Senior Designer, Priddy Books (12 months, fixed term contract)

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Priddy Books was founded twenty-five years ago. We have sold millions of books worldwide, including the bestselling series First 100 Words and See, Touch, Feel. This is a fixed-term opportunity for an experienced designer who enjoys creating innovative novelty books with flaps, pops, sounds, and other novelty elements. You will work closely with the production team and understand the needs of discerning customers—babies and toddlers.

As a Senior Designer in our small creative team, you will be responsible for the creation of multiple books each publishing season, from idea conception to print-ready PDFs. You should be confident in the technical aspects of creating novelty books and able to collaborate with the production team.

We welcome creative applications that demonstrate what you will bring to the team.

Your role

Reporting to the Creative Director, the Senior Designer is a key role in the creative team. The team is small, and you will work independently, managing multiple projects alongside an editor, and supporting more junior designers.

You will multi-task across several books, handling all aspects of the creation process including creating sales materials, briefing illustrators, and mocking up spreads. A can-do attitude, strong organisational skills, excellent written English, and the ability to work well with others are essential. You should be commercially minded and willing to pitch new ideas for our established list.

Key tasks

• Coming up with new book ideas and fresh design approaches
• Designing multiple books from start to finish
• Briefing illustrators
• Working with editors to manage timely delivery of projects
• Working with production to supply print-ready PDFs

Essential skills/experience

• Technologically proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Experience in creating products with novelty elements
• Organised and able to juggle multiple tasks
• Excellent written English
• Demonstrable interest in preschool publishing
• Exceptional attention to detail

Desirable skills/experience

• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to think outside the box
• Experience in organising photoshoots

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Salary range: £39,000 onwards

Closing date: 28 September 2025

Benefits

• 28 days’ annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Group income protection scheme
• Enhanced family pay and leave
• Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
• 2 Volunteer Days per year
• 75% off Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales
• Season ticket loan/advance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships; Christmas club savings
• Daily free breakfast and monthly company lunch

This is a full-time fixed-term role for 12 months, based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week. All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

At Pan Macmillan and Priddy Books, we are committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We welcome applications from all individuals and provide reasonable adjustments or accessibility support as needed. Our Diversity & Inclusion pledge and Recruitment Privacy Notice are available for reference.

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