Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

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About Hogarth

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands. With a breadth ofexperience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivalled ability to deliver relevant, engaging and measurable content across all channelsand media - both established and emerging.

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.

Our global team of over 6,000 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this excitingand ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

What does a Senior Print Production Manager do at Hogarth?

The Senior Print Production Manager ensures all aspects of the print production process is managed seamlessly and the necessary quality, adherence toclient-supplied budget, and timing requirements are achieved. They provide strong project management skills to maintain schedules and track progress forall printed materials on various substrates.

The Senior Print Production manager is also responsible for supervision of on-site installations and effective routing and reviewing of projects through theprint production department.

The range of work includes packaging, collateral projects, retail window and in-store graphics, large format Graphics, front lit and back lit fabricprints, event graphics, signage, OOH, table signs, gift cards, and premiums.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the Lead Print Production Manager in Shanghai

This role works closely with PPM team members, Channel team members and Channel clients

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Implement project specs and communicate any obstacles that would require additional funding to client-supplied brief and
• Track all deliverables by developing timelines and schedules with Flag issues that may affect internal or external workflow
• Brief and manage suppliers during proofing, color management, and printing phases
• Share spec recommendations; provide color guidance, and advise on best methods for quality control for direct/indirect purchase
• Work with cross-functional teams to receive project briefs and clearly communicate project status
• Provide effective reporting and keep clients informed of the production status of all projects
  
  

On-site Approvals

• Attend on-site press approvals, ensuring perfect color reproduction as per the worldwide color approval specifications and guidelines
• Appreciate small colour variations and give directions to printers on the spot
• Join external business partners on-press and optimize their deliverables regarding quality and substrates as appropriate
• Attend on-site bindery and fulfilment approvals, including bindery checks, finishing, quality control, and kit spot-checking
• Strictly manage confidentiality requirements during on-site approvals
  
  

Installation

• Brief and manage store partner teams regarding space availability and dates of each store window, ensuring correct permits, to ensure seamlessinstallation within tight launch deadlines
• Plan and manage the production and installation of New Store Opening collateral
• Track all shipments
• Pre-empt print and installation challenges and alert the 3D department before production to ensure assembly of both 2D and 3D structures to the correct high quality standards
• Inspect each site installation and rectify any flaws immediately
• Collation of all post installation photos, covering all angles, for submission with invoice and post-installation reports
• Liaise with store partner teams for costs, timings and permits to dismantle units, according to the store agreed terms
  
  

Innovation

• Track new material & technology trend in the market, work closely with printers or manufactures on environmental-friendly material development, test and improvement.
• Lead new product localization, work closely with printers on search alternative local material, develop production and quality assurance solutions.
  
  

General Management

• Oversee external production agencies when they perform any of the supply chain services
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure agencies and suppliers are strictly following the production specifications, schedules and waysof working
  
  

Train, manage and oversee team of Print Production Managers as required

Requirements

• University degree major in Printing/Graphic, and/or a minimum of 7 years print production experience in an agency, in-house corporate graphicdesign/production department or equivalent
• Expert colour analysis skills
• Extensive experience with;
• Pre-press
• Largeand small format offset printing
• UVoffset and flat-bed printing
• Screenprinting
• Digitalprinting
• Dyesublimation on fabric techniques
• UVfabric front lit and back lit print
• Photographicmediums
• Post-productionfinishing techniques
• Digitalphotographic mediums
• Wood,fabric and metal fabrication techniques
• Solid knowledge in printing standards, such as ISO, G7 or GRACoL
• Experienced in on-press color approvals and bindery approvals at printers and finishers
• High levels of patience to achieve desired print quality, with many rounds of press pass for each visual
• Strong project manager who is proactive, highly organized, excellent at multitasking, comfortable under pressure, and able to work effectively as a teammember
• Functional ability to review files in Creative Suite: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Understanding of latest print production software; GMG, Print Factory, etc
• Working knowledge and high competency in RGB to CMYK conversions and quality expectations, to client specifications, to provide oversight andguidance to clients and designers
• Knowledge of pixel resolution challenges and size enlargement ratios
• Understanding of colour variations on different substrates to recommend best options
• Strong written and spoken skills required for English and Mandarin
• Must be able to travel as required, sometimes several weeks at a time
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion

Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.

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Impact and Inclusion

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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