Production Specialist (HBC)

Join Our Team as a Production Specialist – 3^rd Shift

📍 Liberty, MO | 🕒 3rd Shift | 💼 Full-Time

Do you have computer and mechanical skills? Do you thrive in a fast‑paced production environment where accuracy and quality matter? Are you looking for a hands‑on role with a small, collaborative, and energetic team? If so, Hallmark Business Connections wants you to be part of our Operations team!

The HBC Production Specialist is a key member of our Operations team, responsible for the end‑to‑end production of personalized greeting cards and related products. This role blends machine operation with order fulfillment, ensuring every product meets our quality standards and reaches customers on time. You’ll flex between computer related and equipment operation, manual tasks, support continuous improvement, and help maintain a safe, efficient, and collaborative production environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Set up, operate, and maintain printing, inserting, mailing, and finishing equipment.
• Troubleshoot mechanical issues and assist with repairs and routine maintenance (including occasional handling of hazardous ink waste).
• Pick, print, assemble, pack, and ship personalized greeting card orders.
• Read and interpret job tickets, project instructions, and proofs.
• Operate smaller automated equipment such as laser printers, banders, folders, and envelope sealers.
• Inspect products for quality throughout production and fulfillment.
• Record production data, track rework, and minimize waste.
• Support teammates, flex between machine operation and manual fulfillment, and participate in process improvements.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment.

🕒 When You’ll Work:

• This is a 3rd Shift position
• Standard shift: 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Throughout the year, and especially during peak season, shifts will extend to:
  • 10-hour shift: 9:00 PM – 7:00 AM
  • 12-hour shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Overtime and weekends are required

🌟 Why Join Us?

• Work in our Liberty Distribution Center in Liberty, MO.
• Be part of a fun, supportive culture.
• Enjoy competitive wages and benefits.
• Work in a climate-controlled facility designed for comfort.

Who We’re Looking For:

✅ Basic Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be able to read, write, and understand English.
• Minimum of 2 years demonstrated working computer knowledge.
• Ability to lift up to 45 pounds.
• Must be able to work overtime, weekends, and flexible shifts as needed, including 12-hour shifts.

✅ Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with automated printing/mailing equipment, Detailed Project Instructions (DPI), Card Fulfillment System, and FedEx Manager.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, team-driven environment.
• Works constructively as part of a diverse team.

Want to learn more about Hallmark Business Connections – check out our website:

https://www.hallmarkbusiness.com/

Ready to Apply?

Now’s your chance to embrace a future with Hallmark—follow the instructions below to submit your application!

Application Instructions:

• Submit a resume or document showcasing how you meet the basic qualifications.
• Accepted file types: DOCX and PDF.
• Employment is contingent on background checks, drug screening, and eligibility verification.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment.

Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Principals only please.

Hallmark Business Connections plays a critical role in bringing consumer insights to life in the business world. We help businesses build relationships with their customers, clients, and employees. And we pride ourselves on understanding the relationship and communication nuances that keep these connections relevant. We've established a culture of rolling up our sleeves to get the work done through collaboration, innovation, and some entrepreneurial grit. Our products are sold on our own eCommerce store as well as on Amazon. We also develop custom greeting card programs in collaboration with Fortune 500 brands. The business-appropriate products we create help make a difference in a world that could use a little more caring.

At Hallmark Business Connections, we’re a small, innovative, tight-knit team and we strive to cultivate a culture where personal and professional growth are the cornerstones of talent enrichment and retention. Pursuing internal opportunities is a great way to leverage your experience while reaching higher or branching into a new area.

HALLMARK – Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important

For more than a century, Hallmark has been bringing people together and improving the relationships that matter most. That’s why millions of people all over the world connect with the Hallmark brand. It has always been a mission so much bigger than any one of us who work here.

Today, we need empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries with diverse experiences and skills to help us create the rest of Hallmark’s second century as we shift to a more digitally savvy, unified approach that combines the best of brick-and-mortar retail with the efficiency of dot-com spaces. Help us imagine what our next hundred years could look like!

When you join Hallmark, we will go out of our way to make you feel like part of the team. In the day-to-day, we’ll make the best use of the skills and talents you already have. We’ll also give you leadership opportunities and show you multiple potential pathways to future success.Our culture of care for our consumers and for one another shows in the way we embrace different backgrounds, identities, and working styles, deliberately seeking out ways to be more inclusive both internally among our work groups and externally through the things we make and sell to our retail partners and consumers. We believe that a broadly inclusive, equitable approach is also our best path to future success. We’re seeking out those who can bring a fresh perspective to our business and would love your input as someone new to our team! We can only change and grow when we intentionally include new perspectives–like yours.

For purposes of compliance with certain federal regulatory and contractual requirements, Hallmark Business Connections requires that each person who has been offered a position with Hallmark Business Connections submit to a pre-employment drug screening.  The drug screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws.