Senior Designer

🕒 August 19

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $56k - $70k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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HarperCollins Publishers

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1817

👥 B2C

📱 Media

🛍️ eCommerce

B2C • Media • eCommerce

HarperCollins Publishers is a leading global publishing house committed to supporting authors and delivering diverse narratives that resonate with readers worldwide. With a rich history dating back to 1817, HarperCollins offers a wide range of books across various genres including biographies, cookbooks, fiction, and children's literature. The company focuses on promoting creativity and innovation within a welcoming culture, fostering connections among authors, employees, and the community.

📋 Description

• Design and typeset 4-color lifestyle, cookbook, children’s, and gift book interiors • Work simultaneously on 12–20 projects according to the publishing cycle • Collaborate with editorial, production, and art directors from design concept through typesetting proofs and print-ready files • Take initiative to problem-solve, troubleshoot, and follow through to meet deadlines • Manage projects and report progress • Manipulate and color-correct photos and illustrations • Create graphs and charts as needed • Perform pre-press operations and prepare print-ready PDFs for printers • Collect project files and documents and archive them according to established procedures • Repurpose existing content and make reprint corrections

🎯 Requirements

• Online portfolio required for consideration • Expert Macintosh computer skills • Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite programs • Strong knowledge of typography, including paragraph, character, object, and GREP styles • Knowledge of book structural elements and proofreading marks • Minimum of 7 years of professional experience designing and typesetting book interiors for publishing or a similar high-volume production environment • Professional experience designing and laying out long-form book interiors • BA from a respected institution in a Design field, especially interior book design and typography • Understanding of printing and binding processes • Strong knowledge of Trade Book design and current trends • Comprehensive knowledge of long-document production in InDesign • High-level skill with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator on Mac OS • Ability to work with Microsoft Word and Excel • Strong project management skills • Ability to handle multiple tasks and set appropriate priorities • Effective written and oral communication skills • Ability to work quickly, accurately, and efficiently • Analytical, detail-oriented, well-organized, and proactive • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment • Ability to solve problems, adapt to changes, and develop an independent creative vision

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package • Physical health benefits • Retirement and savings benefits • Caregiving benefits • Emotional wellbeing benefits • Transportation benefits • Elective benefits tailored to employees’ needs and personal situations • Remote work opportunity

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