Designer (Princeton, NJ Hybrid)
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Job Location:
Princeton, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 60000 - 65000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
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.
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.
Qualifications
- 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
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator a plus
- 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
HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position we want to know why you want to work here and why you are interested in the job.Thats why cover letters are strongly preferred.
The salary range for this position is $60000 - $65000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
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.
HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.
HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Graphic Design
- Layout Design
- Logo Design
- CAD
- Adobe Creative Suite
- SolidWorks
- Drafting
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autocad
- Adobe Illustrator
- Catia
- Adobe Indesign
