Position title: Assistant Creative Director
Location: Oakville, ON
Job type: Full time
Position Description
Rubicon Publishing Inc., a leading educational publishing company, is looking for an experienced Assistant Creative Director to join our award-winning team.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the visual strategy, creation and coordination of product design and prototypes of Rubicon projects
- Support Creative Director in the management of the design team
- Coach and develop designers
- Collaborate with various internal and external teams such as editorial, technology, marketing and sales
- Support Creative Director in creating and managing development budgets for each project
- Develop production schedules for design team
- Maintain Rubicon’s publishing integrity and standards
- Keep abreast of curriculum changes and trends in publishing
- Contribute ideas for new print and digital projects
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in graphic design
- Professional, practical experience in a lead design and/or Creative Director role
- Experience leading and working with a team of designers, production specialists and writers
- Excellent creative portfolio
- Excellent knowledge of CS
- Strong management and multi-tasking skills
- Enthusiastic and positive attitude…and must LOVE children’s books
About Rubicon Publishing Inc.
Founded in 1987, Rubicon Publishing is an award-winning publisher of K–12 educational resources for students and educators. Rubicon combines innovative ideas with a strong foundation in education to create original and imaginative resources of the highest quality. With a focus on improving literacy and numeracy, Rubicon books and learning materials help students in the areas of language arts, math, social studies, science, and more.
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Send resumés & samples to: design@rubiconpublishing.com