[Hiring] Print Production Manager @Kiddom

Role Description

Kiddom is seeking a highly organized and systems-minded Print Production Manager to oversee the end-to-end production of our K–12 print materials. This role is responsible for ensuring our print products move efficiently from finalized digital content through final printer release.

• Manage production schedules, vendor relationships, cover creation execution, quality assurance, NIMAC submissions, print issue coordination, and final release.
• Partner across Content, Editorial, Product, Supply Chain, Customer Success, and Operations.
• Help modernize workflows, increase automation, leverage AI where appropriate, and reduce manual effort across the print production lifecycle.

If you enjoy building operational excellence, solving complex workflow problems, and bringing order to fast-moving, cross-functional work, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5+ years managing print production, publishing operations, or production project management.
• Experience coordinating multiple complex publishing projects simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of print production, prepress, QA, version control, and vendor management.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Experience using project management platforms such as Jira, Airtable, Smartsheet, Workfront, or similar.
• Experience improving operational processes through automation or technology.
• Strong communication skills and exceptional attention to detail.

Requirements

• Own Print Production
• Manage multiple concurrent print programs from digital content lock through printer release.
• Build and maintain production schedules, milestones, and release plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, external vendors, and printers.
• Ensure student editions, teacher editions, translated materials, samples, and print packages are delivered accurately and on schedule to the supply chain team.
• Proactively identify production risks and drive resolution.
• Own Process Excellence
• Ensure Kiddom's established print production, quality assurance (QA), and errata processes are executed consistently.
• Manage print file versioning, approvals, and release readiness.
• Coordinate cover production from request through final approval.
• Manage NIMAC submissions and ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Track print issues and coordinate corrections through established workflows.
• Maintain accurate production dashboards and reporting.
• Improve the System
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive production tasks.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to improve production tools and workflows.
• Leverage AI and automation to improve quality assurance, metadata validation, and document comparison.
• Reduce manual work through improved systems and operational efficiencies.
• Recommend scalable solutions that improve speed, quality, and visibility.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 401k plan
• One Medical membership (in participating locations)
• Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
• Paid holidays
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents.
• Commuter and FSA plans