Think Selection is delighted to be recruiting a Lead Designer for a successful and creative children’s publishing company.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading design role on a much-loved children’s publication, combining hands-on creative design with the opportunity to make a real impact on its look and feel.

Reporting to the Art & Design Director, you’ll design and lay out pages, bringing together artwork and editorial content. The remit also includes design for marketing materials, merchandise and digital assets.

You’ll guide the work of two junior designers and work closely with the editorial, marketing and production teams to keep creative projects organised and on schedule.

We’re looking for an accomplished designer with a minimum of five years’ experience in a senior or equivalent design position, gained in magazines, comics, book publishing or a comparable creative environment. You’ll have excellent page layout, typography and visual communication skills, advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and a strong understanding of print production.

A genuine enthusiasm for visual storytelling is highly desirable. Design experience in children’s books, comics or magazine publishing would be particularly relevant, but we're also happy to consider designers from other creative backgrounds.

You’ll be based full-time from the company’s Oxford offices. A competitive salary package and benefits are on offer to the successful candidate.

If this rare opportunity looks or sounds of interest to you, please send your CV and portfolio to Danny Parnes at Think Selection in confidence: danny@thinkselection.com . Alternatively, you can call on 07958 208817 for an initial chat. Many thanks.

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