SIMON EATON
Hastings,East Sussex
Summary
- Experienced and effective Senior Production Professional
- Strong work ethic and can do attitude.
- Commercially minded. Robust print buying and negotiating skills.
- Focused on costs.
- Experienced in purchasing books plus product
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work history
Production controller
Bloomsbury Publishing
London
2023.10 - Current
- Experienced Biblio user
- Working with editorial teams and publishers on Mono and Colour lists for adult non-consumer titles.
- Generating schedules, costings P&Ls and POs
- Negotiating colour print pricing with Asian and European printers.
- Coordinating e-book and Alt text with
- Archiving final files
Production Manager
Paperlink
London, England
2019.04 - 2021.11
- Print buying, exploring options for new printers and developing relationships.
- Researching new embellishments and processes and addressing environmental issues.
- Setting up imposition for new cards and reprints, issuing PO's and ensuring stock available.
Production Manager
Quarto
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
2016.06 - 2018.10
- Print buying within preferred supplier list and issuing PO's for production team.
- Managing team of three controllers, including career development and appraisals.
- Day-to-Day production for Ivy Press titles, including scheduling, liaising with creative team, checking files and creating PDFs, and running Epson proofs.
- New title and project development.
Production Director
Ivy Group
Lewes, East Sussex
1998.01 - 2016.05
- Print Buying for Ivy Press, Ilex Press, Leaping Hare, Ilex Kids and Bridgewater Book clients Godsfield, Carroll & Brown and Neals Yard.
- Finding new printing partners and developing relationships, in challenging market, responsible for all print and production costs for entire group.
- New project development with creative team, sourcing new papers, bindings and books plus items across both Adult and Children's lists.
- Managing Production and in house Repro team's and developing archiving process for extensive back list.
Production Controller
Wayland
Hove, Brighton and Hove
1996.06 - 1997.12
- Responsible for Wayland and Macdonald Young Book titles for first printing, reprint and co-editions. Working with printers based in Italy and China.
Production Assistant
ZigZag Publishing
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
1993.01 - 1996.05
- Production of titles printing in Italy and China, Liaising with repro house in Leeds and Singapore. Sourcing books plus.
Timeline
Production controller
Bloomsbury Publishing
2023.10 - Current
Production Manager
Paperlink
2019.04 - 2021.11
Production Manager
Quarto
2016.06 - 2018.10
Production Director
Ivy Group
1998.01 - 2016.05
Production Controller
Wayland
1996.06 - 1997.12
Production Assistant
ZigZag Publishing
1993.01 - 1996.05