We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!  

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd. 

We are looking for an engaged, proactive and experienced Production Manager to join the Publishing team at Rebellion. We are an award-winning publisher of Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction and Non-Fiction including 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. 

The ideal candidate should have at least two to three years’ experience in a Production role in publishing and be looking for a new challenge. Your role will be to manage the production process for Rebellion’s graphic novels and comics alongside a small number of fiction and non-fiction titles. Your focus will be overseeing print projects ensuring that clear and consistent quality expectations, schedules and budgets are met.  

This is an ideal role for an ambitious production controller, and an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning independent publisher. 

This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment. 

Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the production requirements for all graphic novels and comics projects alongside a small number of fiction and non-fiction titles. 

• Manage individual titles through the production process 

• Oversee the production of publication of special and limited edition productions  

• Analyse stock holdings to advise on reprints  

• Line management of the Sales Operations Assistant 

• Liaise with UK and international printers and freight companies for handing long and short print deadlines  

• Liaise with warehouses to ensure product is delivered to correct specifications 

• Ensure quality control on all titles  

• Control the production schedules, creating them or checking those produced by others to ensure publications are delivered on time. 

• Work with the project and business teams to agree and capture requirements, to ensure the continued development of the production workflow processes 

• Source and select suppliers for both the comic, book and magazines production processes, including responsibility for print buying and any future POD process 

• Attend publishing commissioning meetings and other meetings as required, to give strategic production input 

• Work with internal teams to ensure appropriate metadata is captured as required for various workflows, and be involved in developing and delivering current and future metadata projects relating to production content 

Requirements

• High level knowledge of the book production process  

• Strong understanding of the print and publishing best practice processes 

• Impeccable organisational skills and a meticulous attention to detail. 

• Strong project management skills  

• Knowledge of XML, InDesign and Photoshop 

• Competently able to clearly communicate ideas and thoughts about your work to colleagues both verbally and in writing 

• Competently able to solve problems of moderate complexity 

• Able to manage workload with minimal levels of supervision  

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:  

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days) 

• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision 

• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover 

• Enhanced Family Leave  

• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans 

• Enhanced Pension Scheme 

• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support  

• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!  

Right to Work Statement 

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship. 

Life at Our Oxford HQ 

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. 

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio. 

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable! 

Inside Rebellion 

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. 

Find out more about us here

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. 

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. 

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers 

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