Closing date: 18th October 2024
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)
Location: The role will be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Do you want to design award-winning book covers?
Do you want to work with some of the best designers in the business, grow your skills, and apply your creativity to the covers of best-selling books? The Orion Art Department is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Designer to join the team.
At Orion, we believe every story matters. Open, agile, passionate and innovative, our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Ambitious to continually raise the bar, we believe good stories can come from anywhere and so encourage and value contributions from everybody here.
Orion is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
What you'll be doing
- You will be working with Art Directors who will help you grow in your role and teach you the skills to progress in your career.
- The successful candidate will be working mostly on the literary and music lists, but adaptable enough to work on commercial publishing, special editions, illustrated books and gifts.
Who we are looking for
- The candidate will need to have proven publishing design or related packaging experience.
- You should have a thirst to learn, good organisational skills and the ability to problem solve with support.
- Have a good working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, have strong art working skills and the ability to provide print ready files.
- Be aware of new trends, illustrator talent, and have a passion for books and design.
- The ability to work effectively to tight deadlines, work collaboratively and with effective communication, and have an understanding of the marketplace and end consumer.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
To apply
In your application, please submit your CV, covering letter, and a portfolio of recent relevant work.
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit
Please include in your application that you found role through Creative Access.