Job Description
Junior Production Coordinator, £22,000
Company Description
Our Media is part of the Immediate Media group, named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK 2022 by recruitment website Glassdoor. We place huge importance on the wellbeing, support and development of our people, and we are hugely proud of our friendly and open culture.
We aim to provide an environment where all our people feel they belong, can take risks and have a purpose.
Whether you join us in Content, Sales, Account Management, Ad Operations, Production, Subscriptions, Marketing or one of our central teams, you will be joining a company where everyone is passionate about what we do.
You’ll see creativity and collaboration in action every day, as well as a commitment to transparency that ensures everyone knows how we are progressing. And we like to have a fun along the way, with a range of social and reward & recognition opportunities taking place throughout the year.
Position
Reporting to the Deputy Production Manager, the Junior Production Coordinator will be responsible for organising the scheduling of a print and digital portfolio. Responsible for ensuring print deadlines are met, uploading files for digital brands, paper buying, fulfilment, mailing and where necessary any paper covermount buying for several magazine titles. The level of activity in these tasks will depend on the successful candidates' experience.
Tasks will involve liaising effectively with internal teams and external suppliers and having the ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously while always maintaining a very high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Other responsibilities will vary but also include signing off invoices for all relevant print/paper orders that they have placed. They will also be the first point of contact for any print/ digital / paper related problems that may occur on their allocated titles. Training can be provided in all aspects of the role, so while no prior knowledge is expected, it will be essential to have highly developed organisational skills, have the ability to communicate well and remain accurate and efficient whilst working in a busy environment.
Responsibilities
All of the below tasks will be undertaken at various levels depending on the successful candidates' experience:
- Creating and distributing schedules.
- Ensuring schedules are being met on a daily basis.
- Managing, editing, and publishing digital editions on various platforms including Apple News+.
- Providing fast and accurate quotes for print and paper where needed.
- Liaising with external print, digital, paper and fulfilment partners.
- Liaising with internal customers (teams and publishers).
- Collating and distributing full, comprehensive and accurate print orders for all print jobs being booked.
- Ordering paper effectively, ethically and according to schedules.
- Signing off invoices for jobs that have been placed.
- Ensuring any print / digital /paper problems are addressed and resolved quickly and efficiently.
- Being part of the team and helping to cover when other members of the team are out.
- Ensuring we are adhering to sustainability guidelines and goals.
Requirements
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent accuracy & attention to detail
- Some previous experience in an admin role OR experience of keeping/logging accurate and detailed information in an organised manner
Desired
- Some experience of communicating effectively with internal and external customers and suppliers.
- Good to strong numeracy skills.
- Good Excel skills.
Other information
We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.
We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at recruitment@ourmedia.co.uk.
Flexible and hybrid working
We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.
Our people also benefit from a flexi-time policy, and a flexi-location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.
We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.
Company benefits include
- Pension contribution matched to 5%
- Season ticket loan
- Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
- Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
- Social committee, regular in-house learning events
- 4x life assurance
Our values
We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.
We have an ambitious and robust sustainability strategy, which includes a zero-to-waste, renewable-energy-fuelled office at Eagle House, the complete removal of single-use plastics from our supply chain, and a roadmap to be fully carbon neutral by 2030.
To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we recently co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:
· Be kind
· Always curious
· Be the best we can be
Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media.
The closing date for this role is 05.05.2023, however, we may close the role before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £22,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol
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