Print Production Manager

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Company Description

The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures—is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do.

About our Creative Craft
The Creative Craft brings Klick’s ideas to life through storytelling, design, and experience across channels. Teams collaborate closely with strategy, client services, and production partners to deliver high-quality, compliant work at scale. The craft balances creative ambition with operational rigor to ensure ideas are executed flawlessly. Studio and production teams play a critical role in translating concepts into finished deliverables.

Job Description

The Print Production Manager oversees the end-to-end production of print and direct mail projects, ensuring creative ideas are executed accurately, efficiently, and on budget. This role works closely with Studio, Creative, Project Management, and external vendors to coordinate timelines, specifications, and delivery. The position requires strong production judgment, vendor management, and problem-solving skills. The Print Production Manager supports assigned clients by ensuring print work meets quality, regulatory, and mailing requirements.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead end-to-end print and direct mail production from creative brief through file delivery, print, and mail induction (CPC/USPS).
  • Develop production strategies, cost estimates, and schedules based on defined scopes of work using print and mailing specifications.
  • Manage vendor relationships, including sourcing suppliers, negotiating costs, issuing purchase orders, and reconciling invoices.
  • Partner with Project Management, Creative, and Studio teams to align timelines, budgets, and production requirements.
  • Review mechanical specifications, proofs, and press checks to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with production standards.

Qualifications

Required:

  • 5+ years of hands-on print advertising production experience managing projects from concept through final delivery.
  • Demonstrated expertise in print technologies including litho, digital/POD, web, and inline capabilities with working knowledge of pre-press workflows.
  • Proven experience developing detailed production estimates, schedules, and mechanical specifications for print vendors and studio teams.
  • Advanced ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing timelines while maintaining accuracy and budget control.
  • Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent professional experience in print production, communications, or a related field.

Desired:

  • Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
  • Experience working with lettershops, postal regulations, and direct mail programs including CPC and USPS requirements.
  • Font licensing, asset purchasing, and print rights management experience.
  • Certified Print Production accreditation or equivalent professional training.
  • Experience in regulated or healthcare/pharmaceutical environments.

Additional Information

This posting is for a newly created role at Klick.

The base salary range for this position is between CAD $70,000 - $85,000. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analyzing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us. Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at careers@klick.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.

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Equal Opportunity

Klick embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We’re committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or family status. If you require disability-related accommodation during the application or interview process, simply let us know and we’ll work with you to ensure you have a positive experience.