Junior Designer
What you’ll be doing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, motivated and creative Junior Designer to join the Hachette Children’s Colour Non-Fiction team in a full-time position, with proven relevant experience. Reporting to the Design Manager of the Colour Non-Fiction team you’ll design a select number of titles from start to finish, as well as providing design support on others.
Working closely with the editors, Design Manager and the Art Director you’ll also be involved in the development of existing titles, exploring formats and designing occasional marketing material.
You will need to ensure that all work is delivered to the highest standard and on schedule, and that all administration and file management is up to date and accurate.
You’ll be involved in every aspect of the design process, working closely with staff in all other departments.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a highly creative and organised Junior Designer with proven relevant experience to join the Hachette Children’s Group, working on the Colour Non-Fiction list on titles for ages ranging from 3-12+. The successful candidate will have excellent design and visual communication skills, as well as collaboration and project management capabilities.
This is a broad and varied role, and the right candidate will embrace working closely with the editors, Design Manager and the Art Director in the development of new and existing titles, liaising with illustrators, freelancers and packagers and exploring formats and designing occasional marketing material.
We are looking for a versatile Junior Designer with proven experience who is aware of current trends and likes to develop new ideas. We need you to bring a positive, can-do approach and a desire to build strong relationships with your immediate team, other departments, as well as illustrators, authors and agents.
An understanding of what great design looks like and a passion for chidren’s books is essential.
Applicants should also have an appreciation and enthusiasm for the illustrators who work within this area of the market.
An excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is essential.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years’ service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years’ (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Who we are and what we do
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is one of the largest children’s publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children of all ages. We publish bestselling picture book, fiction and non-fiction authors and illustrators and licensed brands including Cressida Cowell, Leigh Bardugo, Onjali Q. Raúf, Clare Balding, Kes Gray, Jim Field, Jessica Townsend, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Alice Oseman, Matthew Syed, David Almond, Lauren Child, Rachel Bright, Marion Deuchars, Nina Chakrabati, Good Wives and Warriors, Dermot O’Leary, Dean Atta, Francesca Simon, Alex T. Smith, Tim Peake, Zanib Mian, J.K. Rowling, Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees, Pippa Curnick, Maz Evans, L.D. Lapinski, Benjamin Zephaniah, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Piers Torday, Juno Dawson, Dr Ranj, Rainbow Magic and Beast Quest.
Our Commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org