Assistant Art Director (NYC Hybrid)

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Overview

Our Harper Books Art Dept team is currently seeking an Assistant Art Director to join the fast-paced, creative team. In this role, the Assistant Art Director will design and art direct covers for a wide range of titles under the Harper imprints. Our titles range from literary to commercial fiction/non-fiction, celebrity memoirs, cookbooks, fantasy, sci-fi and romance. Our ideal candidate would be comfortable working across all of these genres.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with senior art directors, editors, illustrators, photographers and freelance designers in creation of covers.
• Designs or supervises design and manages all phases of design process and production process.
• Handles projects/tasks assigned in a timely way by being a trouble-shooter, problem solver and deadline maker.
  
  

Qualifications

• 7 years experience in publishing for the adult trade market.
• Diverse design sensibility in both fiction (literary to fantasy) and non-fiction.
• Strong typographic knowledge and skills. Must be an independent and strong thinker.
• Must be extremely well organized, able to manage many projects simultaneously.
• Needs excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Should have strong Mac skills including AdobeCC, basic retouching and photo/image compositing.
  
  

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary range for this position is $85,000-$95,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected] . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.

Job Locations US-NY-New York

Category Art & Design

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]