Production Controller Reviews
Newest Review: ... days are supplied on disk, typeset on disk and supplied to a printer who whacks them into a machine which produces printing plates). Even with the diploma under my belt it still took hard graft to get a foot in the door. Most Production jobs attract 100-300 applicants, of which about 6 will be interviewed. Make sure your application is absolutely error free, I have sifted through potential interviewees myself and hard as it may be, anyone who writes that they pay "meticulous attention to detail" and then has a typo, goes straight in the bin. Most production jobs are advertised in Monday and Saturday Guardian, and in The Book... more
Customer Production Controller Reviews (1)
by - written on 02/04/02, updated on 02/04/02 (Very useful, 159 readings)
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Publishing can be divided into the following basic sub-categories: 1. Editorial - this includes your editorial assistants and commissioning editors, the ones that go out and find the best-selling authors and get to wine and dine them and go to the launch parties. 2. Sales/Marketing - the people who promote and sell the books and get that all important dosh rolling in. 3. Production - the dogsbodies of the publishing world, the ones who make sure the books get produced on time, within budget, looking gorgeous and having no print problems. Production is where most of the money gets spent, accounting for around 60% of the cost of getting a book ... Read the complete review
