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The Marketing Designer at Sourcebooks is responsible for creating engaging print and digital catalogs, as well as high-quality video and animation assets, requiring expert design skills and the ability to manage complex projects collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include designing long-form print and digital catalogs, creating video and animation assets, managing multi-phase project schedules, collaborating with teams, and ensuring brand consistency across deliverables.

Skills: Required skills include expert-level design experience, proficiency in video and animation, strong project management abilities, attention to detail, and effective communication with senior leadership.

Qualifications: Candidates should have 3–5 years of professional experience in marketing or graphic design and a solid understanding of brand systems.

Location: The position can be hybrid in Naperville, IL or NYC, or fully remote in several specified states, with occasional in-person meetings required.

Compensation: $55000 - $65000 / Annually

We determine starting pay based on a thorough evaluation of job-related factors, including geographic location, market conditions, relevant experience, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications.

The Marketing Designer plays a key role in shaping how Sourcebooks presents its books and brands to the world. This role is responsible for the expert-level design and production of long-form print and digital catalogs, as well as high-quality video and animation assets that support sales, marketing, and retail initiatives across all Sourcebooks imprints and genres.

This position requires a strong eye for detail, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to manage complex, long-running project schedules while collaborating with stakeholders across the organization, including senior leadership.

This position can be hybrid in Naperville, Illinois or NYC, or fully remote in the following states ONLY: AZ, CT, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NY, NV, OR, PA, TN, TX, AND WI. Occasional in-person meetings may be required.

The salary range for this role is $55,000 - $65,000/annually. We determine starting pay based on a thorough evaluation of job-related factors, including geographic location, market conditions, relevant experience, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications.

What you’ll do:

• Design, build, and maintain complex, long-form print and digital catalogs from concept through final production, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and on-time delivery
• Lead the creation of video and animation assets—including motion graphics, animated promos, and short-form video—at an expert level, aligned with brand standards and campaign goals
• Manage demanding, multi-phase project schedules, balancing overlapping deadlines, revisions, and approvals while maintaining a high level of quality and precision
• Collaborate closely with marketing, sales, vertical teams, and the Creative Director to translate strategic goals into compelling visual storytelling
• Interface with senior management in a polite, professional, and solutions-oriented manner, presenting work clearly and incorporating feedback thoughtfully
• Ensure all work reflects Sourcebooks’ brand standards while flexing appropriately across different imprints, genres, and audiences
• Oversee accuracy and quality control across all deliverables, including layout, typography, imagery, motion, and final output
• Manage, organize, and archive working files and final assets according to established systems and best practices
• Track time spent on projects and support evaluations of efficiency and effectiveness for major initiatives

What you bring:

• 3–5 years of professional experience in a marketing design, graphic design, or related role
• Expert-level experience designing long-form catalogs or similarly complex, multi-page publications (print and digital)
• Advanced skills in video and animation creation, including motion graphics and short-form video content
• Demonstrated ability to project manage long-running, high-volume, detail-intensive creative projects from start to finish
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with a strong commitment to producing error-free work
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize effectively under tight deadlines
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally and communicating clearly with a range of stakeholders, including senior leadership
• A solid understanding of brand systems and the ability to apply them consistently across varied formats and audiences
• Confidence giving and receiving feedback in a professional, constructive manner
• A proactive, self-motivated approach and a genuine interest in continuously improving creative processes and outcomes

Why Sourcebooks? 

As Newsweek’s #2 Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and a recognized leader in innovation by Fast Company (2024 Most Innovative Companies, 2023 Best Workplaces for Innovators), we use a mission-driven, data-centered approach to drive success for our authors and their books. We’re a thriving entrepreneurial company that creates books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we’ve been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are passionate book lovers dedicated to connecting books to readers in innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more! 

Ready to Apply:

Please submit your resume, salary requirements, cover letter, and design portfolio demonstrating strength in long-form catalog layout/builds and video content + animation. Applications without a cover letter and portfolio will not be considered. Show us your passion and creativity—we’re looking for someone who’s as enthusiastic about this opportunity as we are!

Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care, Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, & generous paid time off.  

Sourcebooks values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. 

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