Junior Designer Marketing, Penguin Publishing Group; Hybrid

Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children’s publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 300 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children’s Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others.

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Penguin Random House values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Penguin Publishing Group seeks a Junior Designer to join our dynamic Advertising and Promotions Marketing team. This position requires strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to work on a variety of projects in an intense and fast-paced environment. The Junior Designer will manage simultaneous digital, print, and motion graphic projects to support marketing efforts across physical material, web, social, and email platforms.

This individual will be an active team member who creates and executes customized campaigns across our list.

• Day-to-day work will include collaborating closely with Marketers to refine designs, incorporate feedback, and route work to internal departments, maintaining a positive, can-do attitude in a highly deadline driven environment
• Assisting the design team in conceptualizing and designing digital and print ad campaigns as well as promotional materials for assigned titles, including but not limited to social media images, cover animations/animated gifs and other short form videos, lifestyle photos, original illustrations, website assets, postcards, templates, and back of book ads
• Creating digital and physical book mockups
• Managing departmental tasks, remote and in-office
• Traffic creative: preparing and releasing files to stakeholders, and sending projects to print
• Attend weekly status, brainstorm, and media planning meetings
• Remain current on art, design, and publishing trends offering new ideas on aesthetics and working styles into our department’s creative ecosystem to help keep our output relevant and timely

• Minimum of 1–2 years of experience as a staff designer in advertising or marketing preferred. Trade publishing marketing design experience is a plus, but not required for success in the role
• Excellent design flexibility, including strong type design, to create across a wide range of aesthetics, audiences, and project types
• Proven self-starter with strong task management skills and attention to detail
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple assignments and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate, problem solve creatively, and collaborate well with internal and external partners, and incorporating various stakeholders’ feedback under tight deadlines
• Ability to work effectively on a team as well as independently

The salary for this position is $60,000.
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