Senior Designer, Workman Publishing, Children's
SUMMARY Workman Publishing’s children’s department is seeking a creative and collaborative Senior Designer to join our dynamic team. This role will focus on developing innovative nonfiction trade and curriculum books for children across a wide range of formats—including board books, novelty, middle grade, graphic novels, activity books, and workbooks. As a Senior Designer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our list by creating standout designs for both original IP and brand extensions of beloved backlist titles. You will partner closely with editors, art directors, illustrators, and production teams to bring high-quality, visually engaging books to market. Key responsibilities:
- Design innovative, eye-catching covers
- Ideate and develop full interior layouts for new projects
- Develop brands and logo designs
- Partner with the design staff, editors, and publisher to manage multiple book projects from start to finish
- Researches and oversees freelance illustrators and designers
- Prepare cover mechanicals, from initial layout to final production (working with production mangers on materials and setup; prepress, color correction, and file setup; reviewing, correcting, and approving proofs; and providing final files for print)
- Prepare galley covers, following a similar process
- Work with colleagues in the marketing department to create original promotional materials, including social media assets