On this website you can browse and buy Usborne books in English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Dutch, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.
In the UK and certain countries in Europe, you can buy directly from Usborne or from an Independent Usborne Partner. In the USA you can buy books via links to Usborne Books & More, the website of our US distributors.
Elsewhere in the world we provide links to local online retailers who will fulfil and deliver your order. Please check the retailer’s delivery destinations to make sure they deliver where you are.
In China, you can buy Usborne books in English and in Chinese (simplified characters) via online and offline retailers.
Thinking of applying for a job at Usborne?
Overview
Usborne is a multi-award-winning children’s publisher - we create a huge range of illustrated, imaginative, exciting children’s books and you can see our books here at usborne.com
The Role
We are looking for talented, enthusiastic and creative designers, who are keen to join our busy London-based production design departments.
You will be involved every step of the way in designing compelling digital and print ad campaigns as well as promotional materials for our new books, including social media images, website assets, trade adverts, presenters, standees, and posters. You will also be involved in creating designs for our special sales items such as boxsets and covers, working closely with the project manager to refine designs and copy, incorporate feedback and create print-ready files for Production.
No two days are the same, and these roles offer the opportunity to work with staff right across our organisation every day.
Experience
We are looking for designers at various levels of experience - you may have just graduated your studies in a design-led course or you may have a few years of experience in a similar design role, but be looking for the next steps in your career. Whichever, it is you must have a good working knowledge of Adobe CC - InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop and have a passion for great design.
Our department is a busy one so the ability to juggle projects, communicate well within and outside of the team and be able to adapt to changes in direction is a must.
Location and benefits
We offer a 35-hour working week from our offices in Farringdon, London and once you have settled into the office you will be able to work from home under our 3:2 work arrangement where you can work up to 2 days a week from home.
In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits including:
We particularly encourage applications from black and ethnic minority candidates who are currently under-represented within this area.
To apply please access our recruitment portal Applied
Applied is recruitment software to debias the recruitment process.
Usborne is dedicated to building a diverse taskforce that reflects the wide range of communities that read our books globally. Decisions are made based on the individual’s skills and experiences and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics in Publishing.
Based in London, near Farringdon Station. Our marketing, PR, sales, accounts, editorial, design, production, foreign rights and foreign language departments are all based in this office.
We have additional editorial and design offices in Wolverhampton and Eynsham, near Oxford, and our direct sales division, Usborne Community Partnerships, is also based in Eynsham.
In the first of a new blog series about working at Usborne, Emma Lagarde and Irene Olivo take us behind the scenes of the Usborne Rights department…
