Graphic Designer

At Phoenix International Publications, Inc., we’re committed to crafting engaging, educational, and entertaining books for young readers to encourage a lifelong love of story time! Together with our licensing partners, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, Baby Einstein, World of Eric Carle, and more, we create award-winning sound books, song books, picture books, board books, bath books, and Look and Find books, which provide a unique, interactive reading experience for children and their families.

Are you ready to join our fun and creative team? We’re looking for a full-time Graphic Designer to design children’s books and assist the art staff. This position is based in our Chicago office, and we offer a flexible work arrangement.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• •  Designing licensed and original children’s books – including page layouts, artwork selection and manipulation, typesetting, cover design, thumbnailing, and written direction for artwork – in accordance with licensor and in-house style guides and in collaboration with staff editors
  • Completing books by preparing files for prepress, confirming template and die-cut accuracy, and delivering the entire complement of project files for printing
  •  Meeting all project deadlines from startup to closing, and tracking all stages in Biblio as they are completed
  • Regularly downloading assets from our licensing partners’ media asset sites
  • Working closely with the Managing Art Director to organize and manage all licensor assets
  • Regularly organizing, maintaining, and syncing the Style Guide server and alerting the teams to new assets
  • Assisting the Managing Art Director with licensed-art orders
  • Communicating directly with out-of-house freelancers and illustrators
  • Assisting the Senior Art Director with reprint revisions – making licensor-requested revisions to reprint titles
  • Performing Art Server maintenance, clean-up, and organization
  • Color-correcting/manipulating photographs, illustrating, and paper engineering (pop-ups) as needed

Skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years’ design experience
• Thorough knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud
• Strong typography and layout skills
• Strong sense of color
• Ability to sketch and/or draw
• Knowledge of licensed characters and properties
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate, take direction, and follow through
• Ability to multitask
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Biblio is a plus

Phoenix International Publications, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.