Overview

Company: Harlequin Enterprises ULC

Job Title: Art Intern

Department: Harlequin Art Department

Location: 22 Adelaide Street W, Toronto (Hybrid)

Status: 12-month paid internship

We celebrate and support the differences that make each of us unique, striving to create a welcoming workplace that ensures everyone has a voice and are able to do their best work. We welcome all applicants, including those who identify with groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing industry including, but not limited to, Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, and members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons with disabilities.Join us, and share your story.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Manager of Galley and Cover Development, the Art Intern position will be a key member of the Harlequin Art Team. The Art Team is responsible for creating Art for Book Covers, Interior Pages, Galleys, and Advertising for all Harlequin and HarperCollins Canada imprints. In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop practical design skills from the ground up within an In-House design department and learn about traffic flow and organization from concept to Final Art.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities :

The intern will focus in these areas:

• Provide administrative support to Manager of Galley and Cover Development:
  • Ensure cover tracking report title list is up to date by utilizing internal systems and updating Excel tracking
  • Weekly update of cover tracking report and email to distribution list
  • Assist with cover brief scheduling and organization on a monthly basis
  • Ensure galleys are shipped to authors and agents as soon as they are available
  • Allocate galleys to respective departments upon arrival to warehouse
  • Communicate with internal teams to determine required galley quantities for print
• Researching photography, illustrations, and fonts
• Laying out interior book page designs
• Laying out Cover Flats
• Work with designers and art directors to develop design concepts (print and digital mix)
• Receive feedback from Art Directors and Creative Director and make necessary revisions
• Assemble Presentation materials
• Adhere to timelines

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Specific training or job experience required includes:

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Prolific in Excel
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
• Basic knowledge of layout, typography, color, and composition
• Understanding of design hierarchy
• Passion for all genre of books
• Interest in current trends
• Applicants must be eligible to work and be paid in Canada

What's In It For You?

• The opportunity to be part of a company on the leading edge of publishing, working with a very talented team and exceptional books
• Summer Hours from late May to early September
• Hybrid work, flexible start/stop times
• Vacation allotment, starting at three weeks (prorated based on start date)
• Author events and access to discounted books
• Working with passionate people!

About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we do. In addition to the Canadian publishing program, HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales, marketing, and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe.

HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills, knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.

We are also committed to ensuring that the accessibility needs of candidates and employees are considered and accommodated during the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.