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Head of UK Production (Printing & Framing) Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at theprintspace
Title: Head of UK Production (Printing & Framing)
Company: theprintspace
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Head of UK Production (Printing & Framing)
theprintspace · Shoreditch, London
We're hiring a Head of UK Production to own everything that comes out of our London studio: printing, bespoke framing and mounting, and dispatch. You'll report to our Global Production Director and run the UK the way a world-class operation should — to process and data, not to memory, habit or last-minute heroics.
The work that leaves our studio ends up on the walls of galleries, museums and homes – looked at every day for the rest of someone's life. We are the last pair of hands before it gets there perfectly. That is the job.
theprintspace is Europe's leading fine art and photographic printer. Since 2007 we've earned the trust of artists, galleries and the world's best photographers – 4.9 out of 5 from more than 10,000 reviews, production centres in London, Brooklyn and Düsseldorf, and printing and framing produced for some of the biggest artists and institutions in the world.
The role is for you if…
- You've run a production, manufacturing or finishing operation to a genuinely high bar – and you're fluent in premium finishing techniques like Diasec, acrylic face-mount, archival mounting and CNC-routed substrates.
- You see problems three days early, not three hours late.
- You want to be measured. Redo rate, SLA and gross margin should read as a scoreboard, not a stick.
- You think craft and discipline are the same thing, not opposites.
- You hold the standard whether or not anyone's watching – and you make the people around you better at holding it too.
- "That's not my job" isn't in your vocabulary.
It's probably not for you if you prefer to react rather than plan, you're uncomfortable being held to numbers, or you'd rather do the hands-on work yourself than build a team and a system that delivers it reliably without you.
What you'll own
- The whole UK production engine. Print, frame, mount, dispatch – quality, consistency and efficiency, end to end.
- Three numbers. Redo rate, SLA, gross margin.
- The workflow. Scheduling, materials, equipment, supply chain, and the layout of the floor.
- High-profile client projects. Fine art framing for international distribution to our US and German sites – archival standards, packed and crated to survive the journey.
- The team. Train, cross-skill and stretch a permanent and freelance workforce into a pool that's genuinely match-fit, not just available.
- The system. Documentation, automations, QC methods and escalation routes that mean the department runs on a process – not on you.
What success looks like in your first year
- No order is ever discovered to have a problem on the day it's due.
- Every risk is visible days before it becomes a miss.
- Defects are caught before dispatch – never by the customer.
- The floor runs the same whether you're in the building or not, because the process is in charge, not the person.
What we offer
- Real ownership, and someone who wants you to run the UK like it's yours.
- A craft worth caring about, for clients who notice the difference between excellent and almost.
- A profitable, internationally scaling business with production centres on two continents.
- A carbon-neutral business – certified across all three production centres.
- Competitive salary.
How to apply
Skip the generic cover letter. Send us:
- Your CV
- A 3-minute video telling us why you're applying, and walking us through a complex production problem you owned – exactly what was happening, what you did, and what changed.
Send both to [email protected].
