What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr Designer, MCPG position at Sunstar?
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group is looking for a Junior Designer to join our 4-Color team and learn all things related to creating a picture book. This role will provide administrative support and assist in designing covers and interiors for our children’s book imprints : Balzer Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, Feiwel and Friends, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Odd Dot and Roaring Brook Press. Our ideal candidate will have an interest in book design, visual storytelling, a passion for typography and illustration, along with strong organizational and communication skills.
What you'll do :
- Working closely with the art director, create and execute clever and fun picture book designs, from initial concept to the completion of the final bound book
- Design and set up mechanicals and effects plates for jackets, covers, and interiors
- Route materials following department procedures and guidelines and typeset corrections to the jackets and interiors throughout the routing process
- Articulate concepts with polished and convincing sketch comps and present thoughtful and intentional font choices for covers and interior designs
- Collaborate closely with editorial team and other internal departments
- Deliver notes to and handle correspondence with illustrators
- Maintain schedules and meet deadlines on assigned projects
- Research and suggest illustrators and stay current on illustration, design, and publishing trends
What you'll bring :
Ideal Experience / Education :
This role will have an annual salary of $50,000.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
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Salary : $50,000
