Senior designer (Pre-School and Picture Books, Children's Design)

The Vacancy

Bloomsbury Children’s Books is seeking a talented, highly creative and proactive individual to join their award-winning Pre-school and Picture books Team in the role of Senior Designer. The Senior Designer will work across a wide range of illustrated hard backs/ paperbacks, board books and novelty titles.

The role

Supporting the Art Director and working closely with the Editorial Team, you will oversee all stages of the design process across a wide range of titles, from initial ideas through to final print ready pdfs. You will be working with an array of illustrators, from best-selling established names to exciting debut talent.

Role reports to the Art Director, Pre-school and picture Books

Knowledge, skills and experience 

• Significant demonstrated experience as a designer of illustrated children's books. Any novelty experience would be an advantage
• A strong creative portfolio of work showcasing your ability to design original covers, series branding and interior layouts
• Proven experience of commissioning and working closely with illustrators, demonstrating how you have sensitively handled important relationships
• Proven experience in preparing files for print and print ready pdfs
• Proficient in using all Creative Suite software 
• Practical, highly organised with an ability to manage multiple projects and ambitious to deliver the very best results to tight deadlines.
• Great communication and presentation skills
• An understanding of the requirements of co-edition publishing

Additional information

The role is a full-time and permanent

Salary Range: £35,000 - £40,000

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. Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Tuesday.

Please apply with a CV, covering letter and digital portfolio addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 3rd November.

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 45 minutes earlier in the week
• Season Ticket Loan
• Sharesave Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• In-house Doctor
• Eyecare Voucher Scheme
• Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see below

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 Company

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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. Read Our Story for how it all began. 

Bloomsbury is committed to creating a working environment that stimulates creativity and collaboration, is respectful of difference, is inclusive and ethical in its practice, and promotes well-being. We are determined to nurture and develop our employees to reach their highest potential, and we know that our success is down to the passion, commitment and hard work of our talented people. We recognise the urgent need to attract and support applicants from all backgrounds and identities to become part of the global publishing industry, allowing diverse voices to reflect and shape our culture and society.