Junior Designer

**Junior Designer**

**Salary: £24,300 - £30,600**

**Location: Cambridge/ Hybrid**

**Contract: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week**

This newly created role will help contribute to our compelling designs for print and digital products for the Education International Publishing department within Cambridge University Press and Assessment. As a Junior Designer, you will collaborate closely with the team producing work of the highest quality. In this role, creativity and meticulous attention to detail will be crucial and the applicant should possess a genuine passion for design, especially print design and typography, and have a strong desire to expand their knowledge and skills. A willingness to learn and understand the different design requirements for print products, digital products, and combined print and digital products is essential for this role.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

**About the role**
- Deliver high-quality educational products that meet the requirements of a diverse, cost-sensitive global market.
- Develop a unified design approach across all print and digital products, creating design solutions that have a high visual impact
- Produces and develops engaging design solutions, understanding project requirements and concepts and aids in all aspects of the design process from concept to completion.
- Uses feedback from team members to hone skills and improve design.
- Collaborates well.
- Provides design feedback on proofs.
- Ensure quality of design, picture research, and illustration meet or exceed industry and competitor standards.
- Helps with process improvement initiatives and keeps abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat.

**About you**

This role would suit a graduate or someone with up to 2 years' experience in a design role. A good working knowledge of all standard design software and graphics editing tools is essential, along with a good understanding of all visual elements that combine towards making outstanding print products. Excellent teamwork, a keen eye for detail, good time management and communication skills, fantastic creativity and a flexible, pro-active attitude are essentials for this role. You must hold a recognised design qualification and experience in education publishing would be an advantage.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

**Rewards and benefits**

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% (2 days) of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
- “Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.”_

**Why join us**
- Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration._
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,300.00-£30,600.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Ability to Commute:

- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person