Senior Graphic Designer -Secondary (Maternity Leave Contract -12 months)

Cengage Learning is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer for a 12 month maternity leave contract. Reporting to the Lead Senior Designer, this fulltime position has responsibility for managing the design workload for the secondary division’s publishing program, in collaboration with another senior graphic designer.

Duties include assigning, briefing, and art directing freelance designers, illustrators and photographers, and monitoring technical accuracy and quality of all work. You will be responsible for the delivery of contemporary ideas, on time and to budget according to design standards and processes for the Secondary publishing division. You will take ownership and control at all stages of the projects design and be able to understand and communicate this to the publishing team.

The successful applicant will have a graphic design degree, several years conceptual and art directing experience preferably in the book publishing industry, good knowledge of prepress and publishing workflow, and demonstrated use of Mac OSX, InDesign CS4, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. Excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to manage to deadlines is essential.

A detailed job description is available to interested candidates.

Applications for this position quoting reference no. SGD11910 should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, via email aust.employment@cengage.com by Friday 3 September 2010.

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Production Controller - School (Secondary)

A great opportunity exists for you to join one of Australia’s leading educational publishers and our award-winning Production and Manufacturing Services team!

Cengage Learning Australia one of Australia’s leading educational publishers, is seeking to appoint a Production Controller – School (Secondary) in the Global Production and Manufacturing Services Department, based in our Melbourne office.

Your responsibilities will include:
• scheduling and managing School front-list titles
• initiating budgets for new project proposals and working within set guidelines
• liaising closely with local and offshore composition and print vendors
• negotiating with suppliers including printers and compositors
• weekly reporting
• communicating with external freelance suppliers
• ensuring production guidelines are understood and adhered to
• creating print estimates

You must be able to demonstrate:
• proven project management experience
• your ability to think laterally and creatively
• an understanding of production process
• multi tasking and time management skills
• experience using Windows Excel, Word, Outlook and FileMaker Pro
• your analytical and problem solving abilities
• attention to detail

This is an excellent opportunity to join our enthusiastic and dedicated team, who are continually evolving with technology and the educational market. Excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to manage deadlines are essential. The successful candidate will be a team player who can hit the ground running and oversee a growing list of projects.

A detailed job description is available for interested candidate.

Applications for this position quoting reference no. PCS12110 should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, via email aust.employment@cengage.com by Friday 24 September 2010.