and approve all layouts with agency creative staff
• Communicate and inform the art director of any techniques that may pose production problems  and offer solutions, alternatives, or cautions
• Manage vendor relationships with Stock Image vendors and negotiate pricing and usage rights
• Understand licensing restrictions and can appropriately license assets on behalf of our clients
• The ability to educate creative team members on proper font and stock asset licensing
• Management of an Enterprise level font management system

Preferred Qualifications

Working knowledge of Adobe Workfront and Airtable

Benefits

• 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested)
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work
• The option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year
• 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day
• 9 public holidays
• Gifted end-of-year holidays
• An early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August
• Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies
• Continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business