- Department
- 1090D01
- Division
- GA Academic
- Location
- Oxford - Central
- Reference number
- 18443
About usOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford, which furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The Global Academic Business publishes books, journals, and digital resources for the research, professional, and higher education markets. We are an award winning global Design team with staff located in Oxford, New York, Toronto, and Delhi. Our projects are diverse and intellectually rewarding. We work independently and collaboratively in a stimulating intellectual environment.
About the roleWe are seeking a Fonts Specialist to work closely with the Creative Director and the book design team to ensure elegant and accurate typographic rendering of our varied Academic content in print and digital environments. Key responsibilities include: • Specialized typographic knowledge: an emphasis on understanding of non-standard character requirements in ancient languages, linguistics, and science. • Font and permissions knowledge: understanding Font End User License Agreements and influencing the Press’ interpretation and implementation of them. • Digital and ebooks: collaborating with various stakeholder groups, including third-party suppliers, to establish processes and best practices to ensure font legal compliance in digital products/ebooks. • Supplier management: identifying appropriate suppliers to source fonts or font development/creation to meets OUP requirements. Working with pre-press suppliers to ensure font compliance throughout the workflow. • Text design: designing and modifying text design specifications to ensure fonts used are compliant and meet content needs.
About youYou: Love typography! Have elite typographic skill. You understand the typographic issues related to setting world class scholarly content in areas as diverse as Ancient languages, linguistics, and science, and love coming up with effective solutions. Ideally you will have: • Degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in Graphic Design, with a specialism in Typography • Excellent knowledge of design software on Apple MAC including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, plus Standard Office software (MAC/PC) • Experience in text design and writing text specifications • Ebook experience a plus • Ability to teach/mentor, and /or train new and inexperienced staff as well as key stakeholders in Editorial, Marketing etc. • Excellent communications skills, cultural literacy, and ability to work well with other functions in large organization • Experience in developing processes and implementing them • Able to project manage and pro-actively progress team initiatives/projects to conclusion and on schedule.
Salary- Competitive salary
Recruiter- Claire Rees
Contact email
(for queries only - click 'Apply' below to apply)- claire.rees@oup.com
Closing date- 01/02/2015