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Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group seeks a creative and experienced Sr Designer to produce visually compelling book designs for various children's imprints. This role involves managing all stages of book packaging and collaborating with multiple teams to deliver high-quality publications.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include creating cover designs, overseeing book packaging from concept to final product, collaborating closely with editorial teams, and managing the design process with freelancers and internal departments.
Skills: Candidates must have a minimum of 4-6 years in book design, proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, strong typography skills, and a thorough understanding of book production processes.
Qualifications: A degree in graphic design or related fields is preferred, along with an impressive portfolio showcasing design expertise in children's publishing.
Location: This position is based in the United States with no travel requirements specified.
Compensation: $70000 - $85000 / Annually
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group is looking for a resourceful and imaginative book designer for Feiwel & Friends, FSG BYR, Henry Holt BYR, and Roaring Brook Press. The position encompasses a range of responsibilities associated with every stage of producing fiction and non-fiction chapter books, middle grade, and young adult novels. The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of commercial & literary design, branding, knowledge of the children’s book marketplace and a keen eye for illustration, typography, photography, and how they influence new ideas and trends.
What you'll do:
- Deliver original, effective cover comps and polished final covers that are visually compelling and fresh for the market
- Design and manage all stages of book packaging (jackets, covers, interiors), from early concept to final bound book
- Closely collaborate on book projects with the editorial team, creative director, and production department
- Assist Art Director on design tasks
- Work with freelancers, illustrators, photographers, and agents
- Route material for approval, maintain schedules, prepare files for output and manage proofing process
- Work with other teams/departments to ensure materials requests are met in a timely and effective manner
What you'll bring:
- At least 4-6 years bookmaking experience, ideally in children’s publishing or equivalent
- Degree in graphic design or other related fields or equivalent work experience.
- Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, Mac Platform
- Expert in color theory and design fundamentals
- Exceptional portfolio displaying strong typographic skills
- A keen interest in and understanding of the publishing industry
- Knowledge of technical process of book production and printing
- An ability to receive constructive feedback and proactively seek out compromise with colleagues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Motivated to learn from and collaborate with team members
- A love of reading
Salary range for this role is $70,000 to $85,000.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
