• Job Description

  Req#: 25-56483
  Title: Production Manager
  Location: Reston, VA – 100% Remote
  Duration: Long Term Assignment
  
  Must Have Skills:
  • Print Production Management (End-to-end experience managing print and digital content workflows, including scheduling, quality control, and issue resolution).
  • Digital Asset Management (Hands-on experience organizing, maintaining, and deploying digital content/assets across platforms).
  • Inventory & Logistics Coordination.
  • Vendor & Stakeholder Management (print vendors, catalog services).
  • Project & Process Management.
  • Strong Communication & Collaboration.
  • Technical Proficiency with Production Tools (Asana, Trello, MS Projects).
  • Education (AP/Pre-AP or similar) or publishing domain exp is highly preferred.
  • Bachelor’s Degree (ideally in Publishing, Communications, Digital Media).
  Responsibilities:
  Production Management (60%)
  ● Oversee the end-to-end production process from manuscript to final print production for AP Access team materials, including Instructional Services team materials, Pre-AP Course Framework, Teacher and Student Resources, and Outreach team educator materials.
  ● Develop and manage production schedules
  ● Ensure quality control and consistency across all published materials
  ● Resolve any production issues that arise during the process
  ● Manage the permissions schedule and process for the development of instructional material.
  ● Manage digital production of all assets to the AP Professional Learning Platform.
  
  Inventory Management (30%)
  ● Manage product inventory to ensure most current version and description of resources are available in store and when needed for AP Professional Learning.
  ● Coordinate with the Catalog Request team to request new item numbers/product descriptions or update current product descriptions as needed.
  ● Manage the ordering process for materials for AP Summer Institutes, including product descriptions.
  ● Coordinate with APSI team and train endorsed sites on the ordering process annually
  ● Maintain most current version of materials to Professional Learning/Consultant Management and International teams
  ● Manage access of student samples from AP Reading team
  
  Vendor Management (10%)
  ● Establish strong print vendor relationships to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
  ● Responsible for getting electronic files and updates to vendor; for shipping issues or CS cases or escalations, should loop in store support
  ● Document processes and implement automation where possible.
  
  Qualifications:
  ● 5+ years of years of print and digital production experience, with a proven track record of leading large-scale content delivery initiatives in an educational context.
  ● Demonstrated ability managing end-to-end project deliverables.
  ● Demonstrated capacity for digital asset development
  ● Advanced proficiency in print production tool, and best practices.
  ● Excellent problem-solving and planning skills, including high attention to detail and the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
  ● Exceptional interpersonal and team collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently to meet internal deadlines.
  ● Ability to work under tight deadlines.
  ● Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
  
  
  EEO:
  “Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”
  

• About the company

  Mindlance is one of the largest diversity-owned staffing firms in the US . As a recruitment centric talent acquisition company, Mindlance provides Technology, Engineering, Digital / Creative / Marketing, Clinical Research, Scientific, Finance, Professional and Payroll Management staffing services to Global 1000 companies across the US, Canada and India.

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