The group includes six imprints: Basic Books, Seal Press, PublicAffairs, Bold Type Books, Basic Venture, and Basic Liberty. Role will also include cover design for both paperback and hardcover titles. • Design covers for paperback and hardcover titles as assigned • Design and typeset hardcover jacket and paperback cover mechanicals (spine, flaps, back ads), as well as spine dies • Route, track, maintain, and update frontlist and backlist mechanicals through all stages (e.g. initial build, text corrections and color corrections, preflight, final preparation and delivery of press-ready files to Production/press) • Ensure retail cover assets are uploaded into proprietary database • Research and license art, illustration, photography, and fonts, processing both invoices and contracts as needed • Convert hardcover and paperback cover designs to audio format • Attend to day-to-day art department / office needs (e.g. monitor and update multiple databases and spreadsheets; organize, maintain, and archive digital files, etc.) We ask for a cover letter so that we can understand how your skills or experience can apply to our open role. The compensation for this position is a range from $52,000-$62,000.
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