Junior Designer, Flatiron

Flatiron Books is seeking a motivated individual for the full-time position of Junior Designer. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the cover design process and publishing as a whole. This person would work with the art department to coordinate with freelancers and vendors, organize meetings, help with art research, and design and route mechanicals. Candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills and attention to detail.

What you'll do:

• Act as a liason between art department and other departments - fulfilling art requests from Marketing/Publicity, Subrights, Audio, Ebooks, etc. in a timely manner.
• Maintain a database of freelance contacts with up-to-date information.
• Communicate with vendors regarding agreements and invoice submissions and troubleshoot issues with vendor paperwork and invoices/ payments
• Check files from freelancers to confirm dimensions and specs
• Create jpgs of covers, upload final covers to internal systems
• Update designs and copy on backlist titles
• Attend weekly production and jacket meetings and send out meeting agendas and minutes for bi-weekly meetings
• Help with photo/art research
• Set-up mechanicals for jackets and covers (take from first pass stage through pre-flight and final preparation of files for production)
• Secure rights for imagery and fonts
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Art Director

What you'll bring:

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously and maintain high level of quality, while working in a fast paced environment
• Be comfortable with both administrative duties as well as more creative design related tasks
• A strong background in the fundamentals of graphic design
• A thorough understanding and appreciation of typographic principles
• Flexibility and ability to work independently

Ideal Experience:

• 1-2 years of design in publishing
• A degree in graphic design or related field preferred but not required

This role will have an annual salary of $49,000 - $54,000.

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.