📢 We're looking for a Non-fiction Children's Book Designer! You may have just graduated from your studies in a design-led course or you may have a couple of years of experience in a similar design role, but be looking for the next step in your career. Whichever it is, you must have a good working knowledge of Adobe CC (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) and a passion for great design. 📅 Closing date: Wednesday 14th August 2024 💷 Salary: £29,061 - £38,291 (depending on experience) 📍 Location: London (closest tube Farringdon) - hybrid working pattern 3 days in the office, up to 2 days working from home ⬇ Full details including how to apply via Applied are on our website now. Please note that this is an office-based role and we do not offer visa sponsorship - more here: https://bit.ly/4fnTApi See more FAQs on careers at Usborne here: https://bit.ly/3wKmLkV #jobsinbooks #publishingjobs #designjobs #hiring
Usborne Publishing
Book and Periodical Publishing
London, Clerkenwell 39,752 followers
Usborne is one of the world’s leading independent book publishers, creating irresistible books for children of all ages.
About us
Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The Usborne head office is in London, UK. There are also Usborne design/editorial offices in Oxford and Wolverhampton. Usborne Community Partnerships is the direct sales division of Usborne Publishing, also based in our Oxford office. Please note that we do not directly approach potential hires and we never ask for money as part of a recruitment process. Any such contact is highly likely to be fraudulent and should be disregarded. If in any doubt, please contact [email protected].
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https://qr.usborne.com/24yhp
External link for Usborne Publishing
- Industry
- Book and Periodical Publishing
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- London, Clerkenwell
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1973
- Specialties
- children's books, children's non-fiction books, children's fiction books, children's activity books, illustrated children's books, and baby books
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83-85 Saffron Hill
London, Clerkenwell EC1N 8RT, GB
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Fryer Street
Unit 47 The Chubb Building
Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1HT , GB
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Stanton Harcourt Road
Unit 8, Oasis Park
Eynsham, Oxfordshire OX29 4TU, GB
Employees at Usborne Publishing
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This month, my tally of books hit 20! 📚📚📚 It’s been a great 5 years creating books with an incredible team of writers and freelance illustrators. I look forward to sharing more work soon 😄
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☀ Our Summer Sale is live! 💗 Head over to our website now for brilliant bargains on fantasic books for kids of all ages. #sale #specialoffer #summersale #childrensbooks
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📚 It's NEW BOOKS THURSDAY! 📚 Another gorgeous new bookshelf of new releases for curious kids this month, including: 🛁 It's Bathtime for Baby Bears in a new interactive baby book with soft fabric flaps by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Roisin Hahessy ✍ Lara Bryan's latest book in the 'All You Need to Know by Age 7' series explains Essential English: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar, with illustrations by Stefano Tognetti 🌴 Agent Arthur is back for a new generation in a new edition of the classic Usborne Puzzle Adventure book 'Jungle Journey' 🚢 A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea returns with a new installment: The Hollywood Kidnap Case 🚣♀️ Jenny Pearson's latest novel Shipwrecked teaches us that school trips aren't always plain sailing... 🌞 Sunshine Simpson is back in Friends Always and Forever by G.M. Linton 🍃 The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell is a giant-sized whodunnit with a witchy twist See them all here: https://bit.ly/3W7cQMS #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration
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🏆 We're delighted that Usborne Publishing are continuing the late Peter Usborne’s commitment to children's literacy by sponsoring our newly named Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year Award. We caught up with his daughter and current Usborne Managing Director, Nicola, as she shares why this award is important, the impact she hopes it will have, and how Usborne are continuing her father’s mission. Read the full interview here 👉🏼 https://buff.ly/4bGLQvo
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We always LOVE to see our books travelling around the world, being read by children in different languages. Here are three brand new editions of Baby Animal Sounds by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Federica Iossa (left to right): 📕 In Norwegian, published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 📒 In Swedish, published by Tukan förlag 📘 In Finnish, published by Readme.fi Congratulations to Louise Knight, our Head of Rights who looks after these customers.
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🦈 It's Shark Week! 🦈 The Usborne Quicklinks team are have been scouring the internet for the best websites for kids where they can swim with sharks, find out why they are important and discover how we can help protect them. 🦈 Find out loads of amazing facts about about sharks 🦈 Discover how we can help sharks 🦈 Test your knowledge with a shark-themed quiz 🦈 Explore our brilliant books about sharks https://bit.ly/3XY4pIn #SharkAwarenessDay #sharks #SharkWeek #childrensbooks
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TINY THE SECRET ADVENTURER: FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE is out today! Beautifully illustrated by Kübra Teber and published by Usborne Publishing. 🌻When Tiny is picked up by a bird mistaking her for a worm, she’s dropped into the school summer fair taking place in the middle of the playground. With so many people about, this is a place filled with danger for Tiny. Her animal friends try to rescue her, but their plans go horribly wrong. Will any of them get back to safety?🌻
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♻ It's Plastic Free July! We are continuously reviewing all the single-use plastic materials in our products, aiming to either remove plastic from our packaging and toy packs, or to switch to plastic that can be easily recycled. Here are some of our recent changes: ✅ REMOVED plastic lids on our That’s not my… book and toy gift boxes ✅ REPLACED plastic brushes with wooden ones on all our Magic Painting books ✅ REMOVED plastic packaging previously used to keep the toys in place on our Wind-up and Pull-back books ✅ REPLACED the plastic tags that hold toys in place in their boxes with recyclable. ...and some innovations in the pipeline: ✅ REMOVING plastic pen blisters from our Wipe-Clean books, replacing them with cellulose tape ✅ REMOVING plastic wafer seals (clear plastic stickers used to seal boxes) entirely, exchanging them for paper ones ✅ TRIALLING the use of plastic-free varnish on book covers across multiple series 🌎 Find out more about what we're doing to protect people and planet here: https://bit.ly/3Q0Ecoj #plasticfreejuly #plasticfree #reducereuserecycle #reducewaste #environment Kornelia Lemberger
Usborne's commitment to looking after people and the planet | Usborne | Be Curious
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NEW! 👩🔬 Chemistry for Beginners by Darran Stobbart and Kristie Pickersgill and illustrated by Clo'e Floirat is perfect for anyone that's curious about chemistry (including grown-ups)! This engaging introduction to chemistry tackles the key concepts and big ideas in a friendly and accessible way. From atoms to molecules, discover the basic building blocks of the universe and find out how chemists use them to create amazing new medicines, materials and more. Follow step-by-step chemical reactions, explore the periodic table and learn all about chemistry's real-life applications from solving crimes to producing green energy. Explore the series here: https://bit.ly/3W6rg34 #chemistry #science #STEM #beginners #childrensbooks
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