Americanisation and special sales designer

Closing date for applications: 3rd February 2025

Salary: The starting salary range for this role will be between £32,000 and £37,000 depending on previous experience, job title and suitability for the role.

Contract: This is a full-time hybrid role working three days a week from our office near Tower Bridge in London.

We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Americanisation and Special Sales designer for our award-winning mono and four colour lists.

This role is dedicated exclusively to Americanising titles for our US list and creating special editions of some of our best-selling books, ready for the international market. Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12.

The successful candidate will report to the Creative Director with line management from the Heads of Fiction and Non-Fiction. This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting, highly creative and collaborative team in a vibrant and evolving publishing environment, working on a diverse range of titles.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working on a variety of projects and subject matter, and is eager to contribute to the success of Nosy Crow’s award-winning publishing program. The ideal candidate will report to the Creative Director, bringing a strong design portfolio, excellent organisational skills, and a real passion for children’s book design to the role.

The role

• Typesetting – Working closely with our Editorial teams in the US and UK to Americanise both frontlist and backlist titles, ready for publication.
• Artworking – Applying your technical print knowledge and eye for detail to prepare mono and four colour book files for print, from file creation to pre-press.
• Creativity – Using your design experience to generate commercial US editions of Nosy Crow’s UK frontlist titles, including redesigning, revising and updating covers, revising, reformatting and updating backlist titles, creating new and inventive format ideas, and designing exclusive packaging for special sales.
• Project Coordination – Successfully executing the design of multiple projects simultaneously and being the UK design department’s primary point of contact for all US design queries. 

Key responsibilities

• Ensuring quality designs and creative consistency across the US list.
• Working closely with our UK in-house design team, our editors in both the UK and the US, and our UK production team to keep multiple projects on track.
• Providing necessary sales material for the US sales team in a timely manner.
• Coordinating multiple projects simultaneously and adhering to key deadlines.
• Contributing ideas and creating design solutions for special sales and proprietary editions.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Proven experience in children’s book design, with a strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects, ideally with experience working on both mono and 4-colour titles.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Exceptional organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

 Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays
• Christmas closure
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Critical Illness cover
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/partner/adoption leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Eye care vouchers
• Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases
• Emergency loans

To apply

Please send your CV, cover letter, and a PDF of your portfolio showcasing your work (please do not send a link to your website) to Rhianna by clicking the 'Apply' button. Include “Americanisation and Special Sales designer” in the subject line. We look forward to seeing your work and how your creativity can help shape the future of our list!

Please let us know if you are comfortable doing so, whether or not there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process.

The closing date for applications is midnight GMT (UK time) on the 3rd February 2025.

The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

Nosy Crow is an Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership. Applications are treated with due confidentiality.

Nosy Crow is a member of the Living Wage foundation.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.