Assistant Art Director (NYC Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers • New York, NY

19h • $85,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Harper Books Art Dept team is currently seeking an Assistant Art Director to join the fast-paced, creative team. In this role, the Assistant Art Director will design and art direct covers for a wide range of titles under the Harper imprints. Our titles range from literary to commercial fiction/non-fiction, celebrity memoirs, cookbooks, fantasy, sci-fi and romance. Our ideal candidate would be comfortable working across all of these genres.

Requirements

• 7 years experience in publishing for the adult trade market.
• Diverse design sensibility in both fiction (literary to fantasy) and non-fiction.
• Strong typographic knowledge and skills. Must be an independent and strong thinker.
• Must be extremely well organized, able to manage many projects simultaneously.
• Needs excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Should have strong Mac skills including AdobeCC, basic retouching and photo/image compositing.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with senior art directors, editors, illustrators, photographers and freelance designers in creation of covers.
• Designs or supervises design and manages all phases of design process and production process.
• Handles projects/tasks assigned in a timely way by being a trouble-shooter, problem solver and deadline maker.

Benefits

• In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed