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Description Job Purpose: To be responsible for designing Health Sciences publishing projects and when appropriate for workload management, commissioning and managing freelance designers. Key Result Areas Design Development:• advise on the design needs of projects and how best they can be met in relation to appropriateness for product, market, quality level, cost and publishing schedule • ensure assigned design briefs are comprehensive and meet design guidelines• the presentation of new designs and validation of files to be print ready Design Process Management:• efficiently manage own workload through discussion with Strategic Business Unit colleagues and the Design & Illustration Manager• monitor the progress of own projects so that publishing schedules are met• decide when and what projects should be freelanced for efficient workload management• contribute to maintaining the Design Unit register of freelance designers with the skill range necessary for our business needs• provide design images (cover, text, graphics etc) in a form suitable for Marketing department use in promoting products• maintain and update own project list in the Design Project Report database • supply accurate project related statistics for company reports Management of freelance / external suppliers:• select and brief freelance designers with the appropriate skills for individual projects• art direct freelanced projects and set appropriate quality standards for design competence and technical preparation of electronic files• select and purchase images from photo-libraries and commission freelance illustrators when appropriate as part of a cover design
Qualifications Key Competencies:Interpersonal Skills:Good communicator at both personal and technical level within and without the company. Thorough and meticulous administrative skills. Ability to work under pressure on a high volume of projects with continually changing priorities General Knowledge and Technical Skills:High knowledge level of (a) information design and the design needs of different types of publishing products (b) typography (c) current design software. Adobe CS Suite, Quark, MS Word, OSX environment (d) current prepress requirements (e) current basic standards for electronic products (f) Computer and file system management. Required Education and Experience:Educated to degree level in Design. Minimum of 3 years practical experience as a designer preferably within a publishing environment.
