Assistant Production Artist (1 year contract) (Toronto Hybrid)

Overview

Company: HarperCollins Canada

Job Title: Assistant, Production Artist

Department(s):  Creative Operations

Reports to:  Sr Mgr, Production Art

Status:  1 year contract

Location:  22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto (hybrid model) 

Job Vacancy Status:  Vacant and actively accepting applications

The Production Art Department as HarperCollins is seeking an Assistant Production Artist to work on the creation of advertisements, promotional materials and covers. In this role you will work closely with your colleagues to develop the essential skills needed to create both print and digital materials. This position works closely with Art, Editorial and Marketing. This position requires the ability to track and maintain focus while sharing detailed information between multiple groups.

Responsibilities

• Create advertisements for Marketing utilizing design elements from the covers created by Art and manage communication and approvals on an ongoing basis.
• Create galley covers using templates and already created cover art.
• Assist with building both print and digital cover materials in Adobe Creative Suite ensuring that the final delivery of the press ready files follow departmental best practice (SOPs).
• Assist with reprint corrections.
• Interact with multiple departments as needed and in a timely manner to ensure assigned materials meet specified deadlines.
• Organize and archive all completed materials following departmental best practices and naming conventions (SOPs).

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent work experience
• MAC technical abilities and file building techniques in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Superior organizational skills and attention to detail 
• Knowledge of typography, design layout, color work and print processes
• Ability to multi-task while working independently and as a team player 
• Adaptable/flexible to changing business processes and requirements
• This position requires extended periods of focus working in front of a computer with multiple screens.

About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher

in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

The salary range for this position is $45,000-$48,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.  

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we do. In addition to the Canadian publishing program, HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales, marketing, and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe.

HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills, knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at TalentManagement@harpercollins.com. Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests. 

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.