Text Design and Fonts Assistant

Bertelsmann; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Bertelsmann is seeking a Text Design and Fonts Assistant to join the Penguin Random House team in London. In this hybrid role, you will coordinate book designs and manage font requests, ensuring cross-team collaboration. Ideal candidates will possess a strong interest in typography, excellent communication skills, and be organized in their approach. The position offers a salary of £27,500 with benefits, and the opportunity to work from home part of the time after the probation period.

Qualifications

• Ability to work under pressure across multiple fronts.
• Good collaboration skills required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design work for books with in-house team and freelancers.
• Manage font access requests ensuring legal compliance.

Skills

Interest in typography

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Tools

InDesign

Job description

Text Design and Fonts Assistant

Are you passionate about typography and eager to dive into the world of text design? Join Penguin Random House as a Text Design and Fonts Assistant, where you'll play a pivotal role in coordinating the creation of captivating text designs and managing font requests across our global teams. Working within a supportive team, you'll collaborate with editorial, production, and design teams to ensure our books are both beautifully crafted and accessible. If you're organised, communicative, and ready to make your mark in the publishing industry, we want to hear from you!

The role

Key responsibilities:

Text Design

• Coordinate design work for the insides of our books to our in-house team and external freelancers.

• Attend meetings and take notes from editorial to brief internal and external designers.
• Raise purchase orders and contracts for commissioned work.
• Discuss budgets with Editorial and freelancers and help to negotiate fees.
• Ensure production schedules are kept up to date and that all work is delivered on time and on budget.

Fonts

• Help guide our Editorial, Art, and Production teams in using our font management systems and tools:
• Provide guidance on our font management systems
• Provide advice on license queries
• Help suggest alternate typeface options when necessary.
• Action all PRH font access requests, ensuring legal compliance and maintaining accurate records.

• Manage user accounts
• Control and import third party fonts to the font management system.
• Audit teams and licences as necessary.

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Interest in typography and desire to learn.
• Able to work under pressure and across multiple fronts.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Organised and able to work independently.

Preferred criteria:

• InDesign experience

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above ‘essential criteria’ section is what you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 29th July 2025.

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.

We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary

£27,500 plus benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week through a three-month probation period, reducing to two on completion, and we offer the remaining days to be worked remotely.

Company: The Random House Group Limited | Job ID: 281606