REQUIREMENTS
The managers team will include book designer who will create about 30-40 original cover designs per month for our imprints and 20-40 complimentary material. He/She brings an advanced level of skill set necessary to creating original and interesting designs. They have an understanding of the market place, versatile usage of photography and illustration, advance usage of typography and fonts, and keen sense of color.
As a Designer, you will:
- Ensure the templates that we create are of the highest quality in terms of aesthetics and usability.
- Create unique concepts for beautiful templates on various themes and topics.
- Create design assets such as illustrations and design elements to make the templates shine.
- Suggest fresh design styles and creative directions that suit our users’ needs
- Establish standards and best practices for the use of Adobe InDesign and other design tools, combining ongoing analysis of completed projects with collaborative input from the workflow leads for the editorial, print design, and eBook processes.
- Produce and maintain documentation for design participants in the workflow.
- Develop training syllabi and training materials to support standards.
- Ensure that standards and practices, documentation and training opportunities are effectively communicated to constituents.
- Deliver training in conjunction and collaboration with Manager, Design Support, eBook Production team, training staff, and others, as appropriate.
- Identify needs for new or refined standards, documentation and training through regular review and identification of opportunities to improve processes or compliance.
- Adapt standards, documentation and training to keep pace with changing output formats and production tools.
Experience you'll need
- Experience as a Graphic, Brand or Visual Designer creating a diverse range of digital and print marketing materials.
- A portfolio demonstrating your passion for designing clean, elegant, and beautiful designs.
- Strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
- Advanced design sense and mastery of hand illustration, typography, color, conceptual graphic design, and layout creation.
- Has a keen understanding of design based on visual, cultural, and popular trends.
- Has a strong stylistic approach, and a strong foundation in what makes a good design.
- Ability to prioritize and oversee numerous projects with varying timeliness.
- Designs with the end user’s needs in mind.
- Delivers great designs, on deadline.
When applying to this role, please provide the following:
A link to your portfolio
REQ ID: BCD-01
BUSINESS UNIT: Innovative Publishers
LOCATION: Boston, MA
