Macmillan is looking for a designer to conceive unique, creative, and engaging book jackets for the boutique division, Celadon Books. The position encompasses a range of responsibilities associated with every stage of producing fiction and non-fiction book jackets.
The ideal candidate will have a keen sense of commercial, literary design and excellent typography, production skills, marketplace, and strong communication and organizational skills.
What you'll do:
- Deliver distinctive and effective cover concepts and polished final jackets that are visually compelling and fresh for the market
- Design and manage all stages of book jacket design from early concept to final bound book
- Closely collaborate on book projects with the editorial team, creative director, marketing, publicity and production department
- Collaborate with freelancers, illustrators, photographers, and agents
- Identify, hire, and manage relationships with artists
- Route material for approval, maintain schedules, prepare files for output, and manage proofing process as well as image rights and billing oversight.
- Work with other team members and departments to ensure materials requests are met in a timely and effective manner
What you'll bring:
- Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, Mac Platform
- Expert in color theory and design fundamentals
- Exceptional portfolio displaying book cover specific work and strong typographic skills
- Experience collaborating with designers, photographers and knowledge of the illustration world
- Organized and attentive to detail with strong written and verbal communication skills
- An ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with colleagues
- Team player who is motivated to learn
- Knowledge of and an interest in the book publishing industry
- 2 - 3 years of experience designing book jackets
- Degree in graphic design
- Portfolio submission or website link required
The salary range for this role is $60,000 - $65,000.
This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway. Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.
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.
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Skills Required
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
- Proficiency with Google Suite
- Experience on Mac platform
- Expertise in color theory and design fundamentals
- Exceptional portfolio showing book cover–specific work and strong typographic skills
- 2 - 3 years of experience designing book jackets
- Degree in Graphic Design
- Experience collaborating with designers, photographers, and illustrators; knowledge of the illustration world
- Experience hiring and managing freelancers, illustrators, photographers, and agents
- Production skills: prepare files for output, manage proofing process, route materials for approval
- Experience managing image rights and billing oversight
- Organized, attentive to detail, with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues and work cross-functionally
- Portfolio submission or website link required
- Knowledge of and interest in the book publishing industry
What We Do
We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world. Macmillan Publishers is a leading publishing company and home to some of the world's most cherished authors and creators. We are firmly committed to our employees, authors, and core values — and strive to build a culture that is inclusive of diverse voices and perspectives throughout all levels of the company. Our 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. Macmillan Publishers is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to reflecting a broad representation of differences — race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective — in our workplace.
