Senior Designer, Maths & Science
- Oxford University Press
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Sep 23, 2022
Full time
Education
Job Description
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford, which furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
The Education Design team which sits in the Content and Operations group, designs books and educational content for Primary, Secondary, Trade and Children's markets, both for the UK and for customers around the world. We are passionately committed to our mission to educate and inspire.
About the Role
This is an exciting new opportunity for a highly talented, creative and motivated individual to join our Secondary Design team as a Senior Designerworking on our growing STEM list, which includes the design and production of print and digital titles for Science and Maths, for students aged 11-18 years.
We operate a hybrid working policy and are open to discussing flexibility within this. We expect this role to require 1-2 days per week in our Oxford office.
About You
This role is ideally suited to someone with experience of design in an Educational environment, knowledge of typesetting of mathematical and scientific equations would be advantageous, although training can be given to the right candidate. The role has both creative and technical aspects to it.
You must be a creative thinker with a proven track record for producing first-class designs, have an excellent eye for detail, as well as having strong typographic and layout skills as demonstrated in a portfolio of work. You must have full knowledge of the design process, and be fully proficient in Adobe CC.
You will have excellent communication skills, as well as good organisation and time-management skills.
Responsibilities will include producing high quality design for print and digital delivery, commissioning illustration and other visual content, managing external design and typesetting suppliers, producing high impact series identity for use in product and marketing, budget and schedule management on a large list of titles.
We operate a hybrid working policy and expect this role to require approximately 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Queries
Please contact with any queries relating to this role.
This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
The Education Design team which sits in the Content and Operations group, designs books and educational content for Primary, Secondary, Trade and Children's markets, both for the UK and for customers around the world. We are passionately committed to our mission to educate and inspire.
About the Role
This is an exciting new opportunity for a highly talented, creative and motivated individual to join our Secondary Design team as a Senior Designerworking on our growing STEM list, which includes the design and production of print and digital titles for Science and Maths, for students aged 11-18 years.
We operate a hybrid working policy and are open to discussing flexibility within this. We expect this role to require 1-2 days per week in our Oxford office.
About You
This role is ideally suited to someone with experience of design in an Educational environment, knowledge of typesetting of mathematical and scientific equations would be advantageous, although training can be given to the right candidate. The role has both creative and technical aspects to it.
You must be a creative thinker with a proven track record for producing first-class designs, have an excellent eye for detail, as well as having strong typographic and layout skills as demonstrated in a portfolio of work. You must have full knowledge of the design process, and be fully proficient in Adobe CC.
You will have excellent communication skills, as well as good organisation and time-management skills.
Responsibilities will include producing high quality design for print and digital delivery, commissioning illustration and other visual content, managing external design and typesetting suppliers, producing high impact series identity for use in product and marketing, budget and schedule management on a large list of titles.
We operate a hybrid working policy and expect this role to require approximately 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Queries
Please contact with any queries relating to this role.
This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
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