Designer

Salary: £29,000 - £31,600 per annum

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: Wednesday and Thursday

Shape the look of non-fiction books through cover design, typography and artwork across a wide range of academic subjects.

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.

Our mission is to be a creative, entrepreneurial, independent publisher of books, audiobooks and digital content of excellence and originality and to bring these works to a worldwide audience. Our purpose is to inform, educate, entertain and inspire readers of all ages and backgrounds. We champion a life-long love of reading and learning and seek to help build a reading culture with all the benefits which that brings society.

We are looking for a talented, creative Designer to join our highly productive Academic and Professional Division, which publishes across a range of subjects including Architecture, Business, Design, Drama, Education, Fashion, Film & Media, History, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Theology. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a career in book cover design, working across a broad range of non-fiction projects.

The role

• Cover design of new titles across selected lists
• Generating final cover artwork (using Adobe CS) for new titles
• Liaising with editorial, marketing and production colleagues, and external suppliers on cover design, status, schedules, and budgets
• Ensure company systems are kept up-to-date with cover data, files and status
• Conduct monthly Cover Meeting with title Editors

Knowledge, skills and experience

• The ideal candidate would have experience working in an academic publishing environment or other relevant setting
• A real love for typography and books as objects
• Proven technical expertise (InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• Experience of managing freelance designers and illustrators
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• The ability to process a large volume of work quickly and accurately
• A keen eye for detail
• The confidence to liaise with internal stakeholders and external suppliers

Additional information

The role is a full-time and permanent position

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 current portfolio of work (PDF) or a link to online portfolio, CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role.

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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, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 14 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.

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.