Senior Designer (12 month FTC)

Who we are and what we do

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 10 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

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented, creative, and efficient Senior Designer to work within our collaborative design team.

Orion publishes across a range of imprints including conversation starting fiction and non-fiction. We pride ourselves on representing distinctive voices in music and literature, smart thinking, literary fiction and gifts. Our no.1 bestselling authors include Ian Rankin, Candice Carty-Williams, Joanne Harris, Michael Connelly, Emily English, and the Rev Richard Coles.

• To create designs across all imprints to the highest creative standards, within the constraints of the brief, schedule, and budget, in keeping with department’s design standards, and ensuring commercial relevance within a particular market.

• Can work effectively within constraints, scoping projects and planning accordingly

• Is responsible for seeking approval on the projects at agreed stage with relevant stakeholders, checking proofs, managing costs, maintaining design and production schedules, supplying files for final output

• Can collaborate and communicate well with cross functional teams and external parties, using inputs from across the business to inform their design direction.

• Works largely independently and can solve problems with minimal input and escalate appropriately

• Can manage their own work queue and communicate any risk in it

• Negotiating with and commissioning illustrators, either directly or via agents.

• Successfully presents designs. Can distil and manage feedback to create successful outcomes.

If you’re someone with proven years as a middleweight designer looking for a step up and have been responsible for delivering innovative cover designs across a range of genres from concept to production, we’d love to hear from you. 

In your application, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and Portfolio of recent work (which is in the cover letter section).

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
• Dental 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 AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

The role will be based at our London or Sheffield office with occasional travel to London, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

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 your 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 www.booktradeentrysupport.org