Company Description
nforma is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis is one of the world's largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we've been doing this in an unbroken arc since
Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that's the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we'd love to hear from you.
Job Description
We are seeking a talented and detail-oriented individual to join our Cover Production Team. This role involves collaborating with internal teams to manage, create templated, and quality-check book covers and related marketing materials. The ideal candidate will play an important role in ensuring all outputs meet high-quality standards and align with brand guidelines.
This role will require the successful candidate to attend our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire (OX14 4RN) at least three days per week.
Closing date for applications: 23rd December 2025. Interviews will take place in early January 2026.
Responsibilities
As part of the Cover Production Team, your key responsibilities will include:
* Artwork Preparation: Transforming existing design concepts into production-ready files, ensuring specifications such as bleeds, crop marks, and resolution are accurate for end-use.
* Asset Management: Resizing, retouching, colour-correcting, and formatting images and graphics for various platforms.
* Quality Control: Conducting thorough proof checks to identify visual or textual errors, ensuring all materials adhere to strict brand guidelines and quality standards.
* Collaboration: Partnering with designers, editorial teams, and marketers to receive briefs, manage feedback, and ensure project alignment. Building strong, long-term relationships across teams.
* File Organization: Setting up, managing, and archiving design files and asset libraries to maintain efficient workflows and version control.
* Internal Liaison: Communicating with internal departments to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality materials.
* Ad-hoc Support: Responding to urgent requests for minor amendments, file sourcing, and general artworking tasks as needed.
* Deadline Management: Managing schedules and ensuring all projects are delivered on time.
* Distribution: Preparing and delivering electronic files to relevant parties.
* Research: Conducting picture research and performing image manipulation to support design projects.
* Systems Management: Updating and maintaining databases, extracting and manipulating data, and ensuring systems are accurate and up-to-date.
Qualifications
Skills and Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience:
* Technical Expertise: Proficiency in artwork preparation, including knowledge of production specifications such as bleeds, crop marks, and resolution. Experience in resizing, retouching, colour-correcting, and formatting images for various platforms.
* Attention to Detail: Strong quality control skills, with the ability to identify and correct visual or textual errors.
* Collaboration: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal teams and external suppliers where necessary.
* Organizational Skills: Ability to manage and archive design files, maintain asset libraries, and ensure smooth workflows.
* Deadline Management: Proven ability to manage schedules and deliver projects on time.
* Software Proficiency: Good knowledge of design software InDesign and Photoshop) and systems for updating databases and manipulating data.
* Problem-Solving: A proactive approach to handling urgent requests and supporting the team with ad-hoc tasks.
* Research Skills: Experience in picture research and image manipulation
* Qualifications: A professional design qualification is desirable but not essential, as this position focuses on artworking tasks that support the core design team.
Additional Information
We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you're not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.
The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Milton Park (OX14), to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location 3 days per week.
What we offer in return:
* A salary of £33,901 - £36,976 based on experience
* An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
* 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday
* 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
* 4 paid volunteering days each year
* Company funded single cover private medical insurance
* Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
* Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
* Pension scheme
* Life assurance, plus optical and medical care
If you're excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don't fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.
If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact [email protected]. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.
We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site:
Or better yet check out our LinkedIn 'Life' Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It's also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.
We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Talent Acquisition team for more information.