Application Deadline: 3 November 2026
Department: Design
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: London
Compensation: £29,500 / year
Please note this vacancy will close once 200 applications have been received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
The Farshore Design team at HarperCollins have an exciting opportunity for a creative individual with a passion for children’s books to join our Picture Book and Novelty department.
Working closely with Publishing Director, the Junior Designer will be responsible for assisting in developing and delivering a publishing programme focusing on picture books and novelty titles for children. The role requires a multi-tasker with a good understanding of consumer and marketing trends. Delivering excellent designs fit for purpose that are both commercial and innovative.
The Junior Designer will take on multiple titles in different genres, both as an assistant to others in the team and a lead on their own projects. The role requires an organised individual with excellent communication skills that can work closely with other members of the Picture Book & Novelty team, as well as other departments, licensors and key stakeholders.
Our company purpose is to make all children proud readers through our broad portfolio of inclusive books for children and families from all backgrounds, for every interest and reading ability. We are committed to creating opportunities for people from groups traditionally under-represented in publishing.
HarperCollins operates a hybrid working policy where employees are expected to work from our London office three days per week.
If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position, please contact recruitment@harpercollins.co.uk with the subject line 'Vacancy Query' followed by the job title. We aim to respond within 5 working days.
A history stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. Here at HarperCollins UK, we publish around 1,500 books a year for readers of all ages and interests.
Our bestsellers include Bernard Cornwell, Adele Parks, Jonathan Franzen, David Walliams, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Memoirs of British prime ministers. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. And legendary titles by legacy authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie and C.S. Lewis.
We’re home to the most iconic bears, Paddington, Rupert and Winnie-the-Pooh, and Judith Kerr, Rob Biddulph and Michael Morpurgo, Mr Men & Little Miss, Thomas & Friends and Minecraft for our younger readers.
As the only UK publisher to release audio versions of all our new fiction, narrative non-fiction and children’s books at the same time as their print publication, we publish 700 audio books every year. In a unique partnership with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, our complete catalogue is free for their members.
Collins Learning, our education division is a pioneer in reference publishing. We develop market-leading dictionaries, atlases and bibles. And our state-of-the-art online learning platforms supplement our award-winning books for primary and secondary school students.
Brothers James and John Harper founded J. and J. Harper in 1817. By 1825, their small printing shop had become the biggest publisher in New York City. As Harper & Row in 1987, it was acquired by News Corporation. In 1990, we became HarperCollins after acquiring William Collins & Sons, founded in Glasgow in 1819.
We have offices in London, Honley, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin. In London, we’re in The News Building with News UK companies. Keeping our historic connection to Glasgow, we’re also based in the Robroyston district where each week, our distribution centre sends 3 million books around the world.
