Job Description

Are you bursting with creativity? Can you bring fresh ideas to our already established brand look? We\'ve got an exciting opportunity to join Penguin Random House\'s Audio Division as a Design Assistant.

About Audio

At Penguin Random House Audio, the UK\'s leading audiobook publisher, we are dedicated to making the very best audiobooks. Working with exceptional acting talent, producers and studios, we publish award-winning and bestselling audiobooks such as Richard Osman\'s The Thursday Murder Club series, Bernadine Evaristo\'s Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other, Stephen Fry\'s Troy and Dr Julie Smith\'s Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Our team also includes BBC Audio, where we commercialise curated collections of BBC Radio\'s spoken word content. In addition to its extensive backlist catalogue, BBC Audio publishes a wide range of entertainment, with comedy series including Just a Minute and I\'m Sorry I Haven\'t a Clue; sci-fi and fantasy programmes such as Doctor Who and The Lord of the Rings, and radio drama based on the works of writers including Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith, Alan Bennett and Arthur Conan Doyle.

The opportunity

As Design Assistant in Audio, you\'ll be reporting to the Design Lead and working closely with teams across the business such as Publishing Operations, Marketing and Editorial to connect our biggest books in Audio with listeners. Whilst managing your own workflow and sticking to tight deadlines, you\'ll be responsible for reaching and engaging listeners on retailer platforms through the design of Penguin Random House (PRH) and BBC audio covers.

Responsibilities will include:

• Adapting PRH print jackets to audiobook retailer specifications
• Working with our different publishing houses to ensure new cover designs (paperback, film tie-ins, awards) are proactively updated in audio
• Creating and refreshing cover designs for new BBC audiobooks
• Designing assets for digital marketing campaigns following established style guides
• Supporting the Design Lead to deliver the design elements of broader strategic projects within the Audio business (e.g. pitch documents and presentations)

What you\'ll bring

This new role is a fantastic opportunity to be creative, adaptable, and to contribute to ideas sessions. Ideally, you\'ll be fluent in the use of Adobe CS - InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator - and you\'ll have practical knowledge in using animation software or motion graphics.

We\'re also looking for someone who is:

• Able to manage their own workload, and work as part of a team as well as independently
• Able to work to tight deadlines and schedules
• Able to work flexibly and manage an evolving list of priorities

How to apply

You don\'t need to have publishing experience to apply for this role. If you have a real interest in and enthusiasm for ideas in audio visuals, we want to hear from you. Please apply by 23:59 on Tuesday 11th July with your CV, Cover Letter, and three examples of your design work that you are most proud of and that show a mix of versatility.

Our hybrid working approach

While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person at our offices in Embassy Gardens across the week. We are open to discussing the exact balance of office to remote working through the recruitment process.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: You\'ll start on \xc2\xa326,500. Expect a \xc2\xa31,000 increase on your first anniversary in this role to reflect your growing contribution.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

• 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
• Medical cover
• Life assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Generous pension scheme
• Summer working hours (role dependent)
• Volunteering policy and charity matching
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mentoring programme
• Extended gender neutral parental leave
• Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
• Each site has trained mental health first aiders
• We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we\'re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can\'t take all eligible candidates to interview.

We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here:

We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here:

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: Penguin Books Limited

Country: United Kingdom

State/Region: London

City: London

Postal Code: SW11

Job ID: 261530

Date: 4 Jul 2023

Location:

London, LND, GB, SW11

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