Senior Print Production Manager
Hogarth WorldwideJapan
Posted August 1, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Hogarth Worldwide is a global creative agency founded over 15 years ago, now part of WPP. With a team of over 7000 professionals across 35 cities, Hogarth specializes in content creation, digital production, language services, strategy, and technology innovation. The company combines craft insight with cutting-edge technology to bring creative work to life, making it an exciting place to work and achieve career growth.
Job Description
Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company, part of WPP. The company partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands. The Senior Print Production Manager ensures all aspects of the print production process are managed seamlessly, with quality, budget, and timing requirements achieved. The role involves project management, on-site approvals, installation, and general management of print production teams.
Requirements
- University degree and/or a minimum of 7 years print production experience in an agency, in-house corporate graphic design/production department or equivalent group.
- Expert color analysis skills
- Extensive experience with pre-press /Large and small format offset printing/UV offset and flat-bed printing/Screen printing/Digital printing/Dye sublimation on fabric techniques/UV fabric front lit and back lit print/photographic mediums/Post-production finishing techniques/Digital photographic 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 team member
- 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 and guidance 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 Japanese
Benefits
- Our Hogarth Values: Hands on, Honesty, Heart & Soul, Happy Family, Hungry, Inclusion and Impact
