Job Description

Role: Junior Designer (ELP)

Department: Penguin Select

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

To provide effective designs for Early Learning Program of Penguin Select team.

STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE ROLE

INTERNAL: Editor(s), Designer, VP - International Product & Marketing, Production

EXTERNAL: Freelancers, Typesetters, Illustrators & Photographers

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Follow a brief and work with other members of the Creative Team on multiple projects simultaneously, work to schedules, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Design covers and layouts for children books, ensuring the Design Team's agreed procedures and styles are adhered to
• Ensure the timely delivery of print-ready artwork to the Production Team
• Liaise with the Sales and Production Teams, providing creative input and support when required
• Mock up sales and marketing materials to a high standard for new products
• Create beautifully designed and well-illustrated titles to publish under Early Learning & Reference Publishing program (English language)
• Work closely with Designer to convert concept into content
• Work with production team for printing and delivery timelines
• Create sales tools for offline sales - Title Information Sheet (TIS) & Catalog
• Create A+ content for Amazon

ROLE REQUIREMENT DETAILS:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in book design
• Comfortable working in Mac OS
• Have a passion for children's books
• Have an excellent understanding of design principles, such as colour, typography and composition
• Have a high level of creativity and enjoy working with others and discussing creative ideas
• Must be very organised, motivated and able to work well under pressure, with a high attention to detail and excellent time-management skills
• Should be proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite especially Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
• Knowledge of Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Creative and open to experiment, with a strong and logical bent for cover designs
• Proactive and Good team player
• Strong communication skills

Company: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Country: India

State/Region: Haryana

City: Gurugram

Postal Code: 122002

Job ID: 252781