Senior Production Specialist

WPS Health Solutions

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Position Details

Senior Production Specialist
Job
Full-time
3/19/2018
Southwest Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Senior Production Specialist owns the production of printed marketing materials for WPS Health Insurance (HI) teams, WPS Health Solutions (HS), Military and Veterans Health (MVH) and Government Health Administration (GHA), working closely with all business units to develop and maintain print budgets. This position works directly with Marketing staff and advertising vendors to create the yearly advertising calendar for WPS HI and WPS HS within budget, focused on our target customer demographics and in alignment with business strategies. This position ensures audit readiness through the creation and upkeep of process/procedure documents, collateral library maintenance and regulatory record-keeping.

Characteristics and Responsibilities:

Production Management (50%)

  • Manage internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of production projects.
  • Set standards for production projects to produce the highest possible quality and are delivered on-time and within budget. 
  • Hold others accountable to these standards (internally and externally).
  • Create and manage robust reporting for Marketing staff and other customers showing cost efficiencies, project data, and timeliness/service performance.
  • Own relations with current and potential vendors to identify, evaluate and ensure their ability to meet material needs, timelines, budgets and tracking requirements. Negotiates rates and services in alignment with business needs.
  • Create and manage large scale direct mail project plans (over 1 million pieces per year) including management of sensitive data transfer.
  • Research and recommend new vendor and printing options to optimize cost efficiencies.

Advertising Calendar Planning (10%)

  • Own and facilitate annual Advertising Calendar to track critical dates of WPS HI and WPS HS advertisements, ensuring all parties complete tasks according to established timelines.
  • Lead meetings to recommend advertising opportunities that support corporate and departmental strategic goals.
  • Build and maintain advertising vendor relations.

Audit-Readiness (10%)

  • Develop and optimize systems to house Marketing collateral in conjunction with approval dates and regulatory data.
  • Manage the Extent and Manner library for all advertising collateral to meet regulatory requirements.

Project Management (30%)

  • Develop and maintain project plans to track large-scale projects with significant production needs.
  • Develop and train others on workflows to meet project specifications and deadlines.
  • Continuously review and improve project processes and platforms.
  • Manage special projects from request through approvals and execution.

Work Experience:

Required

  • 5 or more years marketing, project management and/or communications with print production experience to include
  • 5 or more years insurance industry marketing/advertising environment or related field

Education Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field; OR equivalent post high school education and/or work-related experience


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