Graphic book designer, Sydney

Indigenous Literacy Foundation

• Winner of the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Children’s Literature
• Part-time position
• Hybrid working environment

About ILF

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is a national charity working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote Communities across Australia. We are Community-led, responding to requests from remote Communities for culturally relevant books, including early learning board books, resources, and programs to support Communities to create and publish their stories in languages of their choice.

About the role

If you enjoy charging through your to-do list, thrive when juggling an array of tasks and projects and are always up for a challenge, this is the perfect role for you!

This role is suited to a creative designer who has a sound understanding of print design, the printing process and design communication, and who is passionate about designing books.

Working closely with the in-house team, you will be keen to work with the creative team to fulfil design briefs in unique ways and design with creativity and flair. Ideally you will thrive on juggling multiple projects simultaneously, love creative challenges and enjoy working in a team environment.

About you

To succeed in this role you must have:

• Excellent design skills
• Confidence in creating new content
• Understanding of print design
• 3+ years of in-house book publishing design experience
• Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of products
• Sound knowledge of pre-press and multi-colour printing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Energy, organisation skills, a high attention to detail, motivation.

If this role sounds like you, and you have a creative sensibility and an eagerness to expand your skills, we’d love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and covering letter to Katharine Elkan at katharine@ilf.org.au

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