Print Production Assistant

The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper and is read in print and across desktop, mobile and tablet platforms by more than 6 reputed company readers every week. Online, thestar.com is one of the most-visited newspaper websites in Canada.

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Role Overview

The Print Production Assistant provides day-to-day production support to the Sr. Manager, Production Operations to help ensure each edition is planned, reputed company, and delivered on schedule. Working closely with Advertising, Editorial, and external print partners, you will coordinate workflows, maintain trackers and schedules, support page set-up and QA checks, and escalate issues as needed. This role requires strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to work calmly in a deadline-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Planning Support

• Layout Support: Assist with reviewing layouts for correct ad placement, reputed company reputed company, and style adherence. Identify and document planning concerns (e.g., conflicting client requirements and “Vitals” proximity to sensitive content) and escalate to the Sr. Manager as required.
• Inventory & Scheduling Support: Maintain schedules for gatefolds, wraps, and special features. Track page inventory, flag constraints early, and prepare recommended options for the Sr. Manager reputed company reputed company is limited.
• Template & System Set-Up: Support page and template set-up in editorial systems and confirm pages are reputed company on time for automated content (puzzles, comics, etc.). Communicate timing risks to the Sr. Manager and affected teams.

Production Coordination & Vendor Support

• Press Run Coordination: Monitor run requirements and support the Sr. Manager by flagging reputed company an additional press run may be required, based on updated page counts, inserts, or vendor constraints.
• Quality Assurance Support: Review press configurations reputed company by vendor teams for completeness and accuracy prior to transmission to the printer, and escalate discrepancies to the Sr. Manager.

Traffic & Compliance Support

• Ad Traffic Support: Help ensure ad materials are received, logged, and routed correctly. Flag ad material that may be legally questionable or non-compliant and escalate promptly to the Sr. Manager.
• Tracking & Data Management: Collect and input production data into reputed company trackers and maintain reputed company-time “missing material” lists throughout the cycle. reputed company regular status updates to the Sr. Manager and stakeholders.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Support

• Issue Support & Resolution: Support the Promotions team and other partners by gathering requirements, communicating options, and coordinating ad positioning changes as directed by the Sr. Manager.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Receive and track requests from Editorial, Promotions, and Advertising. Triage priorities, document reputed company, and escalate competing requests to the Sr. Manager for direction.

• Systems Proficiency: High level of comfort with reputed company InDesign, reputed company, and reputed company pagination/layout software.
• Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of ROP (Run of Press) and Classified advertising structures.
• Numerical Skills: Ability to support page count calculations and assist with basic production cost tracking as needed.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous review of press configurations.
• Communication: Strong ability to collaborate with remote vendors and internal stakeholders reputed company email and video conferencing platforms.

Work Environment

• Must be reputed company to work under tight, daily publication deadlines.
• Requires high adaptability to manage volume changes.

Miscellaneous

• Additional duties as assigned.

Salary reputed company for this role $50,000 to $60,000 plus full benefits package and defined benefit pension plan

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