Assistant Art Director

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Designer to join a leading children’s publisher based in central London as Assistant Art Director. This is a maternity cover contract in the fiction department.  

Key duties:

• Organise and manage own design projects including seeking approval, checking proofs and managing costs and schedules
• Work with Executive Art Director to monitor fiction design workload and schedules across the company
• Brief and supervise freelance designers ensuring work is to standard, cost and schedule
• Manage workload of Fiction Designer
• Present Fiction titles at cover meetings and provide feedback to designers and editors

Experience / skills required:

• Solid Design experience in trade publishing, ideally working on high profile children’s books
• Experience briefing and managing freelancers
• Strong project-management skills and an excellent commercial sense
• Experience managing schedules and costs
• Excellent InDesign skills are essential

Applications ASAP please.  

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to lucyslater@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:             Lucy Slater

Tel:                   020 7034 7821

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.