Junior Designer - HQ and Mills&Boon

Team: HQ and Mills&Boon - Design team

Salary: Permanent

Location: London / Hybrid

Closing: 11:59pm, 1st May 2023 BST

Perks and benefits

Overall purpose of the role

This is a junior position within the Design team for the imprint HQM&B. We are looking for someone with knowledge of design systems who is keen to take on a position in which they can learn and grow. The Junior Designer will be responsible for creating marketing assets including animations, proof design across all imprints and helping design covers for Mills & Boon. We are open to those with some design experience or those looking for their first role in this field of publishing.

Responsibility

• Designing marketing assets, including animations, for the team to use in sales and marketing

• Creating new, innovative and market-leading design concepts for Mills & Boon.

• Liaise with Head of Design regarding deadlines and finishes to ensure cover proofs go to press on time.

• Adhere to brand guidelines.

• Ensuring all picture permission are cleared on time and within budget.

• Ability to deal with people issues effectively.

• Adopting a ‘big picture’ view of the workflow and knowing when to step in and restart a project.

Person Specification

• Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Design Degree / course/ some experience

• After Effects experience essential

• Experience in cover design or packaging desirable but not necessary

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to carry out picture research and clearing of images

• A love of design and books

• Ability to multitask, work on own initiative and keep to deadlines.

• Attention to detail

• Team player

Submitting your portfolio

Please submit your portfolio including links to your animation experience (PDF ideally no more than 10mb) to recruitment@harpercollins.co.uk with "Junior Designer - Portfolio" in the subject heading.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking internships or entry level positions. For more information visit https://www.btbs.org/

Benefits

Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office)

28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Private healthcare cover and life assurance

Summer Hours

Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme

Relocation Rent Support Loan

Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC

Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

Gym membership discount

Onsite physiotherapy (London only)

Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

Onsite prayer room

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition Manager at sandra.lim@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.