Artworker, Bloomsbury Special Interest

Salary: £27,000

Location: The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are Monday and Tuesday.

Combine your creativity and organisational skills to support cover production, visual branding and publishing design across a diverse range of non-fiction books.

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.

The special interest division creates original and high quality non-fiction that supports hobbies, enthusiasms and interests. We publish a wide range of subjects including military history; nautical; science and nature; sport and wellbeing; arts and crafts; philosophy; religion; current affairs and business and we are market leaders in many of these areas.

Bloomsbury Special Interest are looking to recruit an Artworker. We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Artworker to work across the numerous Bloomsbury Special Interest Non-fiction imprints, including Sigma (popular science), Green Tree (Health and Wellness), Bloomsbury Sport, Bloomsbury Continuum (Politics, Religion, and Philosophy), Bloomsbury Wildlife, Conway and Reeds (Nautical), Bloomsbury Business and Herbert Press (Craft and Art).

The role

• As an Artworker, you’ll play a key role in bringing our titles to life. Using Adobe Creative Suite, you’ll create final artwork for reprints and prepare covers for press across our frontlist titles.
• You’ll ensure our internal systems are always up to date with the latest cover data, files and status updates, while also supporting the design team with a variety of artworking tasks on new titles.
• This is a fast-paced, collaborative role where you’ll work closely with editors and colleagues across the department.
• You’ll have plenty of opportunity to channel your passion for visual storytelling into creative projects, including rebranding work and designing back covers.
• Some experience in design or artworking within publishing would be a bonus, but it’s not essential. What matters most is that you’re highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable juggling multiple projects at once in a busy environment.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Highly proficient in InDesign, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Keen eye for detail
• Proactive, independent and able to work to proscribed deadlines and schedules.
• An interest in entering the publishing industry within the design environment

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position

As an Assistant role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

Please apply with a CV, a portfolio (either pdf or link) and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

Bloomsbury Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern

• hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits:

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing

industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: http://booktradeentrysupport.org

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.