Designer

The Studio

Highly creative studio for a well-loved publishing company. This is a multi-disciplined and talented team working collaboratively to produce best-selling titles in the pop-culture and young readers categories that feel exciting and innovative. Partnering with leading authors, licensors and brands, you’ll have the opportunity to really shape and set the visual direction of titles in fresh and commercially minded ways. This role is London based and requires studio presence 3 days a week with the flexibility to work from home the other 2 days.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to help set and lead a new visual direction and you’ll also have the chance to help streamline studio workflow and mentor less experienced members of the studio, contributing to the overall success of the team. Working across multiple projects from concept through to final delivery, your responsibilities will include originating treatments, commissioning designers, illustrators and photographers, delivering design solutions for jackets, layouts and styling as well as presenting work at project meetings. Although the role has both strategic and overseeing elements to it, you’ll need to be completely comfortable in a hands-on role with day-to-day design deliverables. It’s an exciting time to join as this is a new pillar within the business and an opportunity to influence the visual direction of some high-profile titles and projects.

Our Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for significant experience in publishing, ideally books, with exceptional design skills for editorial projects.

Should be comfortable and confident commissioning and briefing other contributors, including illustrators.

Has a strong typographic and visual sensibility as well as meticulous attention to detail.

Has an impressive folio of high-quality work demonstrating editorial projects and factual content that feels fresh and exciting.

Is continuously researching trends and competitor activity to inform concepts and treatments.

If this describes you perfectly and you’re looking for a new opportunity to start the year, please get in touch with jim@edenmarsh.co.uk