Senior Designer/Designer
Department: Little Tiger Fiction
Location: Fulham, London – Hybrid
Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Permanent – Full-time
Reporting to: Art Director
The Role
We are looking for an experienced designer with a passion for children’s books and a desire to discover and nurture illustration talent. You will be brimming with creative ideas, with the technical knowledge and attention to detail to produce child-focused book packages with engaging and appealing art and design. You will need to be extremely organised, with the ability to manage a busy workload and work collaboratively as part of a team. The fiction team works across illustrated chapter books, graphic novels, middle grade, YA and occasionally non-fiction and activity books.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing all aspects of the art and design of your titles, working closely with the Art Director and Editor: commissioning and briefing illustrators; designing covers and interiors; typesetting; creating print-ready files and working with production to supply these to the printer; designing eBook interiors; making corrections to and checking reprint files
- Working with the editorial team to conceptualise new projects
- Building strong working relationships with artists and agents
- Working closely with other departments to support the sales and promotion of your books
- Project managing sales materials dates, catalogues and leaflets for UK and International sales, including book fairs and customer meetings
- Managing administrative tasks related to your books and artists; including contracts, schedules and archiving
Key Requirements
- At least three years’ experience in children’s book design
- A thorough understanding of file requirements for print medium
- Strong children’s and YA book design portfolio, including covers and internals, demonstrating an understanding of Colour Theory, Visual Grammar and Typography
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
- A keen eye for detail and superb organisational skills
- A passion for children’s books and a demonstrable knowledge of the market
- A personable team player, able to confidently represent the team in external and internal meetings
About Little Tiger
Little Tiger is a creatively led children’s publisher producing engaging and inspiring books for children and young people which are sold all over the world.
This is a full-time role based in our office in West London. We operate hybrid working with a minimum of three days a week in the office and up to two days a week working from home.
Our Commitment
Little Tiger is committed to employing individuals from varied and diverse backgrounds in order to build a team which reflects the different communities of our readers. We employ people based on their abilities, regardless of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality or socio-economic background.
Application Process
Please send your CV, 3-page pdf portfolio and a covering letter outlining your interest in Little Tiger and your suitability for the role to Charlie Moyler (cmoyler@littletiger.co.uk) by Monday 5th October.
Interviews will take place the weeks of 12th and 19th October.
We are fortunate enough to receive a high volume of applicants for our roles. In such events, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
If you are invited to an interview and you need any assistance, please inform us ahead of your interview. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to participate fully, please let us know.
Data Retention Policy
The company will retain the personal information provided in your application for up to six months after the recruitment process concludes. Depending on the role, in some cases, we may retain the personal information of unsuccessful candidates for an additional six months to consider them for future opportunities. We will inform you if this applies. If you do not wish for your data to be retained beyond the current process, please state this in your application.