Little Brown design internship

Salary: London Living Wage

Location: London

Work on live design briefs and see your book cover ideas develop from concept to publication-ready artwork.

Little, Brown's identity is personified by our innovative, dynamic and free-thinking people. Across our thirteen imprints, you won't find a wider range of titles anywhere in UK publishing. We pride ourselves on quality and diversity. A repeat recipient of the Publisher of the Year award, we're one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. Little, Brown 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

You’ll become an active member of the design team for the duration of the internship. The focus of your work during this time will be completing live briefs as much as is feasible in the time. From first visuals, through the feedback stage and to have a final print-ready cover.

You will also be tasked with other jobs which would likely include:

• Shadowing designers on live projects
• Attending cover visual and briefing meetings
• Picture researching
• Art-working visuals to meet production standards
• Meeting colleagues in other key design-related departments (production, editorial, marketing)

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for an enthusiastic designer/illustrator with a passion to learn more about the world of book cover design. We don’t require any specific qualifications or training, but would like to see your passion for designing book covers and evidence of using type and image together.

What we offer

The role is paid the London Living Wage and lasts for three weeks, with a four day week (Monday to Thursday).

The role is hybrid, with some home-working and suggested office presence (in our London office). There is the option to be fully remote if needed.

Hardware and software requirements can be discussed at the interview stage.

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 require any reasonable adjustments to support you in the recruitment process, you will have an opportunity to make this request in your application.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.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.