Director of Print Production Job in La Crosse 54601, Wisconsin US
Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), is among the world's leading providers of educational and career services for individuals, schools, and businesses. With about 500 locations worldwide, Kaplan's mission is to help individuals achieve their educational and career goals.
Kaplan has four main areas of focus:
- Higher education—postsecondary certificate and undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered online and at campus locations in the U.S., Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as Pathways programs for international students seeking to study at Western universities. Kaplan is also one of the world’s largest providers of English-language training.
- Test preparation—test prep and admissions services worldwide.
- Kids and schools—a broad range of programs to help K12 students and teachers achieve academic success.
- Professional education—training and continuing education programs in such areas as financial services, accountancy, healthcare, IT, and real estate, in the U.S. and globally.
Director of Print Production
The Director of Print Production is the lead project manager for the department, specializing in new product lines and product types. The Director develops and maintains production policies and procedures to ensure efficient workflows that protect Kaplan’s content.
- Assess and track current and upcoming staffing risks, training needs, and workloads. Establish workload capacity planning strategies to accommodate seasonal products.
- Analyze and establish production priorities based on business value.
- Coordinate, execute, and track staff initiatives of all types.
- Plan and research new technologies and techniques to produce quality products with greater efficiency.
- Develop and oversee production calendars, agendas, and notes for all product lines.
- Establish and maintain a database of freelance talent and vendors.
- Oversee KU PACE’s content management system (Artesia) and drive content teams into the database as the business allows.
- Develop staff by providing training resources to expand their knowledge.
- Drive customer satisfaction by emphasizing quality results.
- Edit and lay out publications to company style guide and template standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, with at least 10 years’ experience in print publishing and 5 years as a manager.
- Proven track record of leading and coaching staff.
- Effectively able to take complex concepts and identify specific and actionable requirements.
- Strong ability to work across multiple teams/departments to ensure the timely completion of quality projects.
- Excellent organization and time management skills to be able to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Professional copyediting experience, preferably across multiple style guides.
- Experience with ebook publishing preferred.
- Experience preflighting print products and working with vendors to troubleshoot print file errors.
- Page layout/design experience, preferably in Adobe InDesign. Experience with the entire Adobe suite as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe FrameMaker, and Adobe Acrobat Professional preferred.
- Graphics creation experience, preferably in Adobe Illustrator. PhotoShop experience desired.
- Knowledge of online coursework, preferably courses completed in conjunction with print and virtual products.
April 4, 2010
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