Designer (Princeton, NJ Hybrid)
About The Position
HarperCollins Publishers is seeking a Designer! In this role you will have the opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced environment on fiction, non-fiction, offsets, and paperback conversions for the William Morrow, Dey Street Books, William Morrow Cookbooks, and Harper Voyager imprints. The Designer will be responsible for all stages of interior book design for assigned titles, from manuscript to bound books, and will work on projects of all levels of complexity with a focus on general books/adult trade. This position reports to the Senior Design Manager.
Requirements
- Minimum 2+ years of book interior design experience (preferable), or related graphic design experience
- Collaborative demeanor and a team-player
- Must demonstrate proficiency with Adobe InDesign on a Mac
- Project management skills: detail-oriented, well-organized with an ability to handle multiple projects at various stages simultaneously
- Good written and oral communication skills required
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator a plus
Responsibilities
- Designs mostly 1-color book interiors.
- Prepares and routes design samples for approval.
- Creates tight InDesign templates for composition group to page books downstream.
- Reviews page proof at various stages and inputs text corrections using InDesign.
- Designs 1-color and 4-color photo inserts, binding die mechanicals and spec materials for cases and endpapers.
- Manages art program for assigned titles under supervision (as needed): evaluates digital images for good print quality; reviews and marks-up art proofs to ensure best print quality.
- Collaborates with design manager on design concepts.
- Works closely with editors, production editors, production, and composition teams.
- Opportunity to work directly with authors.
- Under supervision, commissions independent contractors (mapmakers and illustrators); negotiate fees, generates graphic artist contracts, and processes invoices, as needed.
- Meets deadlines, monitor components, keeps accurate status reports on Teams, and tracks budgets for assigned titles.
- Works on offsets from outside publishers as well as paperback conversions: updates frontmatter, inputs text corrections, adjusts pages and photo inserts to fit new US trim size.
- Traffics files via our RSuite workflow system and other file transfer systems.
- Accesses, downloads, and archives files utilizing our Digital Access Management System.
- Assists with work overflow from Senior Designers and the Design Manager, and other groups within the department, when needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
