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Who we are and what we do
Hachette Children's Group is one of the UK's largest children's publishers, our mission is to make it easy for children and young people everywhere to access books and see themselves reflected. We aim to maximise our readers' life chances by inspiring a lifelong love of reading, publishing books for every stage of their journey to adulthood from Enid Blyton to Alice Oseman's Heartstopper.
Hachette Children's Group is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 10 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
What you'll be doing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, motivated and creative Junior Designer to join the Hachette Children’s Fiction team in a full-time position. Reporting to the Senior Designer for Fiction/Non-fiction 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, Senior Designer 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 to join the Hachette Children’s Group, working on the Fiction list on titles for ages ranging from 5-YA. 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, Senior Designer and the Art Director in the development of new and existing titles, exploring formats and designing occasional marketing material.
We are looking for a versatile Junior Designer 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 good design and a passion for children's fiction 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.
In your application, please submit your CV, cover letter, and a PDF Portfolio of recent relevant work (which is uploaded in the cover letter section).
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
The role will be based at our London with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
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 your interview, please let us know.
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