Designer (interim)

Location: 5th Floor, HYLO, 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LZ

Working pattern: Hybrid – 4 days per week (Monday-Thursday), two days in the office; two days working from home

Department: Design

Imprint: Studio Press

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Duration: (6-month Fixed-Term Contract)

Lead the creative development of books, working closely with editorial, production and freelance contributors.

At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together. We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere. We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country’s leading publishers.

Bonnier Books UK is looking for a talented and highly creative designer to join our license and trend-led imprint, Studio Press. Studio Press is the home of numerous best-selling Disney, Marvel and Star Wars titles for all ages from pre-school to adult, as well as a range of trend-led pop culture books, plus the best-selling Ultimate Football Heroes series. The designer will project manage and creatively guide the creation of books making sure all books are produced to the design quality and technical accuracy required, and are delivered on schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Guide and coordinate the books in line with the creative briefs, making sure all files are coordinated through the correct design approval workflow for the team.
• Research, brief, layout, art edit and sign-off on a wide range of books across different formats and novelties to make the best product possible.
• Make sure all files are to the technical accuracy required and to the design quality during all stages – final files, plotter and advance stages.
• Research and suggest ideas for the future publishing list, showing awareness of marketplace and trends. Keep aware of pop culture and emerging issues.
• Project-manage books in partnership with Editorial and Production, making sure key milestones are kept to and final files are supplied on time.
• Liaise with and manage 3rd-party contributors, including packagers, illustrators and other freelance agents that are needed to create a project.
• Problem-solve and/or escalate problems in the correct manner and in good time to allow schedules to be hit. Other ad hoc duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• Excellent technical skills in key software (Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud)
• Experience managing illustrators, photographers, designers and agents
• In addition to being a fantastic designer, you will be solution-focused have excellent organisational skills, experience with people management, the ability to maintain schedules and meet deadlines and liaise closely with the editorial, sales and production teams to ensure that all projects are delivered on time and to the highest standard.

Company Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Lively social committee hosting regular events
• Group Life cover - including 24-hour GP service
• Company-funded gym membership for all trade staff
• Comprehensive staff training and mentorship programmes
• Flexible working and flexible hours from day one of employment
• Additional holiday allowance accrued for long service – and a full bonus week of holiday to celebrate your 10th year at BBUK
• Enhanced family leave - with equal six months’ paid leave for all new parents
• Employee assistance programme available to all employees and their families
• Dedicated volunteering hours each year to support charities promoting literacy and reading for pleasure
• Wellbeing programme and daily benefits such as fresh fruit and porridge in the office

If you are interested in this role, please apply via our website. We look forward to hearing from you.

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.