Brand Design Fellow

The Brand Design Fellow will have the opportunity to work with the Brand Design team to create innovative, well-designed brand and marketing materials in keeping with the Chronicle Books aesthetic. This role has a focus on digital and online materials but does include some print materials.

Chronicle Books is a highly collaborative, team-oriented work environment that requires good interpersonal and communication skills, as well as an ability to multitask and take initiative. 

The position involves a wide range of responsibilities, of which the primary duties are to support the in-house designers and manager multiple projects simultaneously, developing creative, appropriate design solutions for online promotions for our website and across all social media and trade channels. It requires close collaboration with Brand and Marketing staff to help the group achieve both creative and financial goals. 

NOTE: Fellows at Chronicle Books will follow a regular hybrid schedule in our San Francisco office of at least three (3) in-office days per week and up to five (5) in-office days per week, depending on project and business needs. We are not able to provide relocation assistance.

Responsibilities:

Develop concepts for, design, and produce the following:

• Digital assets including: social media campaigns, advertisements that may include animated gifs or other video output, email blasts, landing pages and a variety of other promotions
• Print Assets including: sell sheets, postcards, children’s activity sheets and print ads
• Trade show booth graphics/digital assets, working in conjunction with Senior Designer.
• Work with Brand Design group to collaborate on company identity and brand graphics as needed

Production & Administrative responsibilities include:

• Process existing cover images, book pages, art, author photos and other graphics for digital outreach, sales presentations, publicity requests, and social media posts
• Attend weekly Brand meetings and share information and expertise about design and branding trends.
• Organize and archive files in a timely and orderly fashion.
• Assist the brand photographer on photo shoots.

Work collaboratively with other departments:

Work with Marketing, Publicity, Sales, and other departments to design brand marketing materials to meet their goals in keeping with the brand aesthetic.

Salary + Benefits include:
$45,000 annual salary
Health, dental, vision benefits
2 weeks vacation + holidays + sick time

Qualifications:
All applicants for the Brand Design Fellowship must have a strong interest in branding, marketing, and book publishing.

Education:
In addition to college and art school graduates, we encourage applicants relatively new to graphic design to apply for this opportunity as well. Applicants are not required to have had a formal education in the field, but must possess proficient skills with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, as well as an interest in marketing design. 

Required Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and Microsoft Word
• Communication skills, written and verbal, in English
•  Prioritization, multitasking, and organization skills
• Interpersonal, collaborative skills
• Understanding of typography
• Ability to flow text in long form
• Additional skills not required but a plus to have: illustration, animation, photography/videography, packaging design, knowledge of offset printing techniques

To Apply:
Please submit the following:

• Statement of purpose (maximum one page)
• Resume
• PDF or online portfolio that meets the following requirements
  • 10-12 examples of most recent graphic design work (student, personal, and/or professional projects welcomes
  • Contains examples of print and online projects
  • When emailing a PDF portfolio, the file should be 10mb or less

*All applications must meet these requirements in to be considered. Please do NOT submit an illustration portfolio; this is a graphic design fellowship.

*Please send all required materials to Lauren_KiriChin@chroniclebooks.com by June 10th with the subject line format as follows, “Name / Brand Design Fellowship” (e.g. “Jane Doe / Brand Design Fellowship”)